Ge99ne

Thanks for sticking with this post. and thanks for the picks also. I never seem to be able to get my kite, card reader & camera at the same place to take a pick of this. The only pick I don't see is the caps for the ends of the super leading edge. The ones that insert into the leading edge, in lieu of the caps that are bungied perpendicular to the leading edge. I have to admit I really had issues the first time pulling the caps on the leading edge around to the back side of the kite. I went back to the shop to see one assembled to be sure. My paper assembly instructions were for a rev 1. There are certainly differences between these two kites. The reason I ask about the loop over the knot thing is there seems to be a tendancy for the leading edge material to bunch some in the center of the sail in high winds. The leading edge pocket is so tight it may not be possible for the bungie to pull it back out. oh I found a shot on http://www.monkey-boy.com/REVisions/supersonicgallery.html I'm not sure if its wind pressure doing it or if high speed tip landings are the culprit.

Yes this thing is pretty fast. What I like about it is it's so much more stable than the backtracker I learned on. I met Joe from rev kites a few weeks ago at a kite festival in Kitty Hawk. He said after sticking with that thing I should be able to fly any of thier kites. I flew the 1.5 & the powerblast in 25 mph winds at the festival. the blast was on 90 lb. lines so I had to be very dainty with it. Even barely moving their was enough power to swing from the line sets as it was going over head. The loop I was talking about pulling in the video was sticking out of the end cap. it was supposed to double back to the sail along the leading edge & catch on the knot in the bungie at the sail. The sail looks to fall at least an in shorter than mine does along the leading edge. That's the other reason I feel like mine won't do what they show in the video.

Hi Just got a shockwave and I love it. But the video shows joe pulling a loop over a knot. I don't see how this can be done on mine. Does anyone here know if the endcap was redesigned since the video?