AiyanaLeigh Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Yikes!! I hurt just looking at Bob's picture!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrogers Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Those that know Bob Serack of Vancouver Wa. have probably seen his stack of 24 homemade revs. Each are 5 foot in size and stacked (I think) about 3 feet apart. A real bear to launch, but a blast when it gets going! Oops I was wrong. Bob's revs are 4 feet wide but tere are 24 of them. 200 lb line and no reinforcements. Yeah, it does just about pull your arms off! That looks amazing I've never seen a stack of Revs here in the UK, although I knew you could stack them. Have to buy some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 REV's are interesting to stack. Great for shows! The public loves it!!!! I've created several variations over the last 10 years, and like them all. - 1994 progressive Rev II, Rev 90(my own size before REV1.5) and Rev. I - 1995 progressive Original Rev II, Rev 1.5, Rev I (or was it 1996) - 1996 mini Revs 80 cm wide, 2 separate trains of 5 Revs. Fly beautiful, all given away for good causes. In 1997 I met Big Sam Ritter. He flew up to 11 REV I's at that time. Sam is big, I mean real big. He also has the heart to go with it. He is really a super nice guy. From Sam I picked up some ideas. One was to shorten the distance between the REVs. It cuts down the pull. I have flown stacks of 5 REV I's and stacks of REV 1.5's from my collection of originals with great success after my tips from Sam. In 1995 I flew a progressive stack of my Rainbows. Each REV had six tails. It was a beautiful site in the sky with 18 tails of around 15 meters each. It was a disaster when you stopped flying forward or flew reverse. It was a real mess. I do not recommend tails on any rev train except for maybe the last rev. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Lingenfelter Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 John Mitchell, it's good to see you in here! That and great tips on the stack. Never thought of the less pull aspect of it. BB Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Penny, Good to hear from you again. Maybe we can get the absolute train expert in to this. Has anyone heard from Big Sam recently? Please let him know about this forum! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrogers Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Anyone seen the "Wanted" poster? I put it up, it says: Wanted Wind, last seen a month ago! Nothing but rain and wind or no wind since and yes I am getting withdrawal symptoms. Happy New Year all th same. BTW if I had the money I'd probably buy a stack of revs as well, but then again the new Frenzy 05 14M keeps calling me as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samritter Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 I heard my name being mentioned.... Hi John, Hi Penny!!! It's been a very long time... I haven't been flying that much except for the events that we go to. But it's like riding a bicycle you don't forget. I think for me it's all muscle memory. My stack is adjustable from 4 to 16 Rev 1's, so I really haven't been adjusting the rear bottom lines, it's all in how you fly the kites to keep the back ones from falling out. You also get good at fixing the fallout messes while flying. Lee and I have had some pretty good messes that we just fly out of. Usually one of the best things that you can do to clear your mess is a bit of brake, maybe a shake here or there. It all depends on how the mess happened. I'll try to stay in touch, at least pop in here from time to time.... Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Welcome Sam!! Indeed, long time no see... Good to have you here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi Sam!! WOW! It is really nice to hear from you again. Maybe we will meet up this year. I will be at the WSKC 2005 at Lincoln City in June. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Lingenfelter Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Kewl, Kewl, John we'll finally meet. Sam! Dam! Good to see you! I missed you two this year at convention. Glad to see you poked your shiney head in here! Tell Ann we said hello! BB Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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