Jim Foster
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Oh, I did try flying with my handles inverted.
Fun,,,,but not nearly as nice as having your arm around a nice lady and the both of you flying the same kite. Not even close.
Trust me.
Thought (Oh no, not one of those)
JB ,,,,,,,,,, Give it a go with TK. Perhaps at WSIKF we could give a 4/2 fly a try. If it works out, it might be fun, it not, we don't have to do it again.
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I must confess. It was not my first Rodeo.
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For some more fun, you might want to try this. Like so many other fun things, you will need to find a willing partner.
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Fly with someone and you always have a point of reference.
You may think that you are still in the air, but get someone else next to you and you'll find out for sure.
At our home field here in Walnut Grove, CA, there is a 2000 foot high TV transmission tower which is usually directly down wind of our nice Delta Breezes. The field is only 1/4 mile from the base of that tower.
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Some of Lynn's sleeves may be a little "over the top", but she really enjoys sewing, especially sewing something a little different. Someday perhaps you may see the beautiful quilted jackets she makes starting with a common sweat shirt or the aprons she makes from old jeans, using the front of the pants with the fly for men and the back for women. She trims them with flames for our hot rod friends, motorcycles for our biker friends, kites for our kite friends etc. Very cute.
She loves to sew, what can I say? But that's another topic.
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Here is another one of Lynn's sleeves and the kite.
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Funny.
This subject came up yesterday at the Ripon CA fun fly.
Lynn makes a business size ID card with our name etc., and a short description of the kite. She then sews a clear plastic holder with the card inside, then sews it to the side of the bag near the opening. We used to just put hole in the corner of the little plastic cover and put it on the draw string, but they always got tangled together, and it was not fun having to sort them out.
When we sew our own kites, Lynn makes a bag that matches the kite.
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Same story for me about 10 years ago, except that it was not my son, it was my wife, Lynn.
I guess most of you know how all that went.
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TK
Lynn and I wish you a Happy Birthday.
See you at WSIKF.
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It's good to carry extras of both vertical and horizontal bridle pieces. Sometimes one piece can become damaged and need replacement when the other two are perfectly good.
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John
We wish you a very Happy Birthday. See you and TK at WSIKF
Lynn and Jim
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Happy Birthday John. Sorry for being so late in the day, but have been on the road and just got service.
Hope you had a good day.
Lynn and Jim
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When your order the black thingies that go inside the center leading edge tube to hold the outer tubes,
you order FERRULES.
'nuff said.
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It's the other way. No, it's the other, other way!
It's always the other way.
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Thank you one and all for the Birthday wishes.
We are at Pismo Coast Village RV Park in Pismo Beach, CA for the annual "Trail Along to Pismo" vintage travel trailer gathering this coming weekend. There will be nearly 300 trailers dating from the 30s to the early 80s.
Lynn and I flew on the beach for nearly four hours today, then had great double cheese burgers at a local joint.
We will be here until the 27th when we will start heading north to fly at the San Ramon Wind and Art Festival. We plan to fly on the beach here every day. If anyone is coming through the area between now and the 27th, come fly with us. Let us know when, we'll let you know where.
Thank you again for the nice words.
Jim
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At the end of the movie "Cars", Mater, the old beat-up tow truck, gets his ride in a helicopter says that he is "Happier than a tornado in a trailer park."
Love the movie, love that line.
I feel a connection to that movie and the character "Doc Hudson" as my father was a Hudson dealer in the 50s, and my first car, in 1956, was a '53 "Fabulous Hudson Hornet". But, that's another whole story.
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We do Street Rods and vintage travel trailers.
Not nerdy, but loads of fun.
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Mike
Lynn and I wish you a very Happy Birthday.
It's been great knowing you and flying with you since we met at Kite Party some years ago.
We hope you have a great day, and look forward to seeing you again.
Jim and Lynn
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Our matching Rev sets.
1 pair matching SULs
2 pair matching standard sail.
3 pair matching vented.
The SULs match one pair of standards and one pair of vented. Six matching sails.
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Yes on all counts.
My dad's shoulders started giving him trouble as he got older. Unfortunately, I have his shoulders, so a number of years ago they started giving me trouble. Lynn and I usually fly together 10-20 hours a week. If the weather is bad, or for some some other reason we don't get to fly for a week or so, my shoulders begin to bother me.
I'm sure that I could start some exercise program to keep my shoulders out of pain, but the Rev flying does the trick, and is so much more fun.
And no, I have never mentioned it to my doctor as trying to make him understand about Rev (kite) flying would surely be a lost cause.
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David
Have a very happy Birthday, and thank you for the friendship.
Lynn and Jim
Jynx, that was great.
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Great Jim!
Now imagine the 16 grid (4x4). Please line up in a column, such as the left side and try it again. Then try lining up in a row such as the top and do it again.
Oh yes, try to pivot around the imaginary center point of the 16 grid. Maybe you can use the 5th REV assume that imaginary point as reference for the others.
In this way you are somewhat simulating the 16 grid.
Don't know about four kites in a column or row trying to simulate a grid of 16, some folks can visualize better than others. Moving one set of four to a different quadrant of the grid may be a bit easier, especially using a fifth kite in the center of a would be 16 grid.
We'll play with it some tomorrow. Sure could use another 11 or 12 fliers. Tough to come by here.
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Great flying today at Coronado Cays.
At first there were four of us. The first thing I called was a "two by two" into a box. I then called "pinwheel on the center of the box, anti clockwise, 45 degrees", and without hesitation, the box made the move. Everyone understood the call. I had not warned anyone that it was coming, but all understood "pinwheel on the center of the box".
I did not try it again after the fifth flier showed up, but we are all meeting there tomorrow and will give it a go with five just for fun.
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This 'getting the other fliers to understand...' does seem to be a core issue which is why I think what John has done so far is so good. The next 'hurdle' is to get the fliers to familiarise themselves with the possibilities. There are so many, it does become slightly mind boggling!
However, the most difficult thing in my view will be finding the way to articulate calls on the field <grins>
One way forward may be to 'write' a routine that breaks down into four sections that could be rehearsed by groups of four ahead of a sixteen event. <deja vu>
Felix
In the instance of the four kite box that we were doing, perhaps something like "Pinwheel the box, anti clockwise, 45 degrees"
Using the same or nearly the same call for a quadrant as for a single line may work for some formations.
There will be four or five of us today. With five, there will be a kite in the center of the box. "Pinwheel the box on the center kite, ........" I'll give it a try.
Just a thought.
Bought Indoor rev (should I buy B 1.5 too?)
in Buying your first Rev?
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What Jeepster said.