Setting up your Revolution's lines by Now’Air

Transcript

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   Lines and handles

   0:13

   Now let's look at the lines, here properly stored. When you buy them in a shop, you get the winder with the line sets on one side and a pair of handles on the other, with bridles on which you attach the kite's four lines. The kite has two handles for flying it on four lines. Lines are always stored two by two, with one handle at one end and a second handle at the other. We lay the lines on the kite and unroll them afterwards; another short video shows how to pack them away.

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   Attaching the lines to the kite

   1:09

   Take each pair of lines and attach it to the kite. The two colors tell you which is the front and which is the back, and the other end of the lines has the same color, so you can choose either one. On the bridle, the fronts go here and the backs there. Watch this little knot and make sure it stays free; that matters. To make a larks head on a line, pass your thumb and index finger inside the loop and turn it, bring the loops back and pass your line through the ring, then take the ring and tighten. That is a larks head. Slide it up to the knot and check that it holds. Do the back the same way, passing the brake through the ring, tightening and checking.

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   Checking before unrolling

   2:47

   The lines are now on all four bridles. First check that everything is tight. Here I made a mistake: the line passes under the bridle, so it has to be put back the right way. Then check that the bridle is clear with your four lines in relation to the kite.

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   Unrolling the lines

   3:21

   Now you can start unrolling the lines. I will walk away 37 m. On the winder there are usually elastics that stop the lines from unrolling; take the elastic off and calmly unroll your lines, which are wound in figure eights.

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   Laying down and anchoring the kite

   4:01

   After 37 m of walking, lay your kite on the ground with the lines at the top and put a pile of sand right in the middle. That blocks the kite so that, once you are at the other end, you can pull on the brakes and it can lift. Watch the winder: it is something people lose very regularly. The best is to put it in your bag or in a back pocket if you have one.

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   Checking before launching

   5:08

   We have laid the kite at 37 m with a small pile of sand in front to hold it, and now we launch it. Handles up, brakes up. Once you have made your pile of sand, just pull the brakes back to lift the kite and check that your lines are not mixed. Check that the handles, held up, are parallel and untangle if needed. Put the handles together, turn them over, and then we take off.

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   Stakes and line length

   6:08

   Stand your kite upright. Some people use stakes: put the handles on a stake and the kite will hold by planting the stake in the ground. Lines are generally between 20 and 37 m; it is up to you depending on the wind, the space you have and also respecting others. According to the space you have, you can use line sets of different lengths.