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Wow, this is awesome! Thanks for all the congrats and thanks, John, for offering up such a cool kite!

What – leaving the kite in the car? Are you out of your mind?! You can never expect a lasting relationship if you make it feel neglected!

This commissioned sail has been completed and is ready for initial flight tests.. this one is as close to an exact 1.5 size as I could make it and still be faithful to the diamonds techniquen. I don't usually make an exact 1.5 size and the sail isn't as tight as one would expect but a simple glide test was surprising. Bungees are left long for the moment to allow a bit of tweaking if required. This sail has the wear strips, LE Tabs, fold relief and is set up to allow French bridles and magic stick at the request of the owner. You could even put springs on it if you so desire.

40th Annual Wright Kite Festival Event Dates July 14 - Jul 15, 2018 Wright Brothers National Memorial 1000 North Croatan Hwy., Kill Devil Hills, NC Saturday, July 14 – Sunday, July 15 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Take flight where flight first began with Kitty Hawk Kites and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Enjoy a walk on the hallowed grounds where Wilbur and Orville took their historic first flight in 1903, then come join the kite fun. Large 30 – 100 foot kites will be flying high on display. You are invited to come fly kites of your own, take FREE stunt and power kite flying lessons, and bring the kids on over to the kite making station. Admission to the park is $10, but participation in the kite festival is totally FREE! The Wright Brothers National Memorial grounds are open daily from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

Congratulations ! This kite would be a great addition to anyone's kite bag. Smooth winds to ya !

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I finally got my new quad-line kite! I purchased a Revolution Reflex 1.5 RX. And I'm proud to say it's the special "PG" model named after me! But that's a story for another post. What I did want to talk about was my first experience flying the kite. I have to admit it's a lot tougher than it looks in the videos done by the experts. In my defence I have to say that the wind was not the best. It was gusty and would come and go quite quickly which made keeping the kite in the air a real challenge. And when I did have it in the air, I found I was falling victim to over-control as I had seen talked about so often in instructional videos. I would turn too much and go into a spin and then panic and over-compensate and crash. The other thing that didn't help is that I was always mixing up my right and left. You'd think it would be easy to remember. Push right thumb to go right, left thumb to go left. But in reality it wasn't so easy for me. I also think I was not returning my hands to neutral quickly enough. I would start a turn and not pull back on my handle fast enough (and hence starting the spins I talked about above). I'll have to get used to doing the smaller, quicker moves on the handles. And keeping my hands even (i.e., not pulling back on one or the other handle so much). I think more constant wind will help with that. All that being said though, I can't wait to go back out, in better wind hopefully this time, and try again. I really wish I had an experienced flyer I could join and learn the ropes from. But unfortunately I don't know anyone in the Ottawa area who flies a Rev. So, if you fly a Rev in the Ottawa area and you are reading this, please reply and let's see if we can get together. I saw an ad for a kite flying festival in town in a couple of weeks where I'm hoping I may run into other Rev flyers. Wish me luck. Thanks, Phil

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Congrats! Have fun!!

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Congratulations!

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Yeah, those were the days! [emoji5] BTW I'm currently re-publishing quite a few of the old articles on the new website. Hope you like them! Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using KiteLife mobile app

JB has great training videos on here. Watch them. The best advice I ever got was practice with a purpose. I had a set routine of skills to practice first, then I would do whatever I wanted. Often, I would practice skills the last 5-10 minutes of flying to see how the practice was refining my control. I am a solo flyer so I haven't focused on team that much, but it won't hurt to practice those skills next.

Matrix, The Game, What the Bleep Do We Know, Guardians of the Galaxy and Indiana Jones Temple of Doom.

From your picture, it looks like the Griffin 3-stripe, which would be the middle of the 3 versions, and framed in carbon fibre (Bemans?). The basic version (I still have mine!) was framed in something like J-65 fibreglass. Heavier! Floppier! Bullet proof! Needs about 7mph to get going! The top end was the 5-stripe, done up in polyester (icarex?) cloth and wrapped rods, with a commensurately lower end in the wind range. Your version may vary from this, however. In any case a classic kite indeed, imo. . .

I would recommend 50# line instead of 90#. Even a beginner with a light wind kite will notice the difference . I really enjoy the 120’ foot set as it’s such a larger wind window, and gives beginners a larger area for recovery. My somewhat sketchy opinion....fly on...... Sent from my iPad using KiteLife mobile app

2001. Airplane!. Gremlins. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Manos, The Hands of Fate.

Remember that any material or hardware you add to an ultralight kite will make it heavier. It kind of defeats the purpose of making it ultralight in the first place. Unless you have lots of opportunity in low wind conditions, the kite will not get a lot of wear. Fly the kite and before you begin check the amount of wear already present before you add reinforcements. An ultralight bridle, if it doesn't already have one, would help performance. Whatever you decide, don't overthink it and be sure to have fun!