Spence Watson
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I decided to go with some Laser Pro Gold on a 120'x90#...OUCH!!!!
DAMN is that stuff expensive!!
Keep It Up!
Duane
Yea, I hear ya, but it is money well spent. Like I said earlier, I've been using the same 120' line set for three years!
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OK...while you brilliant, experienced and handsome (or pretty??) Quad experts are talking about your "axels", I'm preparing for a "group fly" next year at the TISKC!
Yeah...Yeah...beginner stuff to you'all maybe, but give me some time...I might be old, but experience has made me ruthless!!
Here's what I got:
(1) 75' x 150# quad line set
(1) 100' x 150# " " "
(1) 120' x 150# " " "
(1) 75' x 90# quad line set
(1) 100' x 90# " " "
(1) 120' x 90# " " "
I presently have 150# bulk spectra (and more 90# bulk spectra on the way), so what would be the best line sets to make up that I don't already have....and which line sets would be good to have a spare of just incase one of them dies somehow?
Keep It Up!
Duane
The only things that I could possibly think of to add would be
120' x 50#
another 120' x 90#
30'-50' x 90#
None of these will be essential for team flying with what you already have, but they are the only things I can possibly think you could add. T
The 50# set is something that I have seen iQuad and others use in ultra-light wind. For me, I don't care for it, because the 90# feels plenty light, and the 50# gets into knots easier. So, to me, the cons weigh out the pros.
The 120'X90# set is not essential because you already have one, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a backup. I have been flying on the same 120' x 90# line set for 3 years now (only 120' set I have ever owned).
The 30-50' lines are able to give you a great new experience. The short lines enable you to experiment more. When working on new tricks, I'll use my 30' set because if I mess up, I just walk out 30', pick up the kite, and toss it. No kite stake, no hassle. Plus, it is my belief that the shorter lines increase the learning curve. For the first 2 years of my flying, I flew almost exclusively on 30' lines. The smaller wind window that you get from these lines requires you to hover more and have more control over your speed as opposed to the 120' wind window where you could zoom around in a big figure-8 all day. Another bonus to shorty lines is that when the wind is real light, and everyone is grounded, I grab my 30' lines and play just fine. What can be really fun is finding another person with 30' lines, and fly pairs with him/her. All the movements are really tight in that small window and are great fun and practice.
I personally do not own a 150# line set. I completely agree with Jeep. I have been skiing down the beach using 90# lines and a full-vent kite, and the bridal broke before the lines did.
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Always on the Rev Indoor
I have played with my B-Series, and it has some qualities that I definitely like over the Indoor, but the Indoor is far less work than the B-Series.
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Really?
Nobody gets the joke?
Come on, Ben was laughing for a good 2-3 minutes when he saw it.
I had to think about it for a sec rofl.
(*hint ever tried the talking through a string with cans attached on the ends?)
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Good vids all around Watty, thanks.
Here's my personal favorite from that weekend, I think it didn't make it onto your camera...
Yea, I only recorded the Competitions, and I even missed some of them XD
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Yes!!! I'm picking it up! "REVOLUTION TIME!!"
Thanks to all of you for giving me such great directions!
When I first tried (my wife's) Rev. I said "NO WAY"...but, it called me back again...and again...
Today I figured out how to hover sideways!!! OK...that might no be big stuff in your Rev. world...but in mine this is AMAZING!!
So when it comes to basics I only need to get the inverted hover in place. Choccy told me to start at the top of the wind tunnel and (sorry, but I forgot who told me) to start upside down on the ground. I tried both and both taught me different aspect of how to do it, although I can't really do it...yet! But , I'm catching on...upside down stuff is really sensitive stuff...very small movements. Trying in on the ground was really cool...if you play it just right...the kite will slide across the ground like a sled (yeah...yeah...you knew that) but, I didn't and it was really fun. Never did get but a couple feet upsidedown before things went helterskelter...but I could run back and fourth the wind tunnel sliding sideways really great!! heehee!
Tomorrow!!! UPSIDEDOWN HOVERING!!
The wind was between 7 and 19 mph...with like steady gusts, (according to my super-dupper wind meter)...but I could still pull vertical (sideways) hovers. That gave me a new saying,
"Any Wind Is GOOD Wind!!
Keep It Up!
Duane
Sounds awesome Duane. I remember when I first learned the side hover. I would sit there in it all day, trying to land that bottom point on top of stuff.
Fun stuff!
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PS Are you related to Tristan?
Haha! No, no relation. lol
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Got my video finished from Camas, WA indoor kite festival!
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What a great weekend!!!
I know some video was shot, maybe we'll see some posted soon?????
Here's a link to the local newspaper:
http://columbian.com/article/20091106/LIVING11/711069997/-1/archives
I'm still working on editing some video, but expect it to be on youtube soon!
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That's an interesting web site. Seems to be very useful when traveling and finding a place to fly.
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Right here Chris
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This feature doesn't appear in the browser I usually use (Google Chrome), but I switched over to Internet Explorer and was able to set it up I think.
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I get a fatal error when I click on that link....
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I'll be there Sunday to Monday (9 days, not 2) I do love a big beach. We had some high tide issues occasionally last year. And you know I love my water
Too bad there's not much of a pool at my camp ground . I can't wait to meet some new people!
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I just finished editing my newest tutorial. This one has taken the longest time to edit because school is closed for summer, so I can't get in and use my usual software/hardware, so I did this one using Windows Movie Maker. It took more than 3 times as long as normal
But that is how much I love you Toss and Catch:
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That's cool! It looks like a bunch of children playing tag or something.
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That is a very cool video. I give it 5 stars and added to my favorites
As mentioned in my comment though, I gotta show ya something about the widescreen stuff. Settings for that in Final Cut are not very obvious, but they make a big difference. -
I for one never learned any slack line stuff on dual line kites. I stopped flying dualies a while ago. However, I have tried watching someone perform dual line tricks, and bringing it over to a quad. Things such as the unrolling toss indoors have been successful.
I do believe that the general movements for an axel on a rev is quite similar to an axel on a dualie.
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I finally got to fly my REV today at Gary Point.Thank you Ianna and Mark for getting me set up and flying. It's going to be a challenge as I mastered the figure 9, and was getting the hang of it.Looked real goofy with the arm flailing,calm down all in the wrist.
OK I'm addicted. Dan
OK, you got me... What is a figure "9"? Is that a circle and a crash? Or some fancy-pansy move I've never heard of?
Maybe it is just a little bit better than a figure 8.
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I think this would be a good way to get more people interested, and could be used as a sort of teaser to get more people to subscribe. However, I think that adding the more downloads could be just more stress for Kitelife, when you could just upload them to YouTube. My thoughts would be to setup a new YouTube account called KitelifeArchive or something to set it apart from your regular Kitelife account and to keep all the commonly available archive videos together. Then, there could be a link in the videos section sending the user to the "KitelifeArchive's videos" page on Youtube so they can then browse the video with all the selections in front of them. This would also reduce the amount of updating to be done with each upload as there would not need to be a new link for each video.
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Jeepster, I don't mean to fib or brag or anything, but all day yesterday I used the New Content button and this thread would come up every time there was a new post by someone other than myself. In my mind, one of the first things to figure out in any sort of troubleshooting is if the problem is occurring with other people, or if it is a lone problem.
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Okay, first question ... where is the "View New Posts" button that I've come to love and cherish? "View New Content" doesn't seem to do the same thing!
Grumpling,
Tom
It seems to do the right thing for me.
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Just need someone with some good (clean) graphics skills to whip up a good set of icons to use.
What size and format do you want for the icons? I can give it a go.
Quad Race Rods...
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Looks like I'm a bit late, but here's my thoughts...
The Race Rods are the ones I use most often, simply because they are very versatile. This is the selling point for me. I have flown my full sail B-Series with race rods indoors. When the wind picks up enough to not use race rods in my full sail, I put them in my full-vent. Very rarely will you find me with 3-wrap or 4-wrap rods in my full-sail kites.
As for flight characteristics of the rods, I don't care so much. If I can do something with my race rods, I seem to be able to do it just as well with 2, 3, or 4 wrap rods. Haven't tried the ZEN rods yet, but from what Rich says, I don't really care to. THey sound like they are not as versatile, and that is what is most important to me, because I am lazy. I don't want to spend my time switching rods.
As for the newest coolest stuff, I don't care about it. I do not own a single mid-vent kite, and it's not a big deal to me. When I'm flying, I go straight from full sail with race rods to full vent with race rods. What do I need a mid-vent for? This is not to put down the mid-vent though; if I had one, I would fly it, I'm sure. However, there are things that are higher up on the shopping list.
So, in the end, for me, it's about versatility, and being able to spend as much time flying as opposed to changing rods, and changing sails, and changing this or that.
With this said, I do break my own little rules here when flying with a team. In this occasion, I use whatever the team is using, so that our kites fly the same way (i.e. not running each other over and not lagging behind)