Cameron

Penny, That did the trick! Thanks a ton! Cam I usually have a jar opener with me.. A small piece of flat rubber to get a grip with. Sometimes..they get packed that way. BB Penny

Hello, I just went out and flew my new Pism Quanum. I've never flown a dual line before so am happy to report that I was able to keep it aloft for at least 30 seconds at a time. Anyway, while flying, I must have bonked one of the wing tips pretty good. When I quit, I could not break down the leading edge to pack up the kite. It has two carbon fibre lengths connected by a plastic tube and it is well jammed up in there. Does anyone have any advice as to how to fix this problem? How to prevent it in the future if I do get it fixed? Thanks for your help, Cam

Hi everyone, I have one hell of a question for you. What would be a good dual line kite (not power) to build considering: 1) I've never flown a dual line (at least, not successfully) 2) I've only built fighter kites so am a rank novice (but I can sew ok)? So basically I want to learn to fly these, on my own (no real kite community here as far as I know) on a kite I built. Thanks! Cam

Dan, I have built a number of kites in different styles. A good one to start is a dot-2 (plan by Dennis Ische) or a scooter (plan by Bruce Lambert). They are small, and forgiving. I built a ton of these to cut my chops. I used matchstick bamboo (from a cheap blind with hundresd of sticks) for both the spine and bow and plastic sheet on a roll for the skin. All put together with tape and photo-corners (from scrapbooking) to set the bow. As each kite only cost something like 30c, if one was rubbish, or I crashed it, I was not put out. Also the small size made it great for experimenting with decorating methods (paint, applique, etc) as they do not use up too much material. I have graduated to making all sorts of models using all sorts of materials, but some of those early ones are still great in comparison. Best, Cam