John Barresi

Cool stuff, eh? It's always safe to assume the following... When I call "GO"... You fly in the direction your leading edge is facing. When I say "to the edges", your leading edge is facing one edge of the window and you fly that way. What makes quad team easy is that every turn is prefaced with simple instructions, and then a "GO" for you to execute it. Example (assume a group of 8): To start... "All kites in horizontal line, facing up." at which point we all hover in a line, facing up... #1 on the right, last kite on the kite. "90 degree anti-clockwise pinwheel...... GO!" This puts us in a vertical line, facing left. "All kites face up... GO!" "Odd kites face right, even kites face left... GO!" "To the edges... GO!" "STOP!" (when kites reach the edges) "180 in place.... GO" (to face back in towards the center) "GO" (in the direction your leading edge is facing, to center) "STOP" (when kites reach the same vertical line) "All kites face up... GO!" "90 degree anti-clockwise pinwheel... GO!" (all kites are now facing right, in horizontal line) "All kites face up... GO!" "Big ball... GO!" (all kites collapse to ball) "Slow burst... GO!" "STOP!" "Back it in... GO!" (all kites reverse back to the ball) "Back to line... GO!" (all kites back to horizontal line facing up) "Two groups of 4, to ball... GO!" (two balls of four) "Slow burst... GO!" (two balls do a burst side by side) Etc, etc... You get the idea. It's easier than you might think, and you'll all catch on fast. Also, by the time the week is over... You'll be much more skilled, something about team flying has this effect.

You know what they say about grown men playing with their Bols... *giggle*

The only maneuvers available ahead of time can be found here... http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue49/r...ons49/index.htm Otherwise, we'll be sketching stuff out on a large dry erase board... Or, the fliers who have "been around the block" already will demonstrate.

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All good fun, you'll do fine.

Here's a review we did on the Acrobatx, if it's of interest. http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue46/a...atx46/index.htm

No worries, the Acrobatx wouldn't overmatch you... But, it can grow with you quite a ways.

You mean the event this September? Probably not, it's not as well attended. But, our iQuad team (4-6 members) will likely be there.

Chet, here's another thread on this forum which gets into selection of a kite in that price range... http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1042 Browse through it a bit, and you'll see what I'm talking about. Of course, feel free to post any follow up questions.

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Hey-o... We're gearing up for one helluva team quad gathering at WSIKF.. It will be building throughout the week, with hopefully over 20 fliers by the time Saturday rolls around! The tentative list of quad attendees so far: 1. John Barresi (OR) 2. Todd Rudolph (WA) 3. David Hathaway (Canada) 4. Egan Davis (Canada) 5. Justin Redington (WA) 6. JD Fabich (OR) 7. Alex Herzog (CA) 8. Steve Brown (Canada) 9. Ben D'Antonio (CA) 10. Steve Santos (RI) 11. Sue Moskowitz (RI) 12. Alan Cunningham (OR) 13. Penny Lingenfelter (WA) 14. Jim Foster (CA) 15. Wayne Turner (WA) 16. Jim Cosca (MD) 17. Carl Bragiel (OR) 18. Dan Burnham (CA) 19. Mario DiLucca (Canada) 20. Bob Serack (OR) 21. Ray Underwood (Canada) 22. Cal Yuen (Canada) 23. Dan Whitney (CA) 24. Charlie McClary (CA) If you'd like to get in on the action, PLEASE review all of the information found at the URL below... http://www.iquad.us/join.htm If you're going to be there and can handle a quad, please post back here so we can add you to the list! If you're on the list and won't be able to make it, same thing, please let us know. Let's blow this festival wide open with some quad goodness! This thread is also going on GWTW, found here... http://gwtw-kites.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=29752&

Sorry to say, I won't be able to make this one.

Here's the list... Posted on GWTW. http://gwtw-kites.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=29752& Penny, order a 120' set! We're going to be on short supply... Any "hard core" Rev flier should have a set of these on hand... Theresa might have some on hand for sale at WSIKF, if needed. I'm going to prioritize the extra sets to people who aren't "hard core" yet... It's the least I can do, to encourage their participation.

1) I might have an extra 120' set for you. 2) We can work on control for the first couple days, see if it's within reach. 3) No ape, if you whack him about the head and shoulders with a banana pie.

For a Wren, outdoors, best line is probably 50' of 50#... For indoor use, 12' is probably the right length to fit in just about any indoor venue, same strength.

Thanks.

To be quite honest, I don't have any experience with the Pyro... Although, I'm sure someone else here might be able to comment on some of the differences between the two kites?

Hrm... I don't know of one, sorry.

Oh, and get some 50# lines too... Makes all the difference in the world. Ed, are you going to WSIKF? If so, I should put you on the mega quad team list... We have 20 lined up right now.

Yep, Wren would work.