Skunk Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Can anyone explain how to do the comet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Half axel, when the nose begins to point away, half axel again. keep repeating. Im assuming you half axel by a short bottom wing pop, followed by hard top wing followed by short bottom. Dont do the 3rd pop, but repeat the first 2 over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Thanx alot, i thought it had to be a bunch of well timed half axles. i usually get the first 3 positons up to the point were the kite is belly up and nose away. the hard part is timing it right so the kite comes out for the next half axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 close your eyes. Dont "try" to time it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 btw, there are only 2 positions. nose up and nose down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Yeah now I see. I'm also working on the insane. I got it a couple of times in high wind at the side of the window, but now I can't get it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Which kite? Entry depends on the kite... but once you have it... One hand behind you, one hand in front of you and walk (or run) backwards. when you're ready to exit, put both hands together and give a small tug. The entrance is a half axel where the popping hand goes immediately behidn your hip and the other hand goes full foward. Some kites need to be sideways, some slightly pointing nose down, and others will insane from absolutely any direction. (even in reverse!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I fly the nirvana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 any direction is fine then. Keys to insane are walking backwards and slack with non-popping hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hey thanx a lot for the info, I'm going to try it all out tomorrow. Ill let you know how it went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I got the comet, the only thing is to practice it now. The insane I couldn't get. The wind was gusty. I did what you said but just got the wing wrapped. It tangled everytime I did the half axle and pulled back with the popping hand, I mean I tried everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I pretty much got the comet, just more practice. The insane I didn't even come close to. I did what you said but everytime I half axled and pulled back with the popping hand, the wingtip got caught. I don't get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioRob Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Did my explanation on the comete help? Im wondering because I had a tutorial on it which im going to have to redo due to 'kaboom' and that's the explanation I was using along with visual aid. Wondering if it's helpful in it's pure text form On the insane, slow it down a bit. Pop the half axel, take a breath and "pull it into an insane" Not sure if you know how to do a slot machine, but the point where you'd give the pop for the flatspin rotation is the same place where you "pull it into an insane". Winds much either be higher, or you need to be walking (or running) backwards. It takes a lot of air pressure on most kites to keep the insane going. Gentler half-axels help too... Do you know how the insane works for the most part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunk Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Yes the comet explanation really helped. Accually the first time I tried it I got a pretty good outcome. Just like you said, half axled then a quick half axle and so on. It worked pretty well, just need to practice it more. The insane I don't really see what the kite is doing. I'm just not sure how to go into it. The slot machine I can't do yet but I'm pretty good with 540s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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