Brilongenecker Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 I finally got about 45 minutes of reasonably good, slightly erratic, northern Indiana wind this evening. Was able to get the Kymera out and did my first half axels. Still need a lot of work to make them smooth and to be consistent. Also I can only get it going left to right. So I need to work on my ambidexteity. Anyway it was fun!! Hope everybody had a great long weekend! Happy trails and wind filled sails! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Seven years later, I can't even do a snap stall, but I have a good excuse -- I got into quad lines. Had the duals out twice this year in not enough and then too much wind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul LaMasters Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 We marvel at Rick Harmer's efforts with a dually kite, simply amazing,.... in a absolute dead calm too. But he probably has ten thousand hours of practice honing those skills. Sure his equipment is all first rate, properly balanced and tuned, but that doesn't mean a thing in my hands! So we forced him into quads, so we won't be constantly humiliated. Lots of own dualies, few of us can fly the stitching out of 'em. Now a quad on the other hand, I can show you every flailing trick I can do in about five minutes. Take an excellent dually pilot and stick 'em on a quad,... oh my God! Will Sturdy walked onto the field once, borrowed my kite and promptly trounced us all badly on open quad ballet, my schictk isn't stock, never touched it before. The kid could do a falling leaf all the way to the ground like it rode on laser beams. At the last possible second he would knock the hat off of ants and recover forward flight again, or just casually tipping the water over a pond. Disgusting levels of amazing control. Hey, Mark we should keeping work on our own weaknesses. I can snap stall but not fade, HA! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilongenecker Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hey, Mark we should keeping work on our own weaknesses. I can snap stall but not fade, HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I know all the basic "tricks", or maneuvers, how they look and what they are called. I just can't do them. Have no one near me who can help me learn. Videos are great, until I grab the lines, then all that knowledge disappears immediately. I would be happy to just do a stall to two-point landing in the middle of the window. I walk too many miles each time I fly a dual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkieRob Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I know all the basic "tricks", or maneuvers, how they look and what they are called. I just can't do them. Have no one near me who can help me learn. Videos are great, until I grab the lines, then all that knowledge disappears immediately. I would be happy to just do a stall to two-point landing in the middle of the window. I walk too many miles each time I fly a dual. Sometimes I'll walk around at work snapping my wrists in sequence while visualising the kite. Helps, not sure if it's working but it helps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 We marvel at Rick Harmer's efforts with a dually kite, simply amazing,.... in a absolute dead calm too. But he probably has ten thousand hours of practice honing those skills. Sure his equipment is all first rate, properly balanced and tuned, but that doesn't mean a thing in my hands! So we forced him into quads, so we won't be constantly humiliated. Lots of own dualies, few of us can fly the stitching out of 'em. Now a quad on the other hand, I can show you every flailing trick I can do in about five minutes. Take an excellent dually pilot and stick 'em on a quad,... oh my God! Will Sturdy walked onto the field once, borrowed my kite and promptly trounced us all badly on open quad ballet, my schictk isn't stock, never touched it before. The kid could do a falling leaf all the way to the ground like it rode on laser beams. At the last possible second he would knock the hat off of ants and recover forward flight again, or just casually tipping the water over a pond. Disgusting levels of amazing control. Hey, Mark we should keeping work on our own weaknesses. I can snap stall but not fade, HA! Oh, so you're the bad influence that's been luring Rick to the Dark Side ? I flew dual lines with him a few years ago at Wildwood, had a good time. I've noticed that he's been flying kites with too many lines lately... It doesn't matter how many lines you fly on, the time spent on those lines is the important thing... let's think about those 10,000 hours of practice & experience... that's what they say is required to truly master a particular skill. How many hours do you fly per week ? Multiply by 52, maybe it sounds like a lot... (let's say 10 hours a week (a lot !) times 52=520 hours) Multiply that by 10 years... 5200 hours ! Half way to being an 'expert' ! So, in 20 years, you could make that 10,000 hour mark, if you fly 10 hours a week. Kinda makes your head spin... At this rate, I might make it there in 25 to 30 years... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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