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Available:Green bazzer eyes. **sold**
oapbillf replied to JWharton's topic in Kites for Sale, Swap or Trade
I sent you a msg Jeremy- 1 reply
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And then you met me !
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Take a look at videos of quads being flown where the flyer is shown and take a look at their handles and leaders, this will give you an indication of what others use as their settings. One thing to note is that everybody is different not only in leader settings but actually holding the handles and eventually you will settle on what is a comfortable setup.
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Whatever length you are after whether it be 30ft or 120ft that length is your finished target but as Wayne says it does not have to be dead accurate ! I usually add 3ft to my cut lengths which is ample to allow for sleeving at both ends and a bit of trimming to finish. I made up a set of 30 and 50ft from a standard 80ft set, sleeved at the handles only, the 30ft ended up at 30ft, the 50ft ended up at 47 ft, no big deal !
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Paul, Sarah is more interested in leaving the kite connected but I assume the method is very similar ! There,s a project for you to produce a good clear video, Please ! I must admit that I never seem to get it right, once ended up with a rats nest that took nearly an hour to sort out.
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Hi Sarah, While you are in Berck go and see any of The Flying Squad, Stephen, Daniel, Hezz, or Steve, they wrap that way frequently at festivals! Bill
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Bully !
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Change it now before your day is ruined !
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Kevin, it sounds like your EXP needs a good look at, make sure you bring it to Basingstoke ! I will give it the once over ! I have been flying a 1996/7 vintage 1.5 that I recently obtained in a very poor condition and rebuilt it with my modifications, I am only using it as a fun kite but the damn thing flies really well in low winds often better than a "B" !
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And the sooner we meet the better !
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You bet we can we will see how many we get at the Portsmouth International kite Festival this year, 2018. Bill https://www.facebook.com/Dunstable-Downs-Old-Gents-
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PM me if you are interested for history and price. Bill
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Good luck to everybody, whoever wins will enjoy their kite ! That,s one of mine !
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Do I like it ? A big fat YES
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Good layout and colour match, do you intend swapping the colours ? The only thing is that yellow attracts the bugs as I found out !
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That certainly looks to be worthwhile, I must try it. A couple of pictures that you might find of interest of how I attach thend caps and the top of the vertical rod caps and replace the mesh with Dacron, this was on a EXP where the mesh had been destroyed.
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My new Custom POLO has arrived ! Some of you might have been worried about quality, let me assure you that the quality is good ! There are a few minor changes but nothing detrimental. If it stops raining I might just go and fly it ! This is the second kite of this layout that I have and is going to be used as a kite for my team, Facebook "Dunstable Downs old gents"
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polokites.com is what you are after I believe.
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POLO is back in business as of December 1st Check out the web site, there is a new layout with colorizer and until Sunday a 5% discount
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No problem, I will give him a smack when I next see him
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There are promo videos available, a quick search will find them ! Although I have not flown one myself I have seen them flown by Carl Robertshaw and Josh Mitcheson, the flying technique is different than that of the Rev but nothing that is too alien for a quad flyer ! The Fulcrum is available as standard, ultra light or vented plus there is the option of using the colorizer for your custom version !
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Any old sail will do if you do not mind making a few cuts ! This was a really old heavy home made sail that I used and it flew better with the rods in FRONT when the wind got up but still flew down to about 15mph !
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Looking for a tutorial on bridle replacement (found)
oapbillf replied to Joe Eyman's topic in Quad Heads
This should help Joe ! on the Rev Forum ! Bill http://www.revkites.net/forum/topic/6173-bridle-images/?tab=comments#comment-94433 -
Polo, you are most welcome, and glad to see you have joined the Forum. Hoping it all goes well in the future. Bill
