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bought a fulcrum. have flown 2-3 hrs worth. it is easy if you have any quad experience at all. it is not the same beast as the Rev Rx I own but is not meant to be. it is very anxious to get in the air. I consider myself to be late beginner to early intermediate. assembly is easy. and is done in five minutes or less once you have done it one time. I find it tempting to compare it to the Rev Rx but not sure that isn't apples to oranges somewhat. hardest thing was getting used to the orientation of the kite which is easier to do with the Rev. Am I happy with it? Hey! Its a kite! And a very good one! Of coarse I am happy!

Just received word mine has shipped and will be in my hands hopefully this weekend. Looking forward to it! Sent from my XT1575 using KiteLife mobile app

Deleted replicate post that didn't have pictures. Nice kites, good luck with sale. In between Heaven and Earth, there are kites.

Congrats Joanna, you will like it a lot! I have one of Richard's older designs and it flies beautifully. That is one of the biggest challenges to indoor - finding a place to fly!

Salt and sand are the worst enemies of sails or lines. Get in the habit of doing these things to get the longest life out of your gear. 1 - Rinse your kite with fresh water at very gentle pressures. Knocks all the sand off, cleans all the salt out. Bridles too. Both will eventually eat your stuff, but you can delay that with good cleaning habits. Got a Rev 1 from about 1998 in my bag in great condition. 2 - Rinse your lines regularly. No need to unwind, it does help to wind loosely though. Just put winder and lines in a tub big enough to hold them. Maybe add a few drops of detergent to the water. Place on a towel to dry after the soak. You'll be surprised to see how much sand comes out of them. And the soaking dissolves the salt crystals and prevents build up. Lines do wear out eventually. As a team flier, I go though almost 2 sets every year. Crossing lines is very wearing. 3 - Swap your lines end to end. If you have always used your lines in one direction, try turning them around. The wear spot from crossing will happen in a different place. Never tried the Sewer's Aid myself, sorry. You can remove the rings on the handles and make your own snag-less ones. Use an 8-10 wallboard anchor and screw to replace them. Works really well and is a cheap alternative to buying new handles. That video walks you through the job, should take around a hour to do a set, less if you're handy with tools. Holds up for a very long time.

...CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Joanna. I received your mail address. Are you able to receive UPS at the address you sent me. If not I need a new address where I can send the box to via UPS. At any time you need any info about the kite or flying it feel free to land line me at, 360-413-0700. Again WTG

Congratulations.

Congratulations! Aspire to inspire before you expire -

Woohoo! Awesome. I look forward to flying this. Thanks Richard @kiteflyr. Thanks @John Barresi for helping out with the drawing too.

@happysuperbutton Short answer is practice and break down the move into segments.. Instead of 180's try 90 degrees and an intentional pause to make sure you have a stable hover at that point. Then finish your rotation.. Many times you'll find that you have too much slip or too much lift at that 90 degree point and that's where you are losing your static tip point.. JB's Basic Hover drills video will make a huge improvement in this stepped maneuver for you. As an interim drill, draw squares with your leading edge.. (90 degrees on right tip followed by 90 degrees on left tip rotating the same direction on the opposite tip, repeat until your LE has formed a perfect square in the sky and kite has made exactly one full rotation.)That will help you discern your hover when vertical as well as the transition between the maneuvers. Try flag out for verticals and then flag in.. (Sail on outside of square when vertical followed by sail on inside when vertical..) Basically start with kite upright for first drill and then start next drill from inverted start. It sounds harder than it actually is but it will attune you quickly to your kite and establish foundations to build upon. It will also help you see the sky as a grid since you are literally drawing LE sized squares on your field of vision.

I have a Fulcrum and it is very fun quad to fly. It pulls hard in 10 mph wind. It flys very precise and you can fly in reverse at full speed without one wing folding. It is hard to get it to side slide like the rev. Not sure what line is recommended but I’ll switch to 150 lb if I’m flying it in wind over 10 to 12. It is definitely different than the 1.5’s I’ve been flying. It’s very easy to fly straight lines across the sky due to the shape of the wings. With the light frame I was easily able to fly in 3 or 4 mph wind. In lighter wind you can get it to float on its back when reversing downward from the center of the wind window. It is definitely a good addition to my quad collection and is a blast to fly. Sent from my IPhone