Hi gang,
Im new to the forum so thought I would introduce myself and ask a question (or maybe two). My name is James and I'm from Hertfordshire in the UK. I've flown kites as a kid (29 now) and have been flying sports kites (deltas) on and off for the last 10 years ish. I've never really got into the whole pulling off stunts thing but have really enjoyed just basically messing around and doing freestyle stuff. To give you an idea my current collection includes a Prism Quantum and Flashlight, a Flexifoil Psycho and Stacker 6 plus a few others. I have recently been contemplating getting a more advanced delta to fly but have become a little disillusioned with what I can do with them other than flat out speed.
I went to Dunstable Downs yesterday, I've been lots of times before including the festivals, and was intrigued by a group who were flying Rev's. There were two reasons it fascinated me, one was because the wind was so light, I was having trouble getting the flashlight up which is ultralight, yet the revs were flying almost the whole time I was there, and secondly because the amount of control and variation of moves which can be made by just moving the handles slightly was fantastic. I sat down and had some lunch in my little shelter with the intention of going over to the group (who were dong some synchro flying if this was you) but when I turned round they had gone.
I am basically really interested in having a go and so would like some advice as to what would be the best rev for me to get, think I will be able to pick up the basics fairly quickly with my experience and no disrespect but there was a young lad who could only have been 7 or 8 who was doing pretty well so I would hope I would be ok. Obviously I dont want to grow out of the kite too quickly and I may barking up the wrong tree but I was thinking maybe something I could get different rods for so as it would be more versatile to different conditions etc.
All help is much appreciated, thanks in advance,
James
