Cabrinha Chaos 2018, User Manual

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2018 KITE USER MANUAL

REPAIRING LEADING EDGE BLADDERS

1.  First, lay the kite out with the struts facing up.

2.  Each end of the Leading Edge (LE) bladder is folded 

over and secured with a Velcro closure. You will also 

find a zipper access pocket at the center of the LE. 

Undo each Velcro closure and unzip the center access 

pocket. This will open up the sleeve of the strut and 

will allow you access to the bladder. (FIG 1.2)

3.  Separate the Airlock Valve Assembly from the leading  

edge. Carefully lift the retainer ring from the bladder. 

Using the small pull tab on the Velcro ring, carefully 

peel the Airlock base off of the inside of the LE.  Keep 

track of the assembly for later use. (FIG 3,4,5)

4.  Next, separate the Sprint inflation tube from the LE 

Sprint valve at the affected strut by first pulling up the 

Valve cover and then removing the Cable Tie (either 

by cutting off or pulling the tubing)  (Fig 6).

5.  Slide the air clips off of each tube. (FIG 7).     

6.  Then remove the Base Collar Clip from the bottom of 

the LE valve and set all parts aside for later use. (Fig 

8). 

7. 

Keep track of the valve parts for later use.

8.  For the next step, you will need two flying lines. 

Starting  

with one end of the leading edge, tie one line on/or 

around the wing tip end of the bladder. Cinch the line 

down well. Using the second line, follow the same 

procedure with the other end of the leading edge 

bladder.

9.  Next, gently push the valves down into the strut 

sleeve.

10.  Now, access the leading edge bladder through the  

zippered access pocket near the leading edge valve. 

(FIG 2)

11.  Gently pull one side of the bladder out of the sleeve at 

a  

time, leaving the flying line through both sides of 

the sleeve. Having the flying line through the sleeve 

will allow you to easily replace the bladder once it is 

repaired.

12.  Once out of the sleeve, attach the air clips. Inflate the 

bladder and close all clips and the airlock valve so that 

it maintains air. Do not over inflate the bladder.

13.  Submerge the bladder in water to locate the hole. 

A bathtub or large sink full of water is best. You will 

need to submerge one section of the bladder at a 

time in order to locate the hole. Look for air bubbles to 

locate the hole.

REPAIRS

FIG 1

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FIG 5

FIG 6