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- Page 1 USER MANUAL SONIC...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
12.02 Bridle-Check ..................................19 12.03 Profile Moment Adjuster (PMA‘s)..........................20 12.04 Optimum trim of the flying lines ..........................21 Repair & Spare Parts ......................21 SONIC3 User Manual ENGLISH #02 / 06-2020 Änderungen vorbehalten / data subject to change © FLYSURFER Kiteboarding 2020, www.flysurfer.com... -
Page 3: Safety Notes
01. Kitesurfing is a potentially dangerous sport, that holds risks for the athlete or the people surrounding them. Incorrect use of this product may result in serious injury or even death for the user or third parties. Every user should be qualified by a FLYSURFER kiteschool or a FLYSURFER dealer. -
Page 4: Overview Of The Kite
02 OvERvIEw Of THE KITE... - Page 5 (LCL) serve as a breakpoint and facilitate the replacement of the The PMA‘s are sewn to five ribs of the B level on each the left and bridle lines. All components of the SONIC are designed for maxi- the right-wing span side. Go through the air intakes to reach the mum performance on any terrain.
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Page 6: Handling
03 HANDLING Check your bridle for tangles. Make sure that none of the lines are caught around the back of the kite. A kite needs to be secured properly even if the wind is light. A runaway kite can be a se- rious danger to people or animals downwind. -
Page 7: Sorting The Bridle
If the lines are still twisted, untwist them by turning the bar. If the bridle is tangled, lines from one side of the bridle may It may be possible (especially after not being careful when pa- be running through the lines on the other side. cking away or setting up the kite) that the bar has to be pushed through the lines again to untwist. -
Page 8: Securing A Foilkite
04 LAUNCHING 03.03 Securing a foilkite Fold your kite in the middle and let the tips flow out down- Please check not only the wind and weather conditions, but also wind. The bottom sail and the bridle will be facing inwards. all your equipment, especially the safety system before laun- Weigh down the kite in the front third of the top sail. -
Page 9: Edge Of The Wind Window With A Helper On A Foilkite
Pay attention that the downwind wingtip does not fold over The helper begins from the center of the kite and holds mul- upwind. tiple air intakes into the wind. As the kite fills, the helper slowly works his hands down the leading edge of the kite letting the inflated parts of the kite rise up. -
Page 10: Relaunch
05 RELAUNCH The kite will now spin around. As soon as the leading edge of the kite points up let go of the remaining leader line and put 05.01 Reverse Launch your hand back on the bar. Depower the kite till its back in the sky towards the zenith. -
Page 11: Drainage
06 LANDING Let go of the steering line as soon as the leading edge of the kite points up. Grab the bar and keep it depowered until the kite 06.01 Landing with an assistant is flying again. The easiest and safest way to land your kite is with the help of an assistant. -
Page 12: Self-Landing By Backstall
As soon as the helper has the kite securely in their hands, Secure the leader lines around a suitable object in a way walk towards them until all flying lines are no longer under ten- that the backlines stay “braked“ and flying up of the kite again sion. -
Page 13: Safety System
07 SAfETy SySTEM Hook in the chickenloop and secure it with the chickendick. The SONIC kites are equipped with a Frontline Safety (FLS). Slowly release the endline bit by bit. Make sure that it has not After triggering the Quick Release, the Control Bar will slide up wrapped itself around any part of your body. -
Page 14: Emergencies
08 EMERGENCIES 08.01 Self-Rescue with a foilkite In an emergency situation it is important not to panic, and to Packing down in deep water is only recommended for experi- react purposefully and goal orientated. enced kiters and should be practiced beforehand. Activate the quick release. -
Page 15: Packing Up
09 PACKING UP Grab the kite. A FLYSURFER kite can be packed into its bag very quickly. It is important that the bridle is securely packed inside the kite and the bar never gets into or goes through the bridle lines. -
Page 16: Kite Care
10 KITE CARE Lay the bar on-top of the kite and a bit away from the tips. FLYSURFER kites are very durable and very UV and saltwater re- sistant. With proper care, your kite may last even longer. Even- tual color changes of the cloth can be caused by environmental causes, UV-exposure, mechanical strain as well as it getting dir- ty. -
Page 17: Replacing The Sparepart Lines
11.01 Replacing the Sparepart Lines When exchanging a pulley (after 250h of use) concentration is needed. First make a larks head at the end of the line. The Sparepart Lines are the yellow lines that run through the pulley system known as the mixer. The sparepart line should be replaced before the sleeving could tear or fray (approx. -
Page 18: Little Connection Lines
Adjust- ments after heavy use over years should be done to keep the products performance and ensure a long-term use of the SONIC. 12.01 Mixer test Sort out the mixer. Hold the loops next to the little flags in Warning: After exchanging the sparepart lines, do a mixertest line and set A &... -
Page 19: Bridle-Check
Tip: The mixer is basically a 2:1 pulley system. If you want to Tension the mixer and secure the ends of the front and stee- change the B-Level by one centimeter, you will need to move ring lines (e.g. an assistant can hold them). The position of the the ring by two centimeters. -
Page 20: Profile Moment Adjuster (Pma's)
If this is not the case, you just have to move the metal ring If you shorten a PMA on the bottomside of the wing, the aerofoil of the mixer (B-Level) until all 4 knots are at the same level. becomes faster and the wing tips are more likely to fold. -
Page 21: Optimum Trim Of The Flying Lines
Adjust the PMA by moving the larks-head-knot. Repairs can be done at either our workshop in the head office, or by a Flysurfer sales partner who offers a repair service. High quality original spare parts for all our Flysurfer products can be ordered directly from our Online-Shop: shop.flysurfer.com... - Page 22 FLYSURFER Kiteboarding Brand of Skywalk GmbH & Co. KG Windeckstr. 4 83250 Marquartstein, GERMANY WEBSITE: www.flysurfer.com EMAIL: info@flysurfer.com PHONE: +49 (0) 86 41 69 48 - 30...