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  • SHBKF

    Support your LKS

    By SHBKF

    Support your LKS   I started reading the kite forums with some intensity over four years ago.  I had used computers for many years even back before the days of the WWW.  It has been quite awhile since I’ve seen that initialism used in any context.  I had previously been on a few forums of interest but I was really fired up wanting to learn anything kites.   I saw mention of an initialism LKS, Local Kite Store.  Out here in the mountains of western Virginia there was no such thing.  Maybe
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  • Exult

    Learning from flying in unfamiliar or non-ideal situations

    By Exult

    When being removed from your comfort flying zone you might get new experiences that you couldn't imagine or predict. This blog entry is also a vacation post card from the medieval city (in the sense that ruins and buildings from that time still exist) of Visby ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby ) in the island of Gotland ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland ) in the Baltic Sea as well as an example of how flying during new and non-ideal conditions turned out to be educational, fun and very
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Last Day For Driving

March 15 was the last day for driving on the beach. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/03/17/last-day-for-driving/
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Flying Days

We had two days in a row of kite flying. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/03/12/flying-days/
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Still Waiting

Still waiting for some kite flying weather. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/03/06/still-waiting/
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The Usual Sunday Curse

It finally warmed up a little and I was really ready to fly some kites.  http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/02/25/the-usual-sunday-curse/
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We're Home From The Retreat

Another Maryland Kite Society Kitebuilders Retreat is in the books. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/02/21/were-home-from-the-retreat/
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What You Do When You Can't Fly

The community fly day came with a clear blue sky, a bright sun and an empty beach. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/02/11/what-you-do-when-you-cant-fly/
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A Little Catching Up

The latest kite fly was again cold and very windy.  So windy, in fact, I only put delta kites in the truck and grabbed our heavier lines. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/02/08/a-little-catching-up/
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Where Has The Year Gone

The past year has flown by and it has been a busy one.  But I didn't realize it has been a year since I had written anything.  And it hasn't been because we haven't been flying anything.  There have been festivals and workshops and just everyday flying.  I just haven't been writing.  So here's to beginning again and hopefully doing better. http://carolinabeachkiter.com/2020/02/03/where-has-the-year-gone/
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Attending Indoor Model Aircraft Events – the Setting of a Goal with a Deadline

The indoor events and preparation During December I’ve attended two indoors model aircraft events at an indoor football field (“soccer” to you over there). No, there were no other kiting activities there, so there were quite many basic questions regarding sport kites. Since I’m rather new to indoor kiting (give one or two DLK 4D indoor attempts) these two events have been valuable for me in the sense that they serve as deadlines – Going there without anything to demonstrate was just out of
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Doubled Up

While checking my second Rainbow Sail, I caught a glimpse of some very pretty colors when the fabric doubled up on me. I maximized the effect here to share.  While this will never be a kite this way due to needing two layers for everything, it's still a very cool color play that I thought I'd share with you.
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Group Photo

Hadn't taken the time to snap a photo of the kites I carry in my bag in a while.  
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A Time Of Quiet Desperation

The weather has truly been against us as far as the community kite fly.  And this day was no exception.  Early morning rain, cloudy skies and high winds made it dark and gloomy and questionable for flying.  However, there were a couple of desperate people who were willing to take a chance and put a kite in the air. A Time Of Quiet Desperation
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Tools of the Trade

I've been asked about what I use to do particular things for kite making.  Thought it'd be a good opportunity to share a quick overview of pretty much everything I use.  Some are more obvious than others. My kite making tools.. I use a sewing machine (obviously) 2 - 6' Long Metal rulers 2 - 3' Long Metal Rulers 1 - 18" Ruler (metal) 1 - 12" Ruler (metal) A Fiskars Rotary cutter. A Paper Cutter (Office Style) The normal assortment of Scissors (Including a heavy duty pair for
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Our First Fly Of 2019

After missing the New Year's Day kite fly on the beach, we made it out this past weekend for our first kite fly of 2019.  Our First Fly Of 2019
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Closing the book on 2018 kites.

I don't have pictures of them all but 26 kites were finished in 2018. No kites from tails this year. all from either RSN or Icarex. A few meshes and a couple of very unique attempts at doing something new. I'm not counting the one I considered failures that became flags. I'm blogging it here to keep from blasting out the gallery.. You seen probably most of these pictures before.  
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A silent solstice bridle check

Finished my latest Diamond Mesh Mashup and wanted to give it a good bridle check. Winds less then 5MPH and kite designed for 3-4 times that so was indeed a challenge.  Hopefully winds tomorrow will support a bit of video.. Pleased with the kite so far..
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