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  1. riff was kind enough to lend me his "A Touch of Purple" sail. All he asked for was an honest review of my opinions. Since I also happen to belong to a team, Quad Squad North West, I thought I'd pass it around and get some other thoughts as well. Here they are: 5 of 7 members present got to try it out. EVERYONE liked it! One of our members is a kite maker himself and felt that by and large, your worked passed muster! He was especially impressed by your stitching, felt it was very good. He also was one that tried it. He did notice that the center was a bit shallower than our Phoenix sails. Maybe more like the older SLE pattern? Many of us used to fly B pros before our switch to Phoenix, so we are used to Bazzer's work. I myself have flown his work for the last 6-7 years. The general consensus is it is great. One of our members that I trust very well, liked it a lot. She really tested it hard. Braking, turning, holding the load, accelerating. she gave it the works. Felt it did everything well. The ONLY thing she mentioned negative was that it seemed to need just a second to go. A pause, then no problems. Sort of like the old "turbo lag" that old cars had when the turbo was first released. Other than that one comment, everything else positive! My own impressions were just as positive. Since it takes me a second to process any info, I never noticed any lag. It was very smooth, even in winds that were possibly a bit much for it. I had a black race frame in it, might could have used a 3 wrap instead for those winds. But still it was very nice. It reminded me very much like an early Freilein I was asked to test. It was early in their production, Andy gave me one to try out and report on. Still had screen in the LE, way before the A-holes. How it would perform in a team setting, I didn't try. Since it was a practice, we all flew Phoenix together. This next weekend is a festival on the coast, I'll test it further. Maybe get the chance to fly it in a mixed crowd of other line fliers and see how it feels around other stuff. But so far - everything is pretty positive! Sorry I don't have pix - tech challenged!!
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  2. @Wayne Dowler Thank you for the priceless feedback.. Keep enjoying it for a while.
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  3. And one thing I forgot to mention - everyone commented on how smoothly this transitioned to backwards flight. Thank you for the loan - further testing to be done!!!
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  4. Got the chance to fly this purple fade at Coyner Springs. I hate to say it but Rob has come a ways in his craft since making mine. Flies very well and stable with a fantastic inverted hover and glide. Lucy is jealous- Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app
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  5. I'm stoked you got a chance to try it.. Was awesome seeing you and flying with you again..
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  6. Flew excellently with a incredible inverted hover. Glides like a dream, very nice kite! Well done sir!! Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app
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  7. After spending the morning in the search section reading up on years worth of questions. I do have one to ask. My line strengths are way out and to go better or bigger i need to increase line strength, that means increasing the swivel sizes as well. once I get past 500Lb fishing swivels are not strong enough so I went looking else where. That else where splits into two distint paths, climbing and mountainerring or industrial and in my cass boat chain anchor swivels. Boat chain swivels are considerbly cheap than mountian one used for climbing. Is there other options to look for for swivels past the 1000lb to 2000lb marks The other thing is weight of swivels, do you still use on at the bridal attatchment point when you get past 500lb rated units and just have them on the floor?
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  8. An 81 is a big honkin kite for lifting the biggest stuff. I have the Gomberg Super Sled which is 40 sq ft, but I don't think it's as good of a lifter as the Premier Power sled 36. Plus I like the graphics better. An 81 can really hurt you if you're not careful. Expensive really strong line and you need lots of strength to get it down, but you;ll be able to lift anything if you're set on putting both socks on the line. I'm a big dude and I don't feel like troubling myself with an 81. I'd rather just go with a sky form if that were the case. BTW, you see he's wearing gloves in the photo for the 81. That is a must with the larger lifters.
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