Guru4tru Posted March 17, 2011 Report Posted March 17, 2011 I heard a lot about the Kite Party that was to be held this last weekend...but the weekend is gone and I haven't heard anything here about it or any pictures!! ("Jeepster!?!?") heehee! Keep It Up! Duane Quote
Wayne Dowler Posted March 17, 2011 Report Posted March 17, 2011 Duane - check the Rev forum, there was and is plenty of chatter over there!!!! Quote
Jeepster Posted March 17, 2011 Report Posted March 17, 2011 Duane, John Chilese is the main photographer of Kite Party. Here is a link to his photos. You'll notice a warm-fade-black-center six-stack of Rev-like kites in his photos ... that's my 'Lil Lee stack. Cheers, Tom 1 Quote
Guru4tru Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Posted March 17, 2011 On 3/17/2011 at 7:15 PM, Jeepster said: Duane, John Chilese is the main photographer of Kite Party. Here is a link to his photos. You'll notice a warm-fade-black-center six-stack of Rev-like kites in his photos ... that's my 'Lil Lee stack. Cheers, Tom Thanks Jeepster!! I was surprised...I though it was just a smaller "Party" sort of thing that you were going to...That's a really good crowd! Really looked like fun...and by the bathing suits, it appears it wasn't too cold there either! heehee! Thanks again, Keep It Up! Duane Quote
Guru4tru Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Posted March 17, 2011 Hi Tom, Is this the stack you mentioned? It says it's a "MINI" stack...they don't look so MINI, but they sure look great...lots of pull in a good wind I suppose! Keep It Up! Duane Quote
Jeepster Posted March 18, 2011 Report Posted March 18, 2011 On 3/17/2011 at 10:37 PM, Guru4tru said: ... It says it's a "MINI" stack...they don't look so MINI, but they sure look great...lots of pull in a good wind I suppose! Keep It Up! Duane Some folks on the east coast build and stack 42 inch (LE rod length) Rev-like kites. I was going to build some, but the correct rods were not available. The rods I could find/afford were a little stiffer, so I upped the length to 48 inches. Experimented around for half a summer with those kites. Eventually stacking three of them, but they never became more than a novelty in the kite bag. Called them "half-pints" 'cuz they were half the size of a 1.5 Rev. Later I was given a chance to fly a Rev progressive stack. It was lust at first flight. A progressive is fun to fly 'cuz you can see all three kites while you're flying it. I then built a mini-progressive consisting of a four, five and six foot kite. Just as much fun, only the pull is like flying a single 1.5 Rev. One day I pulled the five foot kite out of the progressive stack and flew it for awhile. It flew well and seemed more like a kite than a novelty. That was when the idea of a linear stack really took off. Carbon wrapped tubes and poly ripstop aren't cheap, but what the heck. The kite you see above is the result. It pulls hard, but not nearly as much as a stack of Rev I kites. I've talked Lee Sedgwick and Kent Kingston into flying it to give me advice on tuning it. Both are great stack fliers and freely shared their advice. BTW ... I asked Ben for permission before doing these builds. Cheers, Tom Quote
Guru4tru Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Posted March 18, 2011 Well...I've gotta say they look great!! Maybe...if we ever get to the same kite festival again, like at Treasure Island (TISKC) and you are flying them...you might let me try them out for a minute or two. It would be really cool to feel what flying them is like!! (And I'm glad you got permission to make them!! heehee!!) Keep It Up! Duane Quote
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