This page is dedicated to describing techniques and kit that you can use to minimize, as far as possible, the risk that kiting poses.
The quick-release is attached securely to the bar, as shown in these pictures.
Kite-killers are attached to the brake lines so that when you release the handles, the brakes are applied fully. This effectively depowers the kite to a reasonable level, at the cost of having an uncontrollable flapping beast at the other end.
Kite killers |