Could someone define (drawings or pictures would be best) what a
suicide leash is?
simple. look at the pic above.
that leash is attached to the back of the harness. the other end goes to the chickenloop.
now when you unhook, you're able to perform a hanlde pass (leash goes from your back on the right side of the body ot the c-loop, then you nhandlepass and the leash is on your left side. simply hook back in and pull the leash over yout head to reset).
if you let go, the kite keeps most of its power and flies straight on towards whatever direction it was flying when you let go.
in most cases it flies to the edge of the window and slowly descends towards the water.
the few cases where that does not work properly are the reason why this setup is called a suicide leash.