Hello hello fliers. I am new to the kite world. I would always get single line kites as a kid and run around until I was dead tired trying to get it to fly. It wasn't until recently on vacation that I was able to fly my first kite. That lead me to a kite shop in St. Augustine where I purchased a couple beginner kites. A small stunt kite and a small parafoil. I flew both of those the rest of the week and I was hooked!
That was last week. This week I decided to commit to the hobby by purchasing a new kite. I bought the Prism Zephyr, in the Orca color scheme. I must say I was absolutely shocked by the nearly 8 foot wingspan. I put it together and just had to go to the park to try it out. There wasn't much wind at all. I just couldn't imagine this beast getting off the ground. A quick tug on the lines and it was soaring. It was a completely different experience flying this full size kite. In the lowest winds I felt like it was just grabbing the sky, and pulling me along with it!
Then today I took it out for a spin for about an hour. All is well until I go to pack it up and head back to work. I had broken the hollow ferrule coming out of the lower spreader. I'm not quite sure how this happened. I ended up purchasing a new lower male spreader from prism. I also realized I could probably just remove the ferrule and replace it...so I purchased some spares and that will be my next project...
So here I am, taking in the huge amount of knowledge this site and forum have offer.
One question...any advice for spare parts or maybe tips on avoiding being grounded from mishaps like the one I had today?