Rob Friedman

btw I ended up making a 10 Cell dense pack Tetrakite. Using Mylar giftwrap as the sail. Btw, it's the second attempt at Kitemaking. about 12 years ago.. I went to a small kite contest from my (at the time) Mini Cooper (ok so I like small cars) and only three of us showed. Once person made a Cube Box Kite.. looked beautiful but didnt fly well', the other guy had some kind of a makeshift (I don't remember.. either diamond or delta) that he hooked to a remote car which pulled it along. I cheated.. I used a thicker Tyvek Fedex envelope ..opened.. taped two pole lengths into it and cut out a Scott Sled... and of course.. mine flew. hey it was really spur of the moment.. I made it right there in the parking lot at Bethpage State Park.. So this is a bit more of a project

Where did you get an 18 cell tetrakite from?

Well..I always had a love for the Tetrakite. .and while mine isn't stable. .yet.. the way I made it, I can turn into a 16 cell kite easily. For me the hard part is the sails. But one thing I am proud of..it's collapsible. It can lie flat so that makes it a lot easier to transport

two things. First.. I saw that post or ad by Mark and KiteLife.. I happen to really love "southern cross"by CSNY. ? Second, I just made my first Tetrakite (ok so I used to have (actually have some now) kits from SYNESTRUCTICS and always liked those. So I came up with a Tetrakite design along those lines. using bamboo skewers, and vinyl fuel tubing it make the kite expandable the same way the Synestructics kit was. Of course I did the first one rather crudely as far as the sails. but it did fly

Cold? If it's above 40. It's not cold Hehe.

btw, Rob B.. I like the DC

Actually I was going to use either the neck or the large field in Indian Island Park and try to do aerials.. BUT Sue got let out after 1..so we just came home.. maybe on Thursday or later tomorrow I'll try for the beach or Slattery's Landing again

Rob B .. It was easier when I had the 2 Fiats. I'm going to see where I can fly near Riverhead. .since Sue got hit with jury duty. Makatakam, where are you? Up here in the Port Jeff area ?

Well hello all. Yea I'm Rob Friedman up on Long Island. .and I'm just a,single line flier. I'm up in Port Jefferson Station but formally from the South Shore where I used to fly in Robert Moses St Park on Fire Island, and flew a lot down in East Islip Marina where I got to be know as Rob the Kite Guy. I don't ho over 100# test, and I use a short rod and conventional fishing reels. I also use a bait ferry with an action cam yo fo aerial vids nice to meet all