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Until you dive stop.. (personal experience)

And the center detail..

@Morgantwin11 Thank you very much for the kind words. Very happy you are enjoying the 2.2.4

Panel sewing is done.. LE and Edge Binding remain.. Framing and Bridling to follow soon after..

"Jester II" hit the starting blocks today. Decided to make the pattern vertical this time.. LE will be White Edge Binding will be Orange. Panels are basted and ready for sewing..

I have two sets of those (under the Freilein Brand). I also really like them. A simple solution to your dilemma is to use a loop of Dental floss to pull the loops of the TK Leaders through the holes.. If you do decide to drill to enlarge the holes, make sure you smooth, round and polish a bit or the newly cut edges will slice through the leaders.

ME TOO!!!

LE is Yellow and I went with a slightly wider screen. Honestly just to see what it does..Edge binding, framing and bridling remain.. Hopefully ready to test by the weekend..

@kevmort OOBEs are never fun. I've never been surprised by a big kite but I have been overconfident with my 2M Hornet on one occasion that sent me rolling..

Panels are all sewn now to complete the center design..

In the right conditions ANY lines will stretch.. I had to re-equalize my Crossfire lines once after an intense buggy session. They were off a full 6 inches or so. My first real power kite was the 2M Crossfire in the pictures followed by the 4M Crossfire a few weeks later.. My favorite powerkite to fly is my 8M Toxic.. 4M Crossfire at the Rogallo festival a few years back.. piloted by Chris Shultz of HQ Kites..

We all use our kites to recharge. Decided to make one I'll name recharge..Center panel undecided.

Again congratulations.. New Karma is up. Locking this one down..

The Diamonds kite was finished this morning.. Final touches, bridles and framing are all done.. Ready for a test flight when conditions allow..

Thank You.. Fingers crossed that it will fly as good as it looks..

Ready to fly.. Used red LE, Black accents and edge binding.. Bridles are also red.. Went with a vertical stripe of the poly in the middle to bring the sides together, hard inserts for the bottoms of the verticals as well hard inserts for the ends of the Leading Edge.. Hopefully will get to fly it in the near future..

all cleaned up.

cleaning them up now

@mrfixit I split this off into its own topic so you can get the maximum visibility and hopefully the responses you are looking for.. I love stacks and fly both dual and quadline stacks a LOT.. Stack distances vary widely based on kite type. Single/Dual/Quad. There are many rules and we've all heard 2/3rds and 3/4th as well as other wisdoms.. The only real rule is it can't be so tight that it interferes with the airflow of the kite behind it and it can't be so long the stack loses cohesion. The kite stack lines MUST be equalized or the stack will inherit a bad wobble.. You HAVE to tune.. The general rule of thumb will serve you well but be aware the option are as varied as the kites you choose.. For SLK, the stacks tend to self correct so a single stack line to train them all is usually the way to go,,Enough space to allow the individual kites to fly is quite sufficient most of the time. Stacking SLK Cellular kites is probably quite tricky but I have no experience with that particular aspect of stacking. Dual Line kites tend to use from 3-5 stack lines.. once the stack gets past around 5 kites, you have to consider either a ghost frame or strengthening the frame of the front kite. Quad Line Kites.. The 2/3rd of the LE is a great place to start.. Anything longer and the stack will stop acting like a single unified stack.. Shorter is very doable but you HAVE to take time and tune.. Soft kites have to be designed to be stacked OR you have to modify them to do so.. Short answer is there is no short answer to your question.. Start with rule of thumb and individualize your stacks from there.. Premade stack lines are the way to go if you are uncomfortable making your own..

@Breezin Stack distances vary widely based on kite type. Single/Dual/Quad. There are many rules and we've all heard 2/3rds and 3/4th as well as other wisdoms.. The only real rule is it can't be so tight that it interferes with the airflow of the kite behind it and it can't be so long the the stack loses cohesion.

Thi kite has now been modified to accept BOTH a SLE AND 8P Leading edge.. Yes it's heavier but so is the kite..Going full tilt for Strength now.. Besides, I have nothing else to use the SLE for anyway.. I don't grow tomatoes.. After testing the original LE Sleeve will be removed completely and new reinforcements will be installed.

Love stacks!!!!

Here's a link to the topic's new location..