Hi,

I bought a T4 four line kite for what I hoped to be a good training to learn to kite board. Well, the kite is very hard to fly, hard to control and hard to stay in the air. Plus it seems to turn "backwards" from what I see on kite boarding videos. When I pull the bar right it turns left and vice versa.

I have the outer bar lines to the leading edge (front) of the kite and the middle lines to the rear of the kite. Won't seem to fly at all the other way around.

Basically, I can't do "learning" with this kite. Anyone have an experience with it? I spent $120 to get it and guess I am stuck with a worthless kite now.

Thanks for any input

Your backwards. Put the middle lines to the leading edge and the outer lines to the trailing edge. Maybe you'll have better luck. Maybe try a lesson too. Have fun!

ROFL is this a joke?

I hooked it up the way I did because that is what the instructions say to do. Maybe this is a strange kite that is why I was hoping someone had some experience with it.

Like I mentioned...it does not seem to want to fly at all hooked the other way. I have tried both.

just like Ragga said..you have it backwards. No matter what 4 line kite brand you have, the center lines go to the front of the kite, and the back lines to the back(trailing edge of the kite). Where are you located??

If it is a T4 Foil, a Flexiefoil, Ozone, PKD, or just about any other quad line foil When flying it in on a bar your outside left and right lines go to the front edge or leading edge of the kite, left to the left, right to the right. The lines coming off the middle of the bar are you brake lines, they go to the trailing or back edge of the kite. This is just the opposite on an inflatable leading edge kite. Sounds like if your pulling right and the kite goes left it seems you may have the leading edge lines mixed up. Make sure to walk out your lines from the bar and make sure they are hooked to the kite in the right order. You do not want to make those kind of mistakes on a lagre inflatable kite.

Also when you fly this kite for the first few times try to fly it in about 10-12mph of wind. Lighter winds will be a litte harder to get it launched and flying correct.