Bunduki Vlieger Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 What kind of kite did you fly today? Single line? Indoor? Or a quad? Show me a photo! I'll start: Los Hermanos Rokkaku 1.5 Custom Dragon Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frob Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 A vented Djinn (quad) and Lam Hoac vented Sky Devil (dual). No video of today, but Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and last Wednesday all have recordings. In a few hours I have some gym time scheduled. I'll be on an indoor Rev and a Kaiju, possibly an iFlite 2 or Skate if I am not feeling into the others. /Update: My friend didn't want to be on camera, we spent about an hour with him learning on the rev and iFlite2, then I stuck around for another half hour practicing things on camera. Still working on a few things like a solid landing without a notable bounce, polishing to get catch/throw to 100% but buttons and carelessness block it, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 iFlite 2 and Skate are really fun indoor. Next to Horvath my absolute favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 What would Father's Day be without The Child...?! A little Buka fight on the freshly mown field. The Buka is absolutely beginner-friendly and very easy to fly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davide63 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 No pictures, but I flew a Prism neutrino and a Spiderkite URO 65 (a speedkite which makes the neutrino feel as fast as a tractor). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted May 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Sunday morning. Before breakfast: Djinn UL Nederlân Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midibot Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 My Sixth Sense STD at noon today - hope the pic works. This was a good day for it, with winds out of the south at the local soccer field, a good direction to maximise smoothness of the wind in that location. Variable, but around 12-14 kph (8mph-ish) and just about perrrfect for me. I was prepared for lower winds as well, with some ULs along in the bag (including the matching Sixth Sense UL). Delightful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesG Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Flew my big lifter with a 30ft x 50ft flag yesterday for Memorial Day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted May 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Wow! That's a big flag. I have a flag with 6.5 ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Wolfgang Neumann Multiflex F* UL. A wonderful trick kite. Flies in very little wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Amy Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska Train of 100 diamonds - I could only launch 40 of 100 because I ran out of the flying field and I was pushing the FAA's 150-foot ceiling regulation VID_20220531_154136315_3.mp4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Wow! That looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 Horvath c’est la vie freestyle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebeatee Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Flew a couple…almost out of their wind ranges….on purpose…..a Prism Zero G and a Flying Wings Grace. Wind was about 5 mph or so and both kites handled the wind just fine. I like the Grace in next to nothing as well as up to about 5 or so….the big wing vent being that ticket, and it “skates” more than glides. I don’t enjoy the Zero G in zero wind, as I have other much more enjoyable glider kites for the literal no wind to wee puff daze. However for me the Zero G comes alive at about 3-4 mph…and today was waaaay fun!!!!! No pix as I don’t have a cel phone and did’t bother with my little cheapo camera….a break in our Juneuary weather lately…..better a memory than a pic…;) bt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 I like the Grace. It looks good and flies nicely. I flew the Detox Semi VTD yesterday. The kite is always fun. Perfect for the wind conditions here inland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cot51stState Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 I finally got to see the Yves Ganne Revs 189 and 190 in the air at the same time. Linking them seemed the best option since I don't know of any other fliers in the area and I'm not ready to attempt flying two quads at the same time 🤣. It's my first attempt at linking quads and, for the most part, the trailing kite tracked rather nicely. Reverse flight was rather elusive, though. I'm not experienced enough to know if that's just the nature of linked quads, the light and variable winds weren't sufficient, or possibly my link lines are too short? 🤷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 Wow! Then two of Yves' quads made their way across the pond. Congratulations! There are enough experienced stack pilots here (such as @riffclown ) who can surely help you with that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cot51stState Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Bunduki Vlieger said: Wow! Then two of Yves' quads made their way across the pond. Congratulations! There are enough experienced stack pilots here (such as @riffclown ) who can surely help you with that... It took a while to acquire the kites from Yves. Not due to any delay on his end, but because I though my daughter was going to arrange for them to be made as a gift for me. She thought I was to arrange for them to be made and then she was going to wrap them 🤷. A year, a Christmas, and a birthday later I have finally received them both 😂. I was actually reading through a @riffclown@riffclown thread (the one when he was working on stack catch/throws) when I was thinking about link line length. The line set I was flying on was around 40 feet, so I probably should give it a shot in a more open field with longer lines and see how they perform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffclown Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Bring them to the Rogallo.. I'll help you any way i can.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cot51stState Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 hours ago, riffclown said: Bring them to the Rogallo.. I'll help you any way i can.. I really appreciate the offer. Unfortunately family life will not allow me to attend Rogallo... hopefully I can make a day at the Wright Kite Festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Prism Bora 7 to test a new gadget: Easyline. (A tool for safer handling of braided Dacron and Dyneema-Spectra lines). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Los Hermanos Detox 2019 SUL and Djinn UL. Both great kites for low wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted June 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 At the end of the day again on the meadow and a round of night flying with Los Hermanos Quad Super Custom and Northern Lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunduki Vlieger Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 After some time I had the opportunity to fly again: Level One ONEeleven, Kitehouse SuperTox and Djinn UL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettgrant99 Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Yesterday, my new (to me) Shockwave. Today BMK Tsuru 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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