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[Guru4tru]

Baloo, on 09 May 2011 - 09:49 PM, said:

OK, so lets give your kid 2 more chances.

You get my numbers this time. OK?

Baloo you shouldn't have done that!
If "SV" gets that kite..."you know" he's going to fly it
....and that will be all we will ever hear from "SV"! heehee!

Keep It Up!
Duane

[stroke survivor]

I can see it now, dragged down the beach, next stop California!!!!! I personally wouldn't fly it, never did go for the power side of kiting, I prefer a more elegant flying style, NOT BEING PULLED ALL OVER THE PLACE!! Hey what can I say??!! It's the truth!!

JB, maybe getting a new kite will rekindle his flying again!!! Taught him to fly a long time ago now, but he's had other interests as of late and flying isn't considered an "in thing"!!! A lot of his friends don't get it and peer pressure has kept him away!! Hopefully this would jump start his kiting again!!

Baloo - Thank you, got my fingers crossed!!!

[plod]

Ok SV, if it's gets another person flying, then you can have my number as well on this one

[Guru4tru]

Hey "SV"...I would have given you my 2 numbers too, except they have already been given away to the next "New Subscriber" to Kitelife! Come-on "New Subscriber"...take the bribe...and you may be "Flying with Power"!! heehee!

Keep It Up!
Duane

[--Pete]

stroke victim, on 10 May 2011 - 09:00 AM, said:

...BEING PULLED ALL OVER THE PLACE!! ...

Well, that USED to be my style. My favorites were kites like 10' Flexifoils in 20+ mph winds, Hawaiian Team Kites, Big stacks and the like. They didn't pull me around much because I've always been heavy enough to anchor them, but I've definitely been knocked down a few times.

I'm considering a more gentle style for the future; I even got a vented Rev. Never would have let even a scrap of available wind get away in the old days. Time to retire my 500# Kevlar™ line-sets, maybe?

[stroke survivor]

--Pete, on 10 May 2011 - 01:13 PM, said:

stroke victim, on 10 May 2011 - 09:00 AM, said:

...BEING PULLED ALL OVER THE PLACE!! ...

Well, that USED to be my style. My favorites were kites like 10' Flexifoils in 20+ mph winds, Hawaiian Team Kites, Big stacks and the like. They didn't pull me around much because I've always been heavy enough to anchor them, but I've definitely been knocked down a few times.

I'm considering a more gentle style for the future; I even got a vented Rev. Never would have let even a scrap of available wind get away in the old days. Time to retire my 500# Kevlar™ line-sets, maybe?

ROFL!!!! I haven't used anythng stronger than 150# lines!!!

[--Pete]

I've broken a 500# line, at least once, when I was well dug-in, leaning way back (almost horizontal, but only my heels touching the ground), and braced, when a wind gust hit as the kite (10' Flexi) was going through the power band. The line broke as I was being lifted (forced suddenly) vertical.

You can get some amazing pulls from kites. The first time I stacked my 13 Rainbows, I took them through the power band and had more than 10 (out of 72) 200# clips in the train lines pull themselves out straight.

Now THAT was a mess to straighten out: 13 kites (each with a long ribbon tail), plus half of the trainlines detatched (a few I never found). I had to remake 36 identical (sleeved and tuned for length) trainlines. (That was where I learned to be efficient in measuring, sleeving, and looping linesets.)

[Reef Runner]

--Pete, on 11 May 2011 - 03:58 AM, said:

I had to remake 36 identical (sleeved and tuned for length) trainlines. (That was where I learned to be efficient in measuring, sleeving, and looping linesets.)

And speaking of being efficient at "measuring, sleeving, and looping linesets" ............ there's another topic, that awaits your valuable input
Share the knowledge............. (but only when you feel up to it)

[stroke survivor]

I think the closest I ever came to stacking was when I drooled on a set of 5 Prism Microns all trained up at the kite store!!!! I have never tried stacking any of my Revs, wrong combos of kites!! But that's ok, I like what I can do with the Rev the way it is!!!

[Guru4tru]

Hey! Y’all “Check THIS Out!!”

I’m “soooo” sure I going to win this "Power Kite" that I made up a "Kite Buggy" for it!
I call it my “Redneck’n Kite Buggy!” Now this has got “CLASS!!”



…and it even has “headlights” for Night Flying!!



Make sure that the bungee cord that going to the handles is connected under your belt and not just through the belt loop!



And of course, pull the disconnecting rod to the rear so the "buggy" is free wheeling!



…and it has its own motto: “Nothing Flies Like A Deere!” heehee!


(Warring: If you decide to do this, make sure to tie the ropes around you “and then” to the back axles. If you just go around the seat, the seat will lift up when a strong pull is applied.)

Keep It Up!
Duane