Geoff Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudolph Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Perfect....lots of great info....love the manual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Oh yeah... MPB is worth a look too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Yeah, I've watched (with awe) most all of the vids on this site....there is truly some amazing stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix/Alex Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloo Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 The Krystal vid. What a beutifull video. Stunning setting. wonderfull soundtrack. Thank you for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezequiel Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kite Shoppe Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoneZ Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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