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    Flight Log and Thoughts about My Rev Kit.

    By West Australian

    No Arvo Flight Yesterday, Responsibilities are beginning to creep in on my flying time Well I Joined up to KiteLife… Very Happy about that. I feel that the Contribution that KiteLife makes to the Community needs to be supported. And all those Sweet Tutorials are Pretty good too I have been Downloading them onto My Ipod Touch. To Paraphrase SparkieRob, I have a John Barresi In my Pocket. This morning was nice, Light to Moderate winds when I set up the STD with 3 Wrap and 80# lines I got i
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  • Felix

    2012 events, provisional list

    By Felix

    Oh well, another year! <grins> Nothing is confirmed, as yet. 1st January 2012 12-16/04/2012 Berck-Plage, France 21/04-29/05/2012 Cervia, Italy 05-07/05/2012 Weymouth 26-27/05/2012 Exmouth 25-27/08/2012 Portsmouth Margate
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06/05/2013 After Weymouth

Arrived Saturday midday and the strong westerly breeze rolling across the buildings was not really 'flyable' so as it was not a day that was formally part of the event we retired early to a late lunch. ;-) Sunday was sunny but the wind, although lighter, was still from the west and given the available space on the beach it was far from clean. We tried various sail configurations, JMH 1s, 1.5s and 1.5 venteds along with differing spar sets and did not find the 'right' configuration for the diff

Felix

Felix

28/04/2013 Cervia

Another full day at Cervia ending in the arena with Team for Fun. Zens to Vented today, mostly sunny with very light showers falling from blue sky! Off to Mare Vita shortly followed by the Sicilian 'meeting' <grins> Felix

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Felix

21/04/2013 After Berck

Arrived back in London from Berck c7:30pm this evening. The team used everything in the team kit during the four days in attendance. Xtra Vent, 1.5 full Vented, Standard 1.5 and the Rev1s. Once again, a very good event. The team kit had to be transferred to the flight case this evening which meant de-sanding all the kites as well. We just hit our weight target for the Cervia trip. Early start Monday morning, 5:00am alarm call! <grins> Felix

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Felix

14/04/2013 Blackheath

The isobars were close together on the weather map this morning but the expected temperature was way up compared to the last few weeks. The strong (c20mph gusting 30?) southerly breeze saw us checking 80 and 100ft line sets ahead of Cervia with a quick run through of Moby with Rev2s on the 80ft lines. As some of the fliers had rarely or never flown the Rev2 before it was a bit twitchy at times but eminently do-able. The transition to the Xtra Vents 4wrap on 120s was quite amusing, suddenly th

Felix

Felix

07/04/2013 Blackheath

There was a light breeze, there was some sunshine, It was Zens rather than Xtra Vents, quite a contrast to the last few weekends. The circus was still in place and we were early so heard the build-up to the 11:00am show and then flew with background music highlighted by the crash of the cymbals. The 'extra brake' setting for the high winds the last couple of weekends were just right for the low wind conditions today. My kite floated off the top of the wind window on one occasion but the s

Felix

Felix

31/03/2013 Blackheath

The clocks changed so I was late on Blackheath today. Still cold so some of us went for Xtra Vent with race rods. The extra movement on the ground did help in keeping warm and it was interesting to see how well this configuration coped in the wind window against a standard full vent sail. I guess the windspeed was averaging 10mph so occasionally light wind flying tactics were required. I like the 'speed control' feel of the Xtra Vent and also the reverse flying characteristic which seems p

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Felix

24/03/2013 Blackheath

Late March gloom with an overnight dusting of snow did not present any real obstacle in getting to Blackheath today but the wind chill on site made it feel colder than any other flying day this winter. Full vented with green race for me again was over stressed on a couple of occasions even with extra brake. My kite and others with different frames were landed safely to ride out the squalls. Conversationally it was decided that free flying as we have been 'practicing' recently does not really

Felix

Felix

Learning to Fly

Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd), “Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast, How can I escape this irresistible grasp?” These Lyrics are from The Pink Floyd Song “Learning to Fly” Clearly someone had been flying a Rev when they came up with these. Well not really, it is about flying a plane, but there is certainly an “Irresistible Grasp” with Re

West Australian

West Australian

17/03/2013 Blackheath

Showery airflow from the South East today with occasional glimpses of the sun through deep layers of cloud. Full vented 1.5 with green race again for me and unusually I was first on site so time for some 'solo' flying. The first shower passed before other fliers arrived. We then flew freeform only daring to look back when shadows were occasionally visible on the ground. A pattern of moves is beginning to emerge and critically the use of the wind window comes to the fore. We are not trying

Felix

Felix

Perth Meet - Duelling Stacks and more..

It was promising to be some Pre-storm winds, I arrived first on field, darkness all around. I finished my Breakfast while I collected up my various bags, and headed out on field. I staked out my 150# lines with the plan of putting a stack on it. I was linking the Midvent B to the back of the Fullvent B when SparkieRob came out on field. Followed quite quickly by Jim (a long time Kite friend) In the light of the pre-dawn Rob started to get out a 2 stack and his Vented Polo. The field also too

West Australian

West Australian

10/03/2013 Blackheath

No sign of spring today. Low grey clouds, wind north easterly with light precipitation, not quite sleet! Full vented 1.5s, (my frame was green race) but it sometimes felt that the Xtra Vent would have been the warmer kite to fly given more movement on the ground. Once again a mix of uncalled free flying with called episodes thrown in occasionally. Of course it is easy to measure the capability to fly recognised moves but it can be much more interesting to improvise 'in the air' and find the

Felix

Felix

Not A Flight Log, something different.

It is really feeling like Autumn out here now. Darker Mornings and Evenings, a positive cool change, it even rained. Oh Sure, Summer will throw a few more warm days at us, but the really hot days should be behind us. This Episode of my Blog is not a simple Log of my recent flying, but a look into the Past, at the Quad flyer I could have been. Also my recent Quad experiences, and also looking to my Quad future. I have been thinking about how I could have been a Quad Head years ago. I have ha

West Australian

West Australian

Howz My Blog….

This will be my 8th Blog entry. As I write this I have 8 Comments from others and over 700 views. Also 1 Follower, but I think John follows everyone’s blog. I have noticed that the views are dropping , Still quite a few of you reading this though. Thanks! I will ask anyone reading this to consider commenting or PM’ing me to tell me what they do or don’t like about my Blog. I am doing this for You, the Reader as much as myself. I hope to hear from you, and I hope this Blog is interesting.

West Australian

West Australian

03/03/2013 Blackheath

On Blackheath this morning we had a tantalising ten minutes of spring sunshine. The low convection cloud that soon re-formed burned off later in the afternoon just to prove the point by which time we were long gone home. Full sail 1.5s with race today but when the sun was shining the easterly breeze dropped dramatically. Mostly free flying today interspersed with episodes of called elements as well as almost spontaneous pendulum and rolling ball rotations. For four the paired arc right foll

Felix

Felix

Flight Log and My First Stack!

Flight Log Update 27/28FEB I got a great fly in on Wednesday Morning. I got out the Mid-Vent Black/Lime for the first time. The wind was light, the wind was moderate, and the Mid Vented Went really well. I also ran out a second kite. I think it is my first time to stake out 2 Rev’s in one session. I had the Mid with a 3 wrap Frame on my 90# x 85’ lines. Next to it was the STD with 2 wrap frame on 50# x 50’ lines. When the wind got too light for the Mid I Parked it and swapped to the STD.

West Australian

West Australian

My Best Kite Day Ever!

My Best Kite Day Ever! I got to Tom Bateman reserve (my Fav Flying grounds) at just after 5am. There was a good cool Easterly coming through the car park. There were only the earliest signs of Dawn. I took a moment to let the wind rush past me, taking in the early morning sights, sounds and smells. Flying kites puts your back to the wind so often that it’s nice to face the wind once in a while. Rob would be along soon, it was time to gather my thoughts and my Kites. I got my Revs and a fe

West Australian

West Australian

Flight Log 21-25FEB

Thursday 21FEB Morning was met with Lightning Storms over my Flying field. Not flying in Lightning…. No Way… By the Afternoon I was treated to Mild conditions that allowed the STD to fly quite nicely on 2 Wrap and 50/50 lines. The conditions were very nice, got in a decent half hour. Friday 22FEB Morning was very Light on. 0-2 km/h gusting to 5km/h (0-1mph 3mph Gusts) I put in the effort and flew. STD Sail 2 Wrap Frame. I managed quite a bit of Air time. Rests needed between. I am very tha

West Australian

West Australian

24/02/2013 Blackheath

The prospects were a bit grim. North easterly breeze, snow flurries and all that. As with last week the re-instated football pitch was in use and ML opted to set up to the east of the road as the NE breeze was not obstructed in any way. We've flown on this field before (notably on one snowy AGM winter weekend) but it does feel strange being a bit lower than the rest of the heath. Full vented with Race/3 Wrap worked OK today and in the short free form fly we did see some great rolling intera

Felix

Felix

Flight Log and Thoughts about My Rev Kit.

No Arvo Flight Yesterday, Responsibilities are beginning to creep in on my flying time Well I Joined up to KiteLife… Very Happy about that. I feel that the Contribution that KiteLife makes to the Community needs to be supported. And all those Sweet Tutorials are Pretty good too I have been Downloading them onto My Ipod Touch. To Paraphrase SparkieRob, I have a John Barresi In my Pocket. This morning was nice, Light to Moderate winds when I set up the STD with 3 Wrap and 80# lines I got i

West Australian

West Australian

19FEB2013 - Flight Log

Yesterday Arvo (Mon18FEB13) was Interesting to say the least. When I got set up, there was Sweet Mild winds with moderate gusts. I set up My B STD with a quick change to the 3 Wrap frame. I gotta say the Multiple framing options on these kites is Fantastic! I started out by practicing some Squares and Circles. In an attempt to gain more control of my kites I have been doing a lot of hovering in different positions, and also lots of forward/backward/sideways flight. I figured it was time to

West Australian

West Australian

About Me

I am a Husband, Father, Brother, Son. I flew kites as a young kid, but my memories are vague at best. I really got into kites about 25 years ago, Single line kites to decorate the sky. My Interest has peaked and fallen a few times over the years. I was a member of the West Australian Stunt Kite Association, I met lots of great people and borrowed Many fantastic kites. We flew Dual line demonstrations at various places. Some of my Greatest Kiting memories happened with the WASKA. But then

West Australian

West Australian

Hi All.

Hi All, It was Suggested to me on the Rev Forum that I should start a Blog here. This is my First on only Blog, so go easy on me. I started a thread on the Forum detailing the experiences I have been having with my Revs. http://www.revkites.com/forum/topic/5907-getting-back-onto-quad/ After Running 3 Pages, It has been sugested that something may be gotten from my thoughts and experiences. I hope you do get something from this, and feel free to comment. Thanks for Looking. WA

West Australian

West Australian

17/02/2013 Blackheath

Canary Wharf was seemingly hiding in the mist as we hit the A102 towards the Blackwall Tunnel this morning in bright sunshine. On Blackheath there was a slight breeze from the SE but a football pitch had been marked out on our usual flying site and was very much in use so we walked a bit further to the west. Jacob arriving a few minutes later complained that we did not really have to walk so far. However, his arrival was a good excuse to break out the team Rev 1s as he does not have his own k

Felix

Felix

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