Hey Guys,

Have been doing this for a little while now and just got a 12m Blade Vertigo. Took it out this weekend to beachport for a go and with the wind gusts, was having trouble keeping it at neutral as it wants to fall forwards and die! Thought I would find out from the more experienced what I need to do to keep the kite in the sky when Im trying to get my gear on. If it keeps passing over my head while at 12 do I need to:

1: Power it up a bit more to keep the kite lower in the window or
2: De-power it a bit so that when the gust drops away, it isnt sitting too high in the window.

I suppose the final option is that due to the aspect ratio of the kite, I am gonna have to live with this issue.

anyway, any advice from the more experienced would be helpful.

Cheers Guys,

Luke.

Cheers Mate,

I was originally going to get a Cabrinha cause i had an old one as my original Kite and loved it but the lower price of the Blade was irresistable. Guess I will just have to get used to it....

I have read a few reviews on the 08 Blade Vertigo and havent really seen too many dissapointments so I will try and keep the power up a bit and see if that helps. Wind may have been too light and gusty for its liking. Cheers!

Hey Luke,
I will probably be in Beachport this coming weekend.
If your around I will have a look to see it I can 't shead some light onto what might be happening.

Ian

Hi Luke

The best advice I can give is never keep your kite directly at 12. Always keep it a little to the left or right of 12 (11 or 1), this will help prevent your ploblem. Also like loverboy said check you rear line because they may be a little long.

Cheers

Travis

I would suggest that the rear lines are set on the bottom knot. Kite needs to be set up on the second knots on the steering lines.

In gusty condition the kite will try and power forward over your head. Try and keep kite lower more like 10 or 2 o clock.


skater344 Maybe you should give me a call and come and try a Blade Kite. Then you can make a more informed comment.

Thanks
Danny
www.bladekitesaus.com

Thanks Danny, I had it powered up on the kite end of the lines but I have also now moved the notch down one further on the bar end of the lines. Hopefully this will keep it powered up enough. I think it was mainly from the conditions being a bit gusty and me not flying it aggressively.

Thanks for the advice, Luke.