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@Dave362 I was having the same issue with the half axle today. To power to the other side after the trick, I needed my hands like a boxer (as JB so eloquently put it), but for the pancake launch to fade, I put my hands at my sides for better balance. It's true though, like @makatakam wrote, each person has their own physical comfort zone.

Wing tip lashing, is that what it's called? It's the little loop that's sewn to the end of the kite sail and Dacron sleeve. Well, it was sewn back on today, and I hope my stitching lasts. @SparkieRob mine are bridle lines. I have enough room in the back of my Land Cruiser so I never had to break it down. @RobB Thanks for the tip, my Widow NG actually came with that kind of knot to secure the tension bridle line. @Dave362 I also started to bring a "kite kit" with me when I go out flying, it's a real downer when 2 minutes after you arrived at the field something goes pop, and you have to fold everything away. It has kite thread, tear aid, nocks, end caps, yoyo stoppers, center t's, scissors, adheseve sail patches, needles and some thread. What's in your kit?

I tore the loop string that attaches the tensioner to the LE sail, on my Widow NG, during flight today. It got out at the seams of the LE sleeve, and this is after only 3 months of owning it. It got me thinking it might be because I don't take the tensioners off when I'm done flying. Leaving the LE connected all the way to the nock cover, had tension built up until the seams broke. Do you fold you kite all the way?

Just ordered one of those Gorillapod ChiFakes tripod, after understanding that on the back of my land cruiser is not cutting it. Its harder than it looks to make a good video [emoji27] [emoji27]

I don't know if the Hypnotist folds the leading edge, but I've traveled with a quantum to Europe and the States as a carry on, holding it in my hand, standing beside my leg on the flight. No questions asked.

@ofted42, I feel your pain. I too left my Quantum for a similar kite to yours, the Widow NG. At the risk of being redundant, I would resonate most of what was said. Quantum needs snapier, harder inputs. Muscle memory will kick in, and all that. But I do want to leave you with hope, for a lack of a better tool. I left my Quantum 3 months back, and for the first couple of weeks, I kept waiting for the better, more costly, more advanced kite to deliver, and nothing. Couldn't axle proper even after achieving it with the Quantum. But then one day, it just came. Axle, clear and simple. A week later I was Flick Flacking, just like that, coin tossing, etc. Now I'm stuck on the back spin and the lazy Susan, but that's anther issue. My point is don't despair. It will take a few trips to the beach, but, as the paraphrase goes, if you fly it, they will come.