Just ordered a first sport kite - NTK Cherry Bomb

[p23brian]

Greetings everyone! My 8 year old son and 10 year old daughter have recently gotten interested in kites. We were on vacation down in Ft Walton Beach, FL and they saw some pretty cool kites and kite flying on the beach. We visited the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, home of the US Navy Blue Angels. We were able to see one of the Blues practics shows which was fantastic! If you ever get the chance to see them do not pass it up. What some of you guys can do with kites they can do with F/A-18 Hornets! Wow! But anyway, the kits picked out an $8 plastic Blue Angels delta kite in the museum gift shop. They had some fun flying it on the beach, but before too long the wind picked up and the kite nose-dived into the ground and ripped apart. I thought it would be a good idea to get them a better kite. When we started looking into it we stumbled onto sport kites, and this seemed like themost fun way to go. After a little reading I ordered and NTK Cherry Bomb. It should be here any day now and I'm sure I'll be back with questions.

[Jim Foster]

Welcome to the great world of sport kite flying.

The most important advice I can give to a "newbie", and I think some others will agree, is to be sure that what ever kite you choose to fly, be sure that you have the best lines you can buy. Most any sport kite will fly well on good lines, however, even the best and most expensive kites are difficult or impossible to fly on poor lines. Poor lines stretch and do not allow good control.

Welcome again, and have fun with your kids, that's what it's all about.

Jim

[p23brian]

Welcome to the great world of sport kite flying.

The most important advice I can give to a "newbie", and I think some others will agree, is to be sure that what ever kite you choose to fly, be sure that you have the best lines you can buy. Most any sport kite will fly well on good lines, however, even the best and most expensive kites are difficult or impossible to fly on poor lines. Poor lines stretch and do not allow good control.

Welcome again, and have fun with your kids, that's what it's all about.

Jim

Thanks. That sounds like good advice. We're sailors and the same applies to the control lines on a sailboat. The stretchier the lines the less control you have. Also, the less strecthy the lines the more $$ they'll cost. Would it be worthwhile to upgrade from the standard dacron lines that come with the Cherry Bomb?

[ant man]

jim is right get lazer pro or berry blue lines they are the 2 best ive ever used

[Jim Foster]

I don't know what kind of lines come with a Cherry Bomb. I don't fly dual line very much. I am a quad kinda guy, but I have helped many new flyers with dual line kites. Every time they are having a hard time, it seems they have been given some twisted, not braided, line with their new kite. I think that is done to keep the price down. I let them use my set of Laser Pro lines and they take to the air just fine. The higher the wind, the worse the problem and higher the frustration level.

Jim