Control handles

From KiteWiki

Many four line kites are flown on handles as shown below:

These are shown with kite killers and lines wound in a figure of eight pattern around them. (I will get a better picture showing the leaders and loops very soon).

At the tops of the handles are the power line leaders, and immediiately behind them are loops or knotted pigtails for connection of a strop.

At the bottom are the break line leaders, and immediiately behind them are loops for staking the kite when not in use, and for connection of kite killers.

--Badger 19:52, 13 October 2007 (BST)