Activating The Qr; Resetting The Kite - FLYSURFER SONIC 2 Guide Rapide

08 SAFETY SYSTEM

08.01 Activating the QR

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Safety (FLS) system. After you acti-
vate your Quick Release, the Airstyle
Bar will slide up the FLS Endline until
it reaches the stopper-knot. The kite
will flag out on this single line and will
come to rest on the water in its normal
windrange. Caution: The Race-Bar-
Pro does not have a stopper-knot.

08.02 Resetting the Kite

After leashing out the kite can easily be
reset on the water and relaunched again.
Work your way up the Safety-
Endline until you get to the bar. Be
careful not to get tangled in the
loose endline. Never wrap the end-
line around your hand or fingers.
If the kite has too much power,
wrap the endline around your har-
ness hook. The increased friction will
make it easier to secure the endline.
Now it is possible to pull the end-
line with both hands, and then to
secure it again with one hand.
When you reach the bar, secure the
endline to your harness hook. This is
done by wrapping the side of the endline
which is under tension two times around
the harness hook and then the loose
side one time in the opposite direction.
When the endline is secured, the Quick
Release can be reset with both hands.
Let the Chicken Loop go and unwrap
the endline from the harness hook.
Make sure you have a good grip on the
endline as you hook in the Chicken Loop
and secure it with the Chickenstick.
Slowly release the endline bit by bit.
Make sure that it has not wrapped itself
around any part of your body. Do not
let the endline slip too quickly through
your fingers as to avoid getting burns or
cuts. Because of this, it is recommen-
ded that you let go of the entire endline
when you get to the last two meters.
Tip: It can happen that the
kite can be tangled after
flagging out. If this cannot
be solved by pulling on the
steering lines, you can try
to solve the problem by flag-
ging out the kite again.
09 EMERGENCIES
In an emergency situation it is im-
portant not to panic, and to react
purposefully and goal orientated.
Should you get lifted on the
beach, do not steer the kite.
Wait until you touch ground
again and then immediately
activate the Quick Release.
The danger of getting lifted
can be minimized by not
flying the kite at the zenith
when on land. However, in
normal conditions, a FLY-
SURFER kite will be at its
most stable in the zenith.
Especially in very gusty con-
ditions the kite can overfly
its pilot. This can be correc-
ted by powering up the kite
by pulling the bar towards
you or breaking with the
leader lines (red and green).
It is also possible to counter
the kite's overflying, or get
it back into the wind window
by flying it back and forth.
Should the center of the
kite collapse towards the
pilot (e.g frontstall) it is a
good idea to activate the
Quick Release before it
opens again, as the kite can
develop a lot of power when
this happens.
A backwards flying kite
(backstall) can be recovered
by depowering (pushing the
bar towards the kite). In very
light winds you can grab
hold of the adjuster and
give short effective pulls to
accelerate the kite.
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