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Leading edge bladders work as membranes only and must be contained by the sewn sleeve of the leading edge. Leading edges are usually inflated to between 6psi and 10psi. A bladder not contained and supported by a sewn outer sleeve will swell and burst with just 2psi. A bladder that is twisted or short will swell until it is restricted by the sewn sleeve or bursts. Make sure that the bladder is supported at all points by the sewn sleeve and does not need to stretch to fill any voids.



if the AIRTIME bladder is longer than the original, you can shorten the length of the bladder by inverting the ends of the bladder back inside themselves.		start at the center and stack half the bladder like an accordion leaving the bladder end on top. place the stacked bladder in front of the bladder access opening at the center of the leading edge.		run a flying line in a wingtip of the leading edge sleeve and out the bladder access opening at the center of the leading edge. tie the flying line off to the end of the bladder.



pull the bladder into the leading edge by the flying line, watch that the bladder feeds in cleanly. repeat this and the previous two steps to install the other half of the bladder into the other side of the kite.		make sure the bladder ends extend all the way to the end of the bladder sleeve and thaw the bladder ends are properly secured when the sleeve ends are closed.		after seating all the valves in their holes slowly inflate the leading edge. watch for any soft wrinkled areas that could indicate a twisted bladder. if the bladder is twist3ed or the ends not properly seated the bladder may be damaged upon full inflation.


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