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Waiting for appropriate winds. I didn't do custom colors with the first one.. Winds were 20-25+ today. Not the environment for a full sail..

Time for an update 13 Revs Shook Mesh 75% #214 Shook Mesh 40% #206 RWB Trifinity, Rainbow Trifinity, Skulls, B-series Custom Full Sail, SUL Old Glory, SUL Ghost Full set of B-Pros (Full Sail, Mid-Vent and Full Vent) Full Sail SLE Red Black Spider RX 6 Freilein Vertigos (4 in a stack plus a full sail and a Max all of them are Red White & Blue) 2 Freilein Exodus (one full sail and one Mid Vent) Both the Cool Color Scheme 23 Homemades From Tails 2 RWB Full Sails 5 The Spectrum Stack (72") 1 Yellow (84") 1 Purple (72") 1 Plaid RWB (72") 1 RWB Mesh (72") 1 Mesh #2 Yellow Green Blue Black 1 Mesh #1 Blue Black Lime Scratch Builds Diamonds Jester II Yonder (72") Scrapestry Crazy Quilt Gray II Gray III Halloween Silver Blue and Navy And I realize I forgot to mention the lighted Kite before. Also added a Djinn Standard to the quiver yesterday Added 2 Bazzer Phoenix MidVents to the Quiver today. 8 converted HQ Symphony 2.2.4's (1 Classic Blue. 1 Classic Rainbow, 1 Edge, 5 Neons) 1 HQ Mojo Power Kites: 3 HQ Crossfires 2,3,& 4M 1 8M Toxic 1 2M Hornet 1 2.8 Skydog 1 8.5 Flexifoil Blade 1 3.5 Flexifoil Blurr New total 64 Quadline Kites 8 of those are true power kites. OK there is such a thing as too many..

Will be at Atlantic Beach tomorrow. Will probably cross paths with the Shooks. There's actually a Gale Warning for tonight and winds will be a bit strong 15mph+ for my Standard but if I get a lull, it's sure to make a showing.

AND Delivered!!!!

3 Words!! OUT FOR DELIVERY!!!!!!

That's the main reason for the travel frame.. It breaks a Hadziki Wing into smaller segment for travel.. Will fit in a backpack, suitcase or even some lunchboxes.. The Added benefit @Paul LaMasters mentioned, is you can tune the individual segments of the frame for the proper flex and stiffness you want. Like putting a 3 wrap in the center with race or 2 wraps on the ends.. Now you have 6 segments to play with and you can focus the strength (or flex) only where it is desired. You can do a whole other level of tuning for your sail. My Travel Frame is all Skyshark Camo (P2 and P4) and has a few extra segments so I can adjust the size of the frame to work with any size from B2 to my 96" size and everything in between.

Poses to use... Downward Facing SkyDog Fly the Triangle Half Moon pose for Night Flys Dolphin inflatable Kite Avoid the Tree Pose and Intense Side stretch as that can damage your kite

Noted and agreed. Here's what I came up with. Spars and Spares in the small green bag. Everything fits in the larger green bag which has an internal partition to separate the kite and spars from handles and linesets. Thanks for the feedback and advice on this venture..

Field Test was successful. Added a very quick clip of the ground view for the Inverted Kip Landing at 23 seconds in (75% Speed.)

Field test went well .. a few quick snaps and and short clip. The Inverted Kip landing was successful

Keep in mind, there are facts and there are opinions. Size, and specifications are the facts. Almost everything else is opinion and has to be weighed against personal preference and experiences. IMO, Kites are kind of like shoes, what fits one person may not work at all for another.. You also will likely outgrow what works today in lieu of something that works better for you tomorrow. You may find a favorite that does EVERYTHING you want only to find that model is no longer manufactured or has been replaced with an "improved" model that may or may not meet your needs. And like shoes, it's all about the proper fit first and opinion and performance take over from there.. That's also why so many of us strongly advise newbies to fly other people's kites first (OPK). You might find the perfect kite for you and even better it might even be for sale on the spot.

@Gladders Unfortunately, no. It's not personal. It's a logistical issue.. Per the Karma Rules.

Bridle Check Complete. Ready for Flight Tests

Maybe??? I guess it wasn't the weekend any more.. Hoping to finish this one up and get it equipped with a travel frame to fly in New England in a few weeks.

I redid the center section of the LE attachment and the pucker is gone.. This sail is hybrid size. Vertically, it's a standard 1.5 size. horizontally, it's a 96" LE..

Framed and ready for bridling.. I will need to redo the center of the LE..attachment to the sail. I used a bit too much camber in the sail and the LE doesn't flex it out..

Everything is done but the framing now.. Putting it away for the weekend.

LE Attached.. Edge Binding and finishing remain. I do seem to have a pucker near the center of the LE which I need to address but will wait until framed to see if that makes a difference.. I also needed to add a bit of build to the TE to give it enough belly..

I decided to stitch with white.. If the Purple will act a bit as a black light it might pop at night.. I can also try to find some Blacklight LEDs. Either way, I think the white offsets it pretty well. LE will also be white. Edge Binding (and wear strips) will be orange. The sewing on the panel is complete.. LE is made.. Time to marry the two and start finishing up this project.

Time to piece the center together and start sewing.

First panel basted..