I'm not gonna add much here cuz I'm a total newb, but what Scott is saying is true. My third lesson was in higher than I was used to winds, so my instructor and I decided to use my smaller kite(an 11m that had never been out of the bag, and neither had the bar). The instructor helped me rig, and let me launch the kite for the first time. As the kite launched it flew slowly, but directly to the right side of the window, directly over everyone sitting on the beach and the parked cars. I kept directing it to the left, but it kept flying right fairly uncontrollably. Luckily the instructor ran over and helped since I didnt know what to do.
The culprit was uneven lines that just needed to be stretched. Needless to say I'll never fly a kite straight out the bag without checking the line lengths.
I know you kinda got slightly reamed unexpectedly over your question, so I didn't want to add to it, but I thought my experience was a decent lesson
Good luck out there
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