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this post reminds me of last fall when about a dozen local fliers met at Vista Park on the Columbia River, located halfway on the drive from Portland/Vancouver to Long Beach...in retrospect we should have just gone on to Long Beach where its almost always flyable instead of standing around watching a single one liner trying to stay up. one of the guys had a wind meter which being a newbie was fascinating to me...anyway as we stood there with our backs to the wind we saw the readout rising and falling from about 1mph which i could just begin to feel on the back of my neck to about 2mph which i could definitely feel. well i took off to get my Zephyr which as everybody knows will fly at 1mph but thats another story. i learned 2 lessons that day...what unflyable/barely flyable feels like and add some kentuckey windage to a kites low wind range. nowadays when i get to a flying spot i stand with my back to the wind and its like being back at Vista Park...then i pull out my wind meter cuz im a gear guy.

Widow Maker Pros UL on the right

John I had this one at S.P.I.. when you guys loaned me some super glue.Think I might have another yard of this fabric. 👍

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i couldnt agree more...due to the low winds i usually have to fly in, probly 1-4 mph, having a full size trickster in the Widow Maker UL Pro is awesome. it came with its big brother, a STD which flies down to 4 mph, the UL down to 2.5 mph. i bought them this winter from John Barresi. i first got interested in the Widow Maker when RobB mentioned it as his "desert island kite" , if the island is too windy i'll take the Standard. both kites are great trackers, fast turning, a hint of understeer, and full of tricks.

Wow! Cool. I wonder how I missed this one until now.

Finally finished this one. Turned out pretty good. The hexcam fabric and webbing is a little busy, probably do the next one with black webbing. Learned a few new techniques, but I still can't edge bind corners and have both sides match. Probably a patience problem.