kevmort Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 A massive thank you to oapbill for the sail he sold me I’m starting to think I can do this now , maiden flight was an hour long and in ten minutes I could do more than I have since starting my quad life [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Did he fly with you, or is it just the kite that makes the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 It was just the sail , for the first time I could fly in a box shape with the leading edge vertical and then horizontal doing side and vertical slides , within the first ten minutes of setting up I could do near perfect hovers, soon I’ll be practicing inverted moves [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oapbillf Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 And the sooner we meet the better ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 And the sooner we meet the better ! Too right making plans now as we come back from a weeks holiday on the 2nd from the IOW and will be coming home via Basingstoke and staying over night at a friends then heading home on Sunday the 3rd [emoji4] should be in Basingstoke around 2 pm on Saturday the 3rd bill [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 6 hours ago, kevmort said: Too right making plans now as we come back from a weeks holiday on the 2nd from the IOW and will be coming home via Basingstoke and staying over night at a friends then heading home on Sunday the 3rd should be in Basingstoke around 2 pm on Saturday the 3rd bill Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Good, you'll learn a lot and quickly with a bit of hands-on instruction. What were you using before? I know you mentioned it somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Good, you'll learn a lot and quickly with a bit of hands-on instruction. What were you using before? I know you mentioned it somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for it. I’m hoping I do [emoji4] and I’ve been flying a EXP but thinking the sail has stretched some [emoji20] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oapbillf Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Kevin, it sounds like your EXP needs a good look at, make sure you bring it to Basingstoke ! I will give it the once over ! I have been flying a 1996/7 vintage 1.5 that I recently obtained in a very poor condition and rebuilt it with my modifications, I am only using it as a fun kite but the damn thing flies really well in low winds often better than a "B" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Thanks bill [emoji4] there kept together in one bag [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 A stretched sail should still fly very well. Bill will get it on the right track. He probably has at least one that's even more stretched. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 Well in my early days flying my EXP like this probably didn’t help lol Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 7 hours ago, kevmort said: Well in my early days flying my EXP like this probably didn’t help lol Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app It hurts just to look at that. You absolutely need to get a vented, or stop flying when it blows that hard! Of course who am I to advise you. Look at what I do with a full vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oapbillf Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 15 hours ago, makatakam said: It hurts just to look at that. You absolutely need to get a vented, or stop flying when it blows that hard! Of course who am I to advise you. Look at what I do with a full vent. Bully ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmort Posted April 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 It hurts just to look at that. You absolutely need to get a vented, or stop flying when it blows that hard! Of course who am I to advise you. Look at what I do with a full vent. At least you had the spars on the right side of the kite unlike I did when I started !! And with much thanks I have a vented sail now thanks to oapbill [emoji4][emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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