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A little Micron in a good wind


theflyingmick
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Yes I do, you can make your own using an old wooden broom handle or dowel cut to about 8 inches. Practice flying with one first, switching hands. Or you could just jump in and try both at once. Tails help, I use 48 ft. skywriter tails from Gomberg on 75 ft. lines. Have fun!

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Tony, just to confirm a rule of thumb for folks who might want to experiment with MKF...

1. The longer the handles, the more responsive and potentially twitchy the kites will be.

2. The shorter the handles, the less responsive and more predictable.

Would you say this is true?

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Absolutely ! I prefer twitchy, it gets me in to trouble faster, but I can also get out of trouble faster :) I like to fly the smaller kites (Cherry Bombs/ Microns for MKF because of the small field I fly on and It's less tiring. I noticed Ray Bethel uses relatively short handles in relation to the size of the Kestrels he flies which I'm sure contributes to his smooth flying.

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