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AKA Convention in Seaside OR
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My 8' Mike Jones Rok above it all -
33rd Annual Washington State International Kite Festival. Long Beach Washington, USA
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Indoor or light wind kites
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I was at an indoor "thing" Friday and heard Wala was much heavier than the Skate. I just weighed my Wala against a borrowed Skate, both of which have recently been flown on the sand (it always gets into to some pocket or crevice) and my rough findings are Skate = 62 g and Wala = 95 g. That's roughly 6 US nickels (not necessarily $0.30 though) of weight difference. They are both good kites with very different aerodynamics. Perhaps life is too short not to own every glider kite out there
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The last post was from Paul de Bakker if you hadn't figured that out already. I asked him to step in and straighten this out and he just set up his profile today it looks like. Thanks Paul!
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untilJUNE 22-23, 2013 · 10am: Opening Announcements. · 10-11am: Meet Pacific Power and Light’s Kite Safety Man: Learn the safe way to enjoy kite flying! · 11-1pm: Kite Making Workshop with Phantom Star Designs: $5 Tyvek Kite Kit. · 10-12noon: Performances by featured fliers. · 10-2pm: FREE Kids Kite Making Workshop: Calling all Kids! Make your own paper kite that actually flies! · 10-4pm: Kids Passports: All kids will receive a FREE passport to the world of kites. Collect autographs from the featured fliers to win great prizes! Passports are available at the Event Tent. · 10-4pm: BIG Show Kites – including a pod of life-size Whale kites – adorn the Lincoln City sky! · 10-4pm: Raffle Prizes: Enter to win Lincoln City Signature Glass Floats, gift certificates, kite-related prizes and more! Raffle tickets are $1 each, or 6 for $5. Help us keep our beaches clean and receive a FREE raffle ticket by exchanging a full bag of beach debris at the Event Tent for your ticket. · 12noon: Running of the BOLs: Bragging rights to those who can run the fastest into the wind while harnessed to a doughnut shaped kite! Register on the field during the event. · 2pm: Kids Parade: After making their kites, the kids parade down to the beach to show-off their incredible creations! · 2:30-4pm: Performances by featured fliers. · 4pm: Festival close
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The Wala XL doesn't seem to be readily available in the US yet. Once they are and if there's a competitive price on it I'll probably add it to my collection. I'm going to build my own glider soon and will use the footprint of the regular Wala as a starting point.
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Thanks for the tip Wayne. I know a US nickel is exactly 5 grams...if we were to redo our currency system a dime should weigh exactly 10 grams I had it out yesterday in a bit higher wind than I should have but wanted to try it since my latest modifications. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. Thus far the most intuitive and easiest of the gliders I have is the Wala. The Zero G is the hardest and the U-Ninja and Horvath Hybrid 130 are somewhere in between and the iFlite's 1 & 2 have not had much air time yet.
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Update. I can flat spin very well.
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I used the designers plans from scratch. I thought even the kit was way too much. Some of his other models are for sale via Amazon...not the Ninja though.
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This was the first flight off the workbench so haven't tried anything fancy yet. I thought I saw somewhere that someone is making replicas of these. I would not recommend these as a first build to anyone although they aren't that complicated.
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I was pretty frustrated with the build and would have just bought one outright if they weren't so much money. I'll build at least one or two more with some modifications after doing my best to follow the original plans exactly on this one. Seems like it's going to be a good flyer.
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Thanks Wayne you just cost me a bunch of bucks (They had a Rev I've been wanting at a really good price) My wife is not going to be happy with you
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