begining team flying 101

[Geoff]

Very new to kite flying (circa April 2005) and we (my 9 year old and I) have two beetle's with 50' tails. They look absolutely amazing when they're both in the air. We started doing some formation flying tonight at the park. Both flying close together and with those long tails looks really impressive.

Does anyone have any tips for a coupla newbies in this area? Maybe some easy manuevers that are visually fun?

We were able to bring the kites vertical into a stall then peel off into opposing dives into opposing figure 8's then vertical again into stalls. We had quite a crowd.

I think I talked to more observers this evening than ever before.

Does anyone have any advice? Other than, "Dont hit each other".

I DID find out that the beetle's are PHENOMINAL when it comes to crashing. We had a small "missed timing" turn and KABLEWIE...rained down kites and tails everywhere...but no damage done!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone!

[rudolph]

Welcome to the wonderfull world of flying. I would recomend looking at aka's web site. www.aka.kite.org they have figures for team, pair, and individual figures to start with.

[Geoff]

Perfect....lots of great info....love the manual!

[John Barresi]

There is also an extensive collection of team flying videos in the Kitelife archives... Just look in the descriptions of each video for these three-letter acronyms:

OTP (Open Team Precision)

OTB (Open Team Ballet)

MTP - (Masters Team Precision)

MTB - (Masters Team Ballet)

Found here - http://www.kitelife.com/videos

[John Barresi]

Oh yeah...

MPB is worth a look too.

[Geoff]

Yeah, I've watched (with awe) most all of the vids on this site....there is truly some amazing stuff!!

[Matrix/Alex]

It's great for you that you are having such a wonderfull time,

keep that in your heart, and enjoy your family moment

You can also check out some of videos of french, English and Italian teams :

2 lines kite teams :

http://revolutionkite.wordpress.com/catego...te-team-videos/

4 lines kite teams :

http://revolutionkite.wordpress.com/catego...te-team-videos/

one of the best video i know :

http://www.r-sky.com/videos/krystalww20002.divx

[Baloo]

The Krystal vid. What a beutifull video. Stunning setting. wonderfull soundtrack.

Thank you for posting it.

[Ezequiel]

Does someone know if it is the Krystal or the Krystal FX? It's a wonderful video

Thank you

eZe - Freaks Team

www.freaksteam.com

[The Kite Shoppe]

Does someone know if it is the Krystal or the Krystal FX? It's a wonderful video

Thank you

eZe - Freaks Team

www.freaksteam.com

I haven't watched the video in over a year, and my computer doesn't seem to want to play divx now, but as I remember, that's the full sized Krystal. The K FX just came out a couple years ago, and is smaller.

[JoneZ]

I haven't watched the video in over a year, and my computer doesn't seem to want to play divx now, but as I remember, that's the full sized Krystal. The K FX just came out a couple years ago, and is smaller.

Divx player download for Windows

http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

For Mac

http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/download/index.php

Should install all the appropriate codecs for use (I don't think it installs the web-divx player, so just right click the video above and "save as", then open once its finished d/ling).