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John Barresi

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  1. Just reminding ya'll again, if you are an official Kitelife subscriber and it doesn't show that on your forum profile and postings, please let me know your name and user name and I'll be happy to get that fixed up... Thanks for your patience!

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  2. As my hands are moving to that neutral position, I also take a step backwards to pull slack out of the lines.

    Good call Pilot... I knew I forgot something.

    Indeed, take a deep step back as you launch (past the hips method). :devil:

    Winds of 8-10 mph is typically plenty for a Beetle.

  3. Hi Geoff, that strikes me as kind of odd... Mainly because you are naturally able to move your hands further and faster past your hips than you would over your shoulders... Thusly creating more lift, and in a quicker fashion.

    You can always experiment... If the bridles aren't marked where you hook the lines on, go ahead an make sure both sides are even, then mark 'em for an easy reset later... Having done this, try moving the "clips" up an 1/8" or 1/4" at a time so that the nose is pulled in towards you slightly.

    Ideally, this would increase the lift a little.

    Now, if it goes all soft on you and doesn't respond... Go ahead and move 'em 1/8" or 1/4" down, so that the nose lays back a little more.

    If the kite just doesn't want to get off the ground and tends to oversteer (uncontrollable spin) too much, try working it out somewhere in the middle.

    Also, it might be a good idea to make sure that all the fittings (where the spreaders go in) are all in the same place too... Sometimes after a lot of flying, the stoppers come loose and the wander around a bit.

    Regardless, the kite and all it's parts should be identical on both sides.

    Please let us know how it goes?

    Also, what kind of wind speeds are you generally flying in?

  4. Looks like there's a festival in March... Chattanooga.

    http://aka.kite.org/cal_dtl.php?event_no=2439

    I pulled that off the AKA on line calendar.

    Also, you might write your local AKA Regional Director... It's their job to help local fliers.

    Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico)

    Michael L. Agner (NC)

    (910) 790-5979

    region4 (at) aka.kite.org

    Lastly, there are always the local clubs... Some have monthly fun flies.

    Music City Kite Flyers

    P.O. Box 210765

    Nashville TN 37221

    Phone: (615) 831-1496

    E-mail: MusicCityKites (at) webtv.net

    URL: http://community.webtv.net/MusicCityKites

    Looks like this club flies at CENTENNIAL PARK on West End Ave.

    I hope this helps some. :P

  5. You might try reducing the file size a little bit... Not sure if that's the issue, but it's worth a try.

    Cleary, the upload itself is canceling before completion.

    Also try uploading with another type of image (gif, png).

    *photo credit on this one goes to Eric Johnson*

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