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Just got finished with the Keystone Kiters Kitebuilding Workshop. This year's feature kite was the Drumbox. The weekend was fun, the camaraderie was great and the kite was a relatively easy sew. Looking forward to getting home and giving it its first flight. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

yes just like your except as noted in my post above the hole in mine is about an inch higher than yours. I don't know if that's cause for concern but I would wait till I heard from flying wings. I wouldn't even fly it, maybe you'll get lucky and they will send you a new kite. Sorry for the delay, I had to go to town, we are leaving tomorrow for the kite festival in long beach, wa. I won't be able to post anything for about a week. good luck. yes leave it the way it is at least for now.

I have the white Dream On and the white Little Dreamer. I love flying them stacked. It's like flying a single kite because they go together so well. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

my boys 2.5 has one hole in the Velcro with the line running up the outside to the bungie. It looks like your picture above in the ninth post but the hole in mine is about an inch higher than yours. I don't see two holes in your Velcro only one. I'm a little confused there. btw, it's my understanding that spectra line should never come in contact with the hook and loop side of Velcro, that's why they have it running up the outside so it doesn't touch the hook and loop on the inside. Other manufactures techniques vary. You should not run the line back inside the Velcro and contact the hook and loop. big no-no

Just found out I won the exact kite from Prism. I am so excited and am looking forward to taking it out. Love the pictures of yours.

Unless this dealer has lowered its pricing, an Exodus Std goes for $215 & the Exodus Mid Vent goes for $245, plus the additional UL T-0 frame for the standard sells for $80. That's what I payed in May/June of this year. If they can be had for less, brand new, I can adjust as well. Both of the kites I'm selling are brand new & never flown.

@Paul LaMasters thank you kindly for sharing yes agreed, it's not great for the LE by sliding that way, that only happened to be the start of the clip the wife got for me haha, I am fine launching up down and inverted launch too, and turning upright from inverted at launch. @makatakam thank you too, super appreciated pointers! Like seriously, every tiny bit any of you share or comment or critique is absolutely priceless. How else would anyone learn anything then? I was flying with top leaders knots all out but one knot in. Barresi leaders. I'll add another video shortly from the day of flying before we headed out to the beach, it'll be more boring to watch since it's just slower more controlled flying drills. I actually got scared the spars would pop in that wind, 3wrap. I am seriously in love with the pull of the 1.5b in that wind though, it's enough to drag me along the sand but not enough to actually take me off the ground and into the abyss unlike real power kites would when dead on in the wind window. Post again soon :D:D

The wind was a bit too much for the kite you were flying. When you have that much wind, let the top lines out two or three knots. It will slow everything down and improve control. You gain zero muscle memory if you are fighting against the wind for control of the kite. Watch the clockwork, bicycle spin, and hover tutorials. Practice holding all eight hover positions -- upright, left, right, inverted and the four diagonals -- steady in one spot, and moving from one to the next nearest in both (so you don't become "handed") directions. Make the transitions as slow as possible. This will give you muscle memory in each position. Don't obsess over learning the bicycle spin. It will just "click" eventually like the inverted hover did. Let it develop without pushing it too hard. You need that muscle memory and slow, deliberate transitions from each position to the next before you can combine them into fluid motion. You must have control during the transitions, and the best way to get it is to spend a lot of time going very slowly. I know how much fun it is to zip around and just have fun, but it's ten times as much fun to zip around with total control. You should hit that next plateau somewhere between 40 and 60 hours of flight time. Relax and let it happen. I look forward to your next video. Remember, your primary objective is to have fun, smile, and don't forget to breathe.

Sorry gang, as you get older, convenience becomes king,... Jockey's ridge is out of the question for me, I can barely stand the drive there, it is the very last place on earth I want to fly kites too I'm not dragging all my crap up and down that stinking' hill. I'm not peeing behind the sound tent anymore either. I don't even enjoy those howling winds! John Harris's business practices will eventually wear on you too, he has used up my patience and I can't support his operation monetarily, with labor of promotional content flying in front of the establishment, not even a single kind word on a public forum. Don't respond to this reading, we will not influence each other's opinions. We all have the right to our preferences. I would give up kites before flying there again.

I enjoyed your experience!,.... one comment, not a criticism in any way When you launched the kite at the very beginning you "dragged the leading edge diagonally" from an inverted position. That is two string move and NOT what you are after at all with a quad! That's abrasion on your leading edge sleeve and wear on the bridle loops, even the end-caps! Remember, this kite design is all about one word, control. You allow it to drag eventually going into forward flight on the side OR you make it back up. Practice the cartwheel until you DIAL it up to halfway point, balance there on the wing-tip (allowing your hands to go back to a neutral position, otherwise the kite also keeps right on going). That is what I want you to practice, REVERSE & speed control. Add still more "down" in the tuning in big wind, then kite will not suddenly surge forward. Instead you "allow" it to go forward, like you were looking over the dashboard of your car, trying not to hit a critter with both feet stomped onto the brake pedal, inches only of progress being permitted. I would stop you from flying one of my loaned kites until you mastered the cartwheel. Love to share, so you can appreciate how serious I feel this comment to be. The quickest improvement of skills comes about with how SLOW you can fly the kite regardless of conditions. The Speed series of wings will give you that rush if that is the ultimate objective. Control the 1.5 platform while learning and then you can accelerate to the Shockwave, supersonic or a Blast, basically TWICE as fast in forward and reverse. Best be ready for a huge increase of throttle sensitivity and pull. Speed series kites are not really a great low wind choice, but they are howling fun on a beach with wind.