WSW 17 - 34 mph but mostly sunny rather than cloudy.  RSS kites were fine, just a little bit noisy in the stronger gusts, merely a sail rattle, not a roar!

Not the wind for flying trains but we did unwrap the 2 square metre black lifter and fly it from the bridle.  It seemed to be well set ‘out of the bag’.

I also pegged out the top few sets of the PM Yakko Stack in an attempt to find out how much lift these sails can develop.  They were certainly ready to go but the top sail really needed stabilising.  The pocket sled from Vienna would have been enough but it was folding up in the strong breeze.  (I wonder if a spreader could work here?)

The 4 and 5mm braided polyester line for the kite trains arrived last Tuesday and two sets of the 1985 JMH train have been re-strung during the week.  The dihedrals for the early JMH kites should arrive during this next week.  I’ll use one of the prototypes to fix the Double / Single Eddy stack 1989 in the meantime.  The on-field fix in Cervia has not actually ever been tested!

Felix