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  • West Australian

    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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29/12/2013 Blackheath

Clear blue skies today with occasional high cloud out to the west indicating the approaching but still distant weather front. A SSW breeze was good in the main to put up a mixed set of 1.5 Mid Vents including Rowan’s new blue fade Pro with green race. A very relaxed fly today with few incidents. The bright sun was just strong enough to keep the cold at bay. Some of us will fly on New Years Day weather permitting. Happy New Year! Felix
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26/12/2013 Boxing Day on Blackheath

Headed towards the Blackwall Tunnel it looked as if fog was burning off Canary Wharf and the buildings were emerging into the sunshine. It turned out that this was the reverse of what was actually happening and the field at Blackheath gradually became enveloped in the fog. It was a mostly steady breeze by way of consolation so the full vented kites with green race worked just fine although mid vents might have been exactly right. Jacob called some moves and we went through some slow variation
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22/12/2013 Blackheath

11:00am on the Heath today after negotiating an A12 closure and using the Crisp Street alternative route. Full vent with race rods mostly coped with the blustery airstream but by the end of the session it felt like hard work filling the gaps when we were left without airflow when putting team moves together. Bright and sunny most of the time today but the mostly clear sky at the outset gradually filled with cumulus. Heading back to Hackney diverting from the A12 we saw that the ‘Ginger Pig’ w
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all

With it being my Last Kite-able week before the End of year Break, I decided to make extra effort and get out early each day. Summer in Perth is blessed with Early dawn, about 5am this time of the year. I decided to try to get out there around 5am each day. With A Big week ahead of me I started out strong. But Would the Wind play games with me? Monday: Light winds but good (3.5h on field) On the Field for 4:50am, SUL flying just after 5am. It was a very low wind day staying around 3-5kph (5-
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A Sweet Week

Monday: The Morning started out with some fine Strong winds. I grabbed out the Vented on 120’ lines. I pushed myself to spend as much of the time as possible inverted. Every time I flipped upright or landed, I went straight back into inverted flight. Hovers and Slides. I think it went well Tue Arvo: I only had a half hour to spare, but I continued the Inverted theme, from Monday. It was A good practice in Moderately Strong winds on the Vented. Wednesday Morning: Mid Vent B, 3 wrap frame,
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15/12/2013 Blackheath

A late start today, c11:30 as I am still slightly on Florida time. Did get a last fly last Tuesday on Miami Beach in the super smooth on-shore breeze. Back to grey skies, intermittent drizzle, rain and a proliferation of worm casts on Blackheath today. Switched back to 120ft lines without issue but noticed a disparity between the bridle configuration of the iQuad training kites and the Bazzer Pro. I had tried reaching forwards and pulling the top lines to get a launch with the training kite
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International Kite Flyer Visits Perth

Sorry for the late update, it took more typing than usual, I hope you enjoy my kiting Adventure… Monday: Once again Commitments crowded me in. Tuesday: After the Pain of not flying on Friday and Monday, I had to get out there. I put in the effort to get to the Field nice and early. There was a good Solid Wind that was pushing strongly. I decided to make it a fun day. I pulled out my Supersonic! I set it out on my 90# x 120’ lines to give me plenty of room to manoeuvre. I Flew And I had F
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After Miami Beach 9/12/2013

Thursday to Sunday we did get out on the beach in the morning. On Thursday we set up close to the water opposite our hotel c8:30 and having switched to the shorter line sets started to fly the the full vented 4 wrap iQuad training kites in the smooth onshore breeze. Rich Comras arrived at about 9:30 and while he was setting up his kite the lifeguard who had recently arrived told him that from 10:00 we would not be able to fly at that location but that there was an area to the north where the b
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Back in the Swing of It.

Monday: The Afternoon provided a chance to get some Rev Air. With a very strong wind and Solid Gusts it was time for the Vented. I grabbed the wrong lines and ended up with the 30’ on field, So I just went with it. I got some great Inverted Hovers in. I also did some work on my Bicycle Turns. Tuesday: I went in for a morning fly, but it was very dead. If I had a Rev Indoor I might have tried to fly, but I don’t. So I flew a glider instead. Got to my main field for an Afternoon flight, There
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001 - Introduction of the blog's perspective

Greetings, Always encourage to read along with music: https://soundcloud.com/koan-sound/starlite 1 - this is my first blog entry. I've been managing my newly founded Revolution dealership for almost two months now. Blog entries are placed monthly as to note the most important stuff that got studied. Since the first month was all planning and only in the second we received our first 15 kites, i'll start this log from the month we were actually able to fly. A logo for our dealership was create
Thomas Parpoulas

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Special Blog – Where I Fly

Hi all, not soon for another Blog I hope. I Just wanted do a Special Post about where I usually fly. There Should Be a Satellite Photo Shot Attached with some scribbles on it. The Blue Area is my main Kite Field. It is Huge, and the Wind can come in fairly smoothly most days. Sure It can get Gusty and Lumpy, but anything I can fly in is good. I have been flying at this park for a couple of years now and it has become very familiar to me. There is a river along one edge and there is alwa
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24/11/2013 Blackheath

It has been an intense week in anticipation of Thursday’s HMRC inspection which was a gruelling four hour meeting. Glad to set off for Blackheath today for a head clearing moment! c11:00am arrival and Martin and Maggie were changing to full sails with race rods. The breeze occasionally dropped off or peaked but most of the time it was good for team flying. There were a few brief bright moments but soon after 1:00pm a light shower arrived as we were packing up… I shuffled some kites in prepa
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I'm Back...

I am Back… Did you miss me? Well I have been missing Flying lately. I am Very Sorry to say this Blog took a back seat to everything else that was happening to me. I was still flying for a while, But only when I met up with SparkieRob. But now I am Back into Flying again, Made three trips to the park this week so far, and I am glad to say it has been worth it. Tuesday Afternoon was my first session, where I discovered that the battery in my wind meter had died. I will sort that out later. B
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17/11/2013 Blackheath

Anticyclonic murk today with a very slight easterly air movement. Hard to call it a breeze! Standard sails with Diamond rods occasionally worked for team flying. We should probably have got out the Zens and Robertshaws for comparative purposes but all six fliers were content to fly the 1.5 sail as and when possible. I spent quite a bit of time rescuing ‘snagged’ or ‘wing tipped’ fliers but did find a moment to take the kite for an extended walk ‘downwind’. The responsiveness of the spars me
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10/11/2013 Blackheath

It was a sunny November day, the NW breeze was reasonably consistent and the temperature may have reached 12c which was somewhat higher than expected. The occasional small cloud obscuring the sun introduced a clear chill but there were only a few… The sun was, of course, almost directly in our field of vision! No hiding place available so we were sometimes dazzled! Standard vented with green race worked today except for the odd lull where the mid-vented sail might have been more appropriate. (
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03/11/2013 Blackheath

We were four up today in similar conditions to last weekend. Xtra vents with 4 wrap on the usual site albeit with the detritus from the previous night’s firework display underfoot. Not as bad as in previous years but maybe it was a smaller display. Rowan found that the combination of the ‘strong’ breeze and lower temperature today was causing discomfort and while the rest of us resorted to gloves he was not confident that he could maintain control with gloved hands. Eventually the wind chill
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27/10/2013 Blackheath

With a little assistance from the clock change we were on the Heath at about 10:00am today. As the wind was c20 mph I helped Rowan set up his new lines and handles (thanks Lolly) and made sure sufficient brake was set before he attempted to fly the Xtra Vent sail with 4 wrap. That was the set-up for the rest of us as well, or at least most of us. We flew six for the first time since the end of the event season. Ashley called and Rowan flew in confidently given the fairly extreme conditions.
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20/10/2013 Blackheath

After the c8:30am downpour in Hackney the blustery SW airstream continued today with thundery showers looming on the horizon. The ‘heath’ was not as wet underfoot as last weekend. Vented sails with race rods were just about at the limit occasionally as were the same sails with four wrap rods in the lighter moments. Rowan joined in with one of the iQuad practice set kites today and showed considerable resilience in dealing with unfamiliar situations and regaining control of the kite if things
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13/10/2013 Blackheath

Heavy steady rain this morning so no point in an early start on Blackheath today. Time to do the ESTA application ahead of the Miami trip… Careful ‘study’ of the Met Office forecast today suggested that the rain would ease around 1:00pm over East London and that was what happened. Some of the site at Blackheath has now been mown but not the corner where we usually set up. It was very wet underfoot. We flew ‘wrong sails’ today, Xtra vents with race rods, getting some more low wind techniqu
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06/10/2013 Blackheath

Glorious sunny day today but there was no breeze at all when we arrived at 10:30am. Occasionally there was a barely perceptible movement from the west. The Diamond rods may not actually be lighter than the Race rods but they are ‘stiffer’ so the sail loads and the kite moves quickly in response to input from the flier. In zero breeze the fighter kite technique of pulling the kite up and then letting it glide away works beautifully with these spars. The ‘lightness’ of touch really becomes ap
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29/09/2013 Blackheath

With the wind from the east we do not get planes bound for Heathrow overflying Hackney (or Blackheath). So it was a late start this morning! No early morning drone… Arrived just before 11am and set up vented with race. Eventually switched out to four wrap which simply felt more comfortable in the gradually increasing breeze. Rowan appreciated the difference that the firmer spars made in controlling circular side slides in the pendulum. Late September sunshine broke through as we wrapped up
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22/09/2013 Blackheath

It was a light breeze on Blackheath today but the clouds did not burn off as forecast and at times there was a hint of drizzle. The field is still not mown so we had to contend with snagged lines yet again. Plenty of line set adjustments today in setting up a variety of spar configurations in the 1.5s and a couple of Robertshaw sails as well. I flew the Diamond Rods again and later handed the 1.5 kite to Rowan who managed to fly in with the team in what were really marginal conditions for tea
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15/09/2013 Blackheath

An early start for me in order to take advantage of the weather and avoid issues with road closures in getting home. Too early for some so solo flying for a while. Diamond Rods are ordered for the team. We flew them in the ex-iQuad sails the other week. I have the red, yellow, pink and purple, (all with white sails) that were illustrated in a Facebook image in the last day or so. I cannot, however, find the ‘page’ now which is irritating. These rods will certainly extend the range of the 1
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