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Bottoms furthest out for now. Later you will use them to adjust for unequal lines. Bringing the bottoms in is equal to letting the tops out by the same increment. If your top lines are already all the way out and you need more brake you can bring the bottoms in. I have two or three knots in my bottom leaders for these reasons, but the same effect can be had by using longer top leaders with knots further out. There is generally no need for knots close to the handles on top, unless you fly a variety of differently designed quads. I do, and therefore my leader setup varies slightly from the "norm". Search and read the handle and leader topics on this forum to see how others have set theirs up and you will have a good idea of the norm.

Try flying about 1/4 of the way up from the ground. Stop there and go into an inverted hover. Glide away as if trying to regain ground. With your dominant hand sharply pop the bottom (brake) of that handle all the way down past the thigh, and at the same time throw as much slack as possible into the other handle. Do it in light wind, or near but well short of the edge of the window in medium wind. Search samurai slide on this forum. It is the easiest pre-entry position for the axel.

Fingers crossed for ya, would be a pleasure.

Here it is, full speed only (at :33)... BUT, you can see both kite and hands because it's through the dogstake. It's a much, much sharper "stall" set up when entering from a horizontal ground pass.

Here it is in slow motion... (hopefully this cues up at 1:44) Notice there is a "feint" one way, then the axel inputs the other way. This is actually more the normal set up, still looking for the hard "stall" set up in video.

Make sure we talk about it at St Anne's in September.

Hi everyone! I've been meaning to get my videos up, but darn how much I hate video editing. I've been recording my flights and take home around 20-45mins worth of footage every other day since I first got my rev a week ago. Total flight time on it is now at around 13-15hours!! It's been great. I have a ton to learn still even though I "can fly" the rev. No finesse or precision yet lol. Might be my RC background, but I loveee when the wind kicks in and this rev starts darting around, love the speeds it can get. Always have questions and looking for pointers from you experienced fliers, biggest question now is what should I try first, seeing that I'm on a budget..I struggle to keep my midvent to stay up or hover in lighter winds.. (as expected) I usually have to wait for the gusts to come, could be the spot I'm flying sucks, but wind reported has been 11-14mph at the times I fly. 1 search for a std sail? 2 new lighter frame? But which? 3 seran wrap 4 lighter lines? I got Barresi's leaders now, and watched almost all his vids here including light winds tips. Didn't work very well for me, no height gained in s turns, ended up doing figure 8s haha. Thanks all, I'm determined to finish uploading my flight clips!

Check this out.. just a couple miles south of Depot Bay. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/07/thousands_of_slime_eels_still.html#incart_target2box_default_#incart_target2box_targeted_

Thanks makatakam for sharing that, valuable notes for newbie like me to keep in mind when out in the field. I had the best time flying yesterday evening, flew for yet another hour, for a total of about 7-8 flight hours now with my first Rev! It went so much better in yesterday's flight. I've found my own way around lines setup for the time being until I understand further how they work and behave in relation to the winder. It took me less than 10minutes to get up in the air, after noting every single one of you guy's advise and suggestions here in the thread. So thank you. I'm gonna video what I do, maybe it will be useful for starters that don't yet know how to control the Rev fully. I quickly came to notice the seasoned fliers that advised me with lines advised me the way they did because they were well, seasoned fliers. They already understand everything about the lines and flying the Rev with twisted lines. They are able to launch inches off the ground, inverted, slide, and spin the kite on command, or turn handles over and around all while keeping the kite upright, in order to untwist any lines. It's a tall order for even how "fundamental" it is. A newbie like me, has zero confidence and no knowledge of how to handle the kite yet, let alone launch with lines crossed and twisted, and then unwinding by flying the kite or letting go of handles to untwist or cross over. I was advised to immediately hook the lines onto the kite, don't bother straightening and untwisting the lines yet, as it can be done easier and faster once they are hooked in and tenses up with the kite and some twists might not even be any actual twists after all. Following that resulted in my crazy twisted lines, so badly that the veterans were stumped too and struggled to help me untangle. Took me 30-45mins (with extra help untangling) before I was up in the air. Having the lines tied down to the kite and handles made any turns or cross over hard to manage. So instead, now, i stake my handles, and unwind the lines, all the way down to the kite. But before I hook them to the kite, I spend the additional minute walking back to the stake, and then picking up the lines and separate them by pairs as I walk back again to the kite end. Since the lines are free at this one end, they unfurl on their own and untwist easily and rapidly. the lines are in their individual pairs now, free of any tangles. Then I hook into the kite, parked inverted. Make my way back to the handles, pick them up the right way (crossed since parked inverted). And launch. Freedom. Less than 10mins down from 30-45. Getting the hang of the Rev now, will post video soon Update again soon thanks!!!!

ACrop, Thanks for the fun fly, good wind, sun and plenty of beach made for a great day. We hope it worked out that your family got to see some whales, and fireworks. It was nice meeting you and we hope you had safe travels back home. Terry & Sandy

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I'm a complete newbie who bought a 64" wingspan $10 dual line stunt kite off of Ebay. I have flown it a couple of times and now I'm completely hooked. I got to the point where I could control it fairly well...figure-8's and squares are no problem. I tried multiple looping for the first time last night and managed to do a full speed nose plant. The tee holding the spine to the lower spar broke and the spine broke through the fabric at the nose. I'm going to patch this one back together, but now I'm thinking that I need another kite. One that is durable enought to handle my newbie crashes and has decent flying lines (with straps). I'm looking at: Flying Wings - Beetle Newtech - Chery Bomb (or Diode) Prism - Jazz (or Nexus) Can anyone recommend any of these or are there others that I should consider? If your friend (that's me) had $50 (or so) and said he wanted to get into stunt kite flying...which kite would you recommend? (And why...)

first off welcome to kite life. you may want to look in to the nexus I don't think I spent that much on mine it was around $40 at a shop 2 years ago it has survived the worst off my training. crashes and all it has been a extremely durable kite through- yes winter flying hot sumer stuff and higher winds than what its designed for. I rilly should not have flown it but. I love to hear it scream in the wind .and I still like it and fly it though its not in the top spot any more you may fined that you out grow the detonator fast I did .and yes you will end up with a collection of these sky gems eBay is a great place. good winds I got too fly now