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[JoneZ]

lol thats what the first sentence was directed towards! lol
The cooler is appealing to my Canuck Nature.

[Guru4tru]

JoneZ, on 04 January 2010 - 05:57 PM, said:

lol thats what the first sentence was directed towards! lol
The cooler is appealing to my Canuck Nature.

Oh Yeah...Sorry 'Bout That Jon...After re-reading your post...you did mention on the cooler............didn't notice at the time..............probably because the cooler went empty...........Happy New Year!!

OK...So I'm a little late in the celabration!!

Keep It Up@!
Duane

[James M.]

Did you get your kite caddy rolling yet? some dolly wheels or wheelbarrow wheels could be used. Wheelbarrow wheels will be a bit heavier but smother rolling.

James

[Guru4tru]

James M., on 04 January 2010 - 07:35 PM, said:

Did you get your kite caddy rolling yet? some dolly wheels or wheelbarrow wheels could be used. Wheelbarrow wheels will be a bit heavier but smother rolling.

James

Hi James,

Yeah...had it out yesterday and it's doing great!! Running over concrete and grass...like it can't be beat...although I wouldn't even try it in sugar sand!

The only problem I've been having is the cooler keeps going empty!?!?

Keep It Up!
Duane

[Baloo]

Got a way to sort your cooler problems out Duane.

There are some folks over here callled Overfinch, they specialise in tuning and customising cars.

One of the things they will do is mess about with your nice new Range Rover, costs about £100,000. Howver as part of that deal for the first 12 Months if the booze cabinet runs out they top it up for free.

I could find the number if you like, you caould ask them how much to customse your Kite Launcher.

[Guru4tru]

Baloo, on 05 January 2010 - 03:05 AM, said:

Got a way to sort your cooler problems out Duane.

There are some folks over here callled Overfinch, they specialise in tuning and customising cars.

One of the things they will do is mess about with your nice new Range Rover, costs about £100,000. Howver as part of that deal for the first 12 Months if the booze cabinet runs out they top it up for free.

I could find the number if you like, you caould ask them how much to customse your Kite Launcher.

Thanks Baloo,

I can always depend on you to come through with excellent advice! (there's that funny looking "L" again)

Keep It Up!
Duane

[Guru4tru]

Hi!!

I gave all your suggestions a "go", except Baloo's 100,000 funny looking Ls thing, and she was winding up pretty good!. Crossing the lines helps, but I think the main improvement came from the wind. Prior to this fly, the wind was pretty gusty...this time I had some fairly steady wind, and when I kept it in the middle of the tunnel to wind up...it went pretty good!

I did break, and had to replace, the spine of my beloved "Destiny" (Nirvana UL), but she's OK!!. The wind was fairly strong and I should have had "Serenity" (Nirvana STD) in the air instead. That was the first part I had to replace on either of these gals, so that's pretty good. They are both a lot more resiliant than I had expected when I first got them and I put them through some pretty hard crashes.

Thanks for your help!

Keep It Up!
Duane

[JoneZ]

No problem bro. Glad to see you are getting those wrap ups.
Do your Leading Edge a favour, and stick some black duct tape right above your yoyo stoppers (I use a 3" x 1 1/2" piece, folding it lengthwise over the L.E.). The line will rub and wear on the tape, instead of the raw leading edge.
Repeat this process on the trailing edge as well, where the lines make contact (for my Widow, its from my inner standoffs to around 3" out from the outer standoff.).
If you're worried about lower spreader wear from your lines (most likely from your STD [high winds]), I've heard of ppl using a straw to cover the spot inbetween their APA standoff connectors. Just cut to length, slice the straw lengthwise, and snap it on.

[Guru4tru]

Great suggestion "JoneZ"! (take me awhile to get used to that..."JoneZ"...heehee!)

I just went over Destiny and Serenity the other day and took a lighter to some of the frays...they'll love you for that!!

You mentioned in another post about how the Quad can take crashes. I can sure agree with you on that. When I was trying to hover inverted my brain didn't adjust very quickly, I'm a little slower than most, and I'd move the handles in the wrong direction..."ZAP!!" Going "Full Throttle" into the ground!! I think the only reason I haven't had to replace anything yet is because all most all the time it would crash lengthwise instead of at an angle. (And of coures, it was a couple weeks before I tried flying with anything but 3 & 4 wraps---the 2 wrap said: "For Professionals Only" and I wasn't about to touch them!!)

Keep It Up!
Duane