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  1. Karma drawing 12/12/13 Custom Kite Stakes

    in Karma Drawings

    Posted

    OK guys and gals here is my attempt to “KEEP THE KARMA FLOWIN’”.

    While reviewing the “Rules and Guidelines” I was trying to decide what to offer for my Karma prize. What do I have that would appeal to the largest number of our people? JB made a statement in the R & GLs that he hoped “to see something unique, maybe handmade”. I have a few SLKs that I could offer but I know they would not appeal to everyone. One thing that I do have that should appeal to most everyone is some custom, handmade kite stakes.

    So here it is, I am offering two (2) custom handmade kite stakes. I have some with acrylic knobs and some with hardwood knobs I will post pictures of the available kite stakes so the winner can choose any two (2) that he or she prefers.

    Standard Karma Rules and Guidelines apply: http://kitelife.com/forum/topic/5426-rules-and-guidelines-please-read/.

    The deadline for entering the drawing will be 6PM EST 12/12/13.

    Short of a natural disaster or family emergency the winner will be posted by 10PM EST.

    Shipping to the lower 48 US States only.

    And as an additional bonus I am following Hasek’s lead:

    If the winner of the drawing is a KiteLife “Official Subscriber” at the time of the RNG 12/12/13, I will throw in a bonus that will be disclosed after the winner is RNG'ed. If you aren’t already a KL subscriber you can do so here: http://kitelife.com/forum/subscriptions/

    Let the I'm in's begin.

    Here are the pictures

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    Holsters with carabiner clips will be included.

    Entrants:

    1. bbailey49

    2. Hasek

    3. Amexpmh

    4. mystainedskin

    5. Must86

    6. Nylonsky

    7. Jynx

    8. John Barresi

    9. Joespickles

    10. Nick Russell

    11. Tmadz

    12. ninja

    13. Wayne Dowler

    14. TimP

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  2. Who is your favorite kite shop at the moment?

    in Open Topic

    Posted

    Being new to the quads and Revs in particular I have done a good bit of business lately with A Wind of Change on line. Terrific people to deal with. Customer service is tops. Always there to answer your questions and their prices are competitive and kite selection is great.I can't say enough good about them. Give them a try. :):):):):) They rate 5 smiley faces!!!!!

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  18. NewB to the quad lines

    in Beginners

    Posted

    An update. After many hours of practice with my Rev 1.5 SLE I decided to put the Mojo up. I found that I can apply everything I have learned on the Rev to the Mojo and it flies pretty well; It does take more wind than the Rev to perform satisfactorily but overall doesn't do to bad. :ani_victory: My grandson is back in school so he's not able to get out with me all the time but when he does make it out I let him fly the Rev and I fly the Mojo so hopefully he can get up to speed on the quad lines in general. I am plannig on buying a vented Rev in anticipation of the stronger Fall and Winter winds that are fast approaching. :ani_yahoo: Thanks again to all for the helpful hints and tricks that made my flying experience better, this is a great forum. As I said in a previous post "this old man is having the time of his life". My biggest problem right now is fiding time to get with mystaynedskin so we can get some flying time together. :ani_wallbash:

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  22. NewB to the quad lines

    in Beginners

    Posted

    Let me start by saying thanks to all that offered tips and advise, everything was well taken and applied to the best of my ability. :ani_notworthy: We (my grandson and I) got the Mojo to fly primarily by adding wind. We have had some pretty decent wind here the last few weeks, low teens, and that made a big difference. We made all the checks and adjustments as recomended and once the wind came up we have been doing pretty well with it. But the biggest plus is my Rev 1.5 SLE came in a few weeks ago as well. :ani_yahoo: Man what a sweet baby that is, especially compared to the Mojo. I applied all the tips and checks to it as well and have been so pleased with its performance. I have been working on the basic mauevers that's on the DVD and the Rev website. I have got 5 or so of them down that I can accomplish pretty consistantly, I can see that there is definet learning curve but patience and perserverance should pay off. This old man is having the time of his life and my grandson is having a big time as well. Thanks again to all.

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  24. NewB to the quad lines

    in Beginners

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies so far.

    Dayhiker I do have a couple of duelies, a Prism Adrenaline and a Beetle that I have enjoyed getting back to.. My 16 y/o grandson has become my flying buddy and he too has been bitten by the quad bug. We plan to contnue trying the Mojo along with our duelie flying times.

    mystaynedskin There is an adjustment at the midpoint of the bridle, I made a few changes on it but it didn't seem to make any difference. I do believe I didn't have enought wind. Hopefully my Rev will be in ay day now butr I still can't give up on the Mojo. I sent you a PM.

    Wayne thanks for the wind tip, I'm sure that will help. I had been trying to get out with this kite for 2 weeks and finally had the time but Mother Nature did not cooperate.

    Flyguy You are correct sir, the beach times are so much fun.

  25. NewB to the quad lines

    in Beginners

    Posted

    Old geezer but new to the quad line kites. Bought a Blade II 3m quad years ago but never bought the buggy. I'm to old now to enjoy that monster but have been looking at the Revs and such. Have a Rev on order but has been back ordered. I bought a HQ Mojo to ease my yearnings untill my Rev comes in. Took it out today for the 1st time and never really got it to fly. The winds were 3 to 5 but not steady. When I would get a steady wind for a few minutes the kite would rise and imediately dive to the left. I tried adjusting the brake lines and the top lines with the various knots avialable but nothing seemed to make any difference. I checked my line lengths as I assembled the kite, they are the same legth top and bottom. Any Ideas. TIA

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