The Austinite

Been having a blast flying both the EXP and the 1.5 I got before I went to the beach. Thanks for all the help!

Hope you had a good day there, yesterday, Jason! My girlfriend, a friend, and I all had an impromptu kite flying session on the St. Edward's soccer field. The wind picked up a bit right before sunset and I got soem good flying in. I'm still trying to get the hovers just right and the stationary spins. I can spin it just fine, but it loses altitude when I do it. Thanks for the help everyone.

Thanks for the info all! I've got the hang of flying the thing now (at least keeping it in the air...launching...reverse launching...dive stop). The hardest parts for me (that I'm working on at the moment) are the hovers and stationary spins. Jason, Yup, I'm in Austin, TX. I live over near St. Edwards University, and have been doing most my flying at Zilker Park. Maybe I'll have to check out the field you use since it's very close. I've heard of the kite club at Old Settlers, but it's a little North for me as well. Also, I have met and chatted with Tye quite a bit, he's ALWAYS willing to talk kites! I have yet to pick his brain on quads, so maybe it's time.

Hi all, My first post here. I've been flying different kites all my life, but back in about 2000 I bought my first dual line 9' Thunderfoil. Then advanced to the 12', then a nice dual line stunt kite. My most recent purchase that I'm extremely excited about is a new Revolution EXP. The first evening I had it up in the air was frustrating to say the least, but near the end of the session I had some sucesses. My second and third sessions have been exponentially better, and I'm really getting the hang of it (without crashing....much) I guess I just wanted to know if there's any suggestions or pointers you would give to a newbie quad kiter, or suggestions you wish were given to you when you were learning if you had to do it all over again. Thanks for the input! Ben