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To The Kite Shoppe
Offering New Tech Kites would just make it too easy to buy them right?
First: I took to your forum because of the GWTW garbage. I only post in the Dodd area now at GWTW. I have 16 webs. Only two get vandalized the same way all of the time. MAD KITERS msn and MAD KITERS. My members don't need to be bothered with those child’s games.
You are right. As I have said, I read between the lines to get 2+2=4.
Example: The bridle adjustment... To where? The adjustment he likes.
Then we read him go on to say (later) that the kite will only trick in winds of 8mph and up.
You have to guess that the bridle was adjusted for higher wind.
If you are saying that you believe him over me I can understand, but there will be no doubt after the Kite Party if we can find some light winds.
Tricks and comp.
If you can't win over me, you really have some problems.
Even after I get a full bag of tricks going for me, I think I will be flying for fun.
Our reviews:
We review our kites. The kites we have owned. The types of kites we have owned really say that much about us?
MADKITERS:
Is for everyone to write reviews. In no way shape or form do we think we are the best of review writers. We just write a simple review for a new kiter who might not have any other source to provide them with the basic info. on a kite. I write about the kite as much as I can and I write about how it makes me feel when I fly it.
I think that is a better review to a new pilot, but I have noticed some things missing from my reviews and I plan to include more info. on future kites.
The truth:
Big Bang tricks in winds I can hardy feel.
I only wish I could get the Quantum to do the same, or have perfect winds all of the time.
I know... Grammar Grammar Grammar!
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Where did I say I voice the opinions of others?
I said "I Promote the voicing of opinions" (I would like it if every one spoke their own mind). New thoughts Fresh ideas.
But all of that has nothing to do with changing FACT. Fact is fact not opinion, yours or mine. Get that through your head.
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As for my honest opinion of the review... Well most of it is above, but just to be clear I would like to say that "reading between the lines" is this: As the writer tell of adjusting the bridle in one line and in another line tells how the kite will only trick in higher winds... You have to guess that the bridle adjustment was to the higher wind setting (because he did not say).
Good point:
He spent two weeks with the kite. Although he had just a week with the kite through most of the review it is 6days and 23hrs more than most of the reviewer I have read. I really liked that. Eddie and I spend a month or more with our kites before a review is written.
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I knew someone was going to try the old "That's your opinion" BS, but I'm talking about facts here. The fact is this kite was tricking in winds lighter than I could feel.
Not just some tricks. Eddie ran it through his whole gauntlet of tricks.
Oh and by the way that old quote (you quoted) must have been spouted off by some one who just wanted to have his own voice heard (only). I happen to be one who promotes the voicing of opinions, because I know we can all learn from them, but we can't learn from are people who just go around regurgitating old quotes because they think they will get a slam-dunk. You already have an A#H* Now you just need your own opinion.
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... Yeah, You know... My fan club from "the other forum"
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If I have to read another slanted review on a New Tech Kite I think I will be sick! This is getting old!!!
If you don't like the kite before you even get the kite, then you can't write a review. Don't make us read between the lines of your slanted review as you try to make it appear that you are giving this kite a fair shot.
Did it not ever occur to you that we flew the kite too?
How dumb can you be?
After poring through the mile long Big Bang review here, I am pissed off! We are not ready to write our own review yet, but we have gathered information and facts I know to be true are totally wrong in the Big Bang review here.
The reviewer here said that he adjusted the bridle of the Big Bang to his taste (That must be high winds, but we were not told that). Later the reviewer tells us that the kite will only trick in winds of 8mph or better. I believe something to the effect of -you can trick in lower winds, but it's not easy- was said... Oh yea... This guy said that he took off ALL OF THE WEIGHTS.
I'm just going to tell you straight up... Our Big Bang (with all of the weights and bridle set for low wind) not only flew in wind I could not feel, or fly my Quantum in; The Big Bang was tricking with ease.
Don't get me wrong I did get some time in the air with the Quantum. Enough to pull off some axles, axle take-offs and fades from ground. The Big Bang was in the air the whole time and pulling off more tricks than I could keep tract of.
Now I know I'm going to get slammed here by all of the loyalists of KiteLife and prism. I know all the haters are just loving this too, but facts are facts and its time a reviewer answers for making false statements in a kite review.
Note:
Just incase anyone is wondering... I wouldn’t trade my Quantum for anything. I only wish it had been my first kite and I think it should be everyone’s first kite.
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Big Bang
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I worked on the first page a little since posting it here and the kind people at GWTW had some help to offer.
Here is the new first page:
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This is just the first page of a kite I would like to build some day, but I would like to know if it will work.
I would not know where to start doing the math or even if I have to. I am just the dreamer. I don't come with the other skills needed to bring this to life.
Note: The image shows a spring at the top of the spine, but that spring (acting as a weight) is at the bottom of the spine. The spine has three parts. The one outer spine ant the two inner spines (lower and upper) separated by the shock spring for nose landings.
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I don't even know of one in California. I am sure you can deal for one kite event however!
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Thank you John.
I hope many will read the article.
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This October 31
you will find Kites in the news.Read the Local section of your Press Enterprise.
Because of our demo show on 8/1/04 and the story about it in the Big Bear Grizzly, the Press Enterprise has taken an interest in MAD KITERS and our efforts in the inland empire and kiting.
As our first article lead to this even bigger one. We hope that this one will lead to more articles or stories of some kind.
Please get a Press Enterprise this sunday 10/31/04, or go here:
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It looks like a Shanti to me!
The wind range says something else.
My Shanti Foxtrot:
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Progcraft:
That is just what I needed.
Thank you!
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I would like the best web URL that can give me some tips in this area.
Thank you
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It's refreshing to see that someone is offering their "know how" to help others.
I need to ask everyone reading... If you know something (anything), offer it up. Let John be the judge of weather or not he needs it. You have to know we are not all pro. Kite flyers out here. Some of us are all self taught and only 3 kite years old, others are brand new and dying to know everything RIGHT NOW. There is a need for the things you know.
Thank you.
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In each time frame (week or month) you post an article on "How To". You decide if you want to teach everything or just the basics.
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WoW!... One forum after another! How freaky is that?Thank you for droppin everyone an E-mail to let us know that the forum is unlocked... Smart move!
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I've been recommending the New Tech Kites Firecracker since I bought the kite and first flew it. In these forums I seem to get allot of static when I tell someone to go out and get one. I can't imagine why. One person told me that his firecracker had been sitting in his closet for the longest time. I still have not received a reply to the question I asked afterwards... What is it that your Firecracker does NOT do for you?
I am no expert on the end of two strings, but I can get the Firecracker to do the flattest axles (which would make for a great 540 if I had the guts). Now my famous combo: The lazy suzan into a wing tangle into a twisting death dive and last minute pullout/save. The Firecracker can do it. Now ground tricks... We got that too. How's this...(Sorry don't know the name) Belly down/nose away. Take off... The kite stays belly down and spins nose to you. I could not complete the trick. My skill level is really low. The kite needs a pilot with a high skill level and no pre-conception of what a $33.00 kite should fly like.
There's a lot of hard work in this kite it just happens to be offered at a very low price. It was the wind range that attracted me to it. The price to me was just another PLUS. By the way at that time I was under the impression that the wind range was 3-18. I have found a 4-20 on the NTK web, however I have flown the kite in next to nothing. I believe the 20 for the high end. This kite will not come apart under the power of wind, or wind slamming it head on into the ground.
It's all good wind
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Just a few questions here first... If you don't have a way to measure it yourself, check the weather channel on the radio.
What is your wind speed?
Do you want a kite to handle a wide range of wind? (Like from 2-25), or do you want a low wind kite ONLY?
Mario
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MAD KITERS will be flying by the lake at Meadow Park in Big Bear Lake CA.
MAD KITERS is not so bold to think that you don't have plans for Independence Day, but on the off chance you don't and you (Like us) just look for any reason to fly your kite, this is the place to be. The Big Bear Lake Fireworks show is free and can be seen from any part of the lake. This means when the kites come down ('cause we can't see), we just walk to the next park and watch the show.
Go to MAD KITERS msn MAD NEWS for Directions.
My first flight
in General Sport Kite
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I have always been interested in prism kites, but was in some way turned off by the masses who flock to the kites. A vote for the underdog will come from me, but I have to admit when someone has a good product, like it or not. The truth is; I like my Quantum. It was the Quantum that made everything easy. All of the tricks I was trying to do on all of my other kites, but just not getting down. When I tried on the Quantum, it all just happened like someone was doing it for me.
Single hand input axles, axle take-offs, fade from ground. All without any effort or thought.
This is a first for all of these tricks. I have done a sloppy axle before, but not a clean one and not with consistency. I know this is all in the right kite and the right practice. I have seen Dodd’s video and the prism video. I also get help from my good friend Eddie.
I think the Quantum should be everyone’s first kite.
I am glad it was yours.