photomom Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 While digging through my kite bags to get out RWB kites, I found this little gem. I forgot I had it. I flew this quad before I got my first Rev. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Looks like a 'Spirit'... Is that an original, or a New Tech? That was my first quad, too, but I had the NTK version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted July 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 It's a New Tech Spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Designed by Mr Steve LaPorte, who is also a renowned Hollywood make up artist (Terminator, Lost, etc, etc) and really super nice guy - flew in competition and saw him at festivals during the early and mid 90s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_La_Porte http://www.facemaker.com/Steve_LaPorte/Home.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul LaMasters Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 that kite can be improved so much with some mods slapped on, I used that design for 3 years of competition (our modified version was called a Tirips) and Bob Lauder is making that shape for himself as a "shook mesh-styled" design (if you get down to Outer Banks, NC you need to try his kite out for yourself. His latest one had six hundred thread changes after Paul Dugard lectured him about construction quality and shared a Gibian built kite for comparisons). Bob's home-builds already flew beautifully and looked stupendous in the air, only missing that close-in inspection quality approval by the builder judges, to be right up there with the greats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photomom Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Our choice for the Outer Banks is Ocracoke or Corolla. We avoid the "madness" of Nags Head/Kitty Hawk if we can. We do like the Avon/Buxton/Hatteras areas, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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