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Monday evening I was on the beach flying in a beautiful sunset sky. Little did I know that bad things were unfolding in an area I visit several times each year. Gatlinburg is just a little over three hours from my home. My avatar image is my old 33 parked in "The Chimneys" picnic area in The Great Smokey Mountains National Park. A wonderful place I have visited many times. Seems I am always returning seeking the peaceful woods & stream. Did it survive? I arrive home Tuesday evening after hearing of the tragedy while traveling. Looking at images on the web I see the haunting pictures of the burned out motel I loved to stay in when in Gatlinburg, The Riverhouse Motor Lodge. Make memories while you can, nothing of man's making is forever. My heart goes out to those who lost so much more. SHBKF

Once you assemble the kite you can fine tune the final position of the tube protector. I had to move it just a little from my initial guess. I simply slid the piece using my fingernails perpendicular to the tube on two opposite sides of the tube. The springs only seem to move the sail 7/8's of an inch from the vertical. What a difference that little bit makes..... Thanks Riffclown for a great mod to this very interesting new Sportwing. SHFKF

I somehow split one of the original green vinyl end caps that had been added by Riffclown. So I switched to a black one I had in stock. The end caps I used are .313" I.D. x .75" long. After trimming off the end I stretched them a bit by placing them on needle nose pliers & pulling the handles outward. Rotated them & did that four times. Then I lubed the end of the vertical with saliva & slid the vinyl down into position. After the vinyl regained it's memory the end cap is tight on the tube.

Here's the Reflex, still fully assembled with lines & handles attached, comfortably inside the cab of the GMC Sierra. I really did not want a truck with the extra rear seat in it as you wind up getting a shorter bed. But this was the truck my wife wanted. I am a standard cab short bed pick up kind of guy. That kind of truck is almost a thing of the past. But the truck does have a big motor & a pretty dang good stereo. I like it better now that I know I can put a full size Rev in it.