30/05/2021 Blackheath
A chilly easterly breeze and a featureless grey sky greeted us onto Blackheath today. We flew full sail1.5s with an accompaniment by Trilok Gurtu to get warmed up.
A bit of brightness appeared on the south eastern skyline and gradually the flat grey cloud became more articulated and brighter. Finally the disc of the sun could be seen through the cloud and hints of a blue sky followed.
The temperature notched up and eventually we were flying in full sunshine and a mostly blue sky.
I had taken the JMH 3m Rokkakus again and today we did get to fly two of them, one with the lightweight carbon rod frame and the other with the intermediate dowel frame that I hope would fill the gap between the carbon frame and the original heavyweight frame.
The occasional stronger gusts eventually proved too much for the carbon frame and the lower horizontal two part rod broke at the ferrule. The dowel frame is three part which may be the better option. We did catch some video here:- https://youtu.be/C9AXEHud-Gw
I visited the site where I started flying kites in London at Parliament Hill during the week. We are preparing for an event there on Sunday 27th June.
Felix
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