First Launch
Assemble your kite, making sure the bridles are not tangled around spreaders or standoffs and that the kite appears symmetrical from side to side.
Check the wind. How hard is it blowing? From what direction? Pick a location that will give you the clearest, smoothest wind. 8-12 mph is perfect wind for a first flight.
Attach your flying lines to the bridles using a Lark's Head knot or the clips provided.

Set the kite on its back and walk directly into the wind while unwinding your lines.
Hold your handles or place your hands through the wrist straps and stand facing the kite. Check that your right hand strap is connected to the right hand wing (very important!). If not, switch hands.
Gently pull the lines, raising the kite to an upright and slightly nose-back position with your arms extended. Make sure your kite and lines aren't snagged on anything and that the area in front & behind you are clear of people or other obstacles.
Launch! In one smooth motion, take a step backwards while sweeping your arms down and back past your hips. Your kite should leap from the ground. Once the kite is up raise your hands to a higher position close to your chest and holding the handles even fly the kite straight upwards. Wait until the kite is fairly high in the sky before trying to turn giving you more time and space to react before you get too close to the ground. /
Basic Control
To steer, simply pull back with your right hand and the kite will turn right (clockwise), or pull with your left and the kite will turn left (counterclockwise). The farther back you pull the tighter and quicker the kite will turn. To complete the turn, stop pulling and even out your hands. The kite will continue forward in the direction it's pointed. If you pull one line and hold it, the kite will fly in a complete loop. The farther back you pull, the tighter the loop or spin will be. Straighten out your hands when the kite is pointed up and fly back up to the top of the window. Don't worry about putting twists in your lines as you fly loops; you can untwist them by simply doing a few loops in the other direction.
The Wind Window
This is the area in front of you and to the left and right where you retain control of the kite. Take a moment to fly from side to side in order to feel the kites’ responses and define your flying area. The size of this window will vary with wind conditions.
/ Landing
To land your kite fly it close to the ground to your right or left all the way to the edge of your wind window, once the kite slows forward movement gently turn the kite downward and set it down on its leading edge. As you gain proficiency you may turn the nose up just before the kite stalls and take a step towards the kite thus landing in the launch position ready to go again.
Before your first flight
You may want to unroll your lines and check that they are even lengths. Have someone hold one end of the lines or anchor them securely, unroll them and place a firm tension on them, if they are more then an inch off untie the longer one and shorten itto an equal length with the shorter line and retie. You may want to do this again after your first flight, lines sometimes stretch. Also take the time tofamiliarize yourself with the parts and assembly of your kite before trying it in the wind
Safety
Never fly your kite over others: it is traveling at high speed and injuries can result. An assistant when learning to fly is helpful after crashing, instruct them to inspect the kite making sure all rods are securely in their fittings and the lines aren’t wrapped around any part of the kite then set the kite on the ground in the launch position and step back at least 10 paces before you re-launch. Most sport kites do not require somebody to hold the kite in the air, if you can’t launch from the ground you probably don’t have enough wind to fly.
Never fly your kite near any obstructions, power lines, light poles, roadways or anyplace it may present a hazard to people or property.
Never fly your kite near airports
Never fly your kite during a storm.
Tips and Hints
Picking a place to fly
Your choice of a flying field is the single most important ingredient for success with your kite, and most trouble beginners have comes from picking a spot where the wind is turbulent and gusty from obstacles in its path. Like whitewater in a river, wind that flows past trees, buildings and hills becomes gusty and choppy and can make controlling your kite difficult to impossible. The best place to fly is a beach or field with wind blowing in from off the water. If you have such a place available, it’s worth the extra travel time to get there because you’ll learn to fly in literally a fraction of the time. If you have to fly inland, look for wide-open fields with no, buildings or hills for at least a half-mile upwind.

Flying in light winds
Flying in light winds requires special skill and you may not be successful at first but you’ll improve with practice. Most important in these conditions is to keep tension on your flying lines to maintain control. You may have to step slowly backwards to achieve this while the kite is climbing, be sure to check the area behind you for obstructions or other people. Also remember to regain your ground whenever the kite is flying downward by slowly stepping forward but remember to keep some tension on the lines.
The use of shorter & lighter flying lines helps to maintain control of the kite in light winds and you may find it beneficial to adjust the bridle slightly forward (towards the top or the nose) but move it no more then ¼ inch at a time.
Flying in strong winds
Don’t fly your kite in winds higher then the manufacturers’ recommendations, you will damage the kite. To slow the kite down and help maintain control you may purchase stronger, thicker lines, 150 lb test or higher depending on your kite and wind speeds. You might also find it useful to adjust the bridle down (towards the tail) to slow the kite, but this may increase pull. /
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