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The World Kite Museum in Long Beach Washington has a WWII target kite on display.
http://kitefestival.com/kites-of-world-war-ii/
http://robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites/Movie/ Cool video at the top of the page.
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Gravitychecker,
One of the fastest ways of picking up Rev flying is to get with others. You'll learn more from one afternoon with a group than a month of flying by yourself. Promise! Post the city you live in/near/close to and you might find others nearby. The lower half of Michigan has a very active kiting community ... Dave Bush (AKA regional) would be a good person to contact.
So true. This can not be stressed enough. And it's not just the flying, but the set-up and line control before and after flying. This is where new Rev fliers get into most trouble, not control of the kite.
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#7 is ready!
I think we will have six in San Diego this weekend.
Come on 7!
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I thought it was the other way around!
Was it? Maybe you're right..........no, don't think so.
I was first...............perhaps not the best,,,,,,,but the first.
Hey, flying together is one of the best things that has happened to us as a couple.
Flying together and with our friends is truly "Golden Time". Come jump in line.
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We rotate our lines side to side on occasion.
Usually by mistake. :confused!:
Really funny thing. We flew at Huntington Beach today. When we set up, Lynn looked at her lines and said "Well, I've got my right and left lines switched. Oh well"
She switched her handles side to side and we had a great day. I had to laugh as I had just mentioned this earlier today in this thread.
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We rotate our lines side to side on occasion.
Usually by mistake. :confused!:
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Already working on her for my next kite. I want a custom black and yellow. So it looks like a honey bee.
Get her flying. Worked for me.
True story.
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We find the addiction more in the flying than the collecting. We only have 27. Wait, make that 29. :confused!:
How did the two of us end up with an odd number you ask?
In 2004 I bought a Rev I from a friend at WSIKF.
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Certainly, two is a collection. At least a good start toward a collection.
Vented Revs are our favorites. They are smooooooth. We have been known to put an SUL frame in a vented so that it will fly in lower wind.
Enjoy your B vented.
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When starting with a set of new lines, after a few flights, we switch top to bottom for a few flights, then back. This way we have minimal difference in stretch between top and bottom. By then, most all of the stretch seems to be out.
Works for us.
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A little update....
Several months ago, when I was doing a quick repair on the leading edge screen on Lynn's SUL, I ran a zig zag clear along the leading edge at the top of the screen to the fabric sleeve, right where the screen usually separates. This morning I was looking over our kites, and I noticed that there has been no tear along that sewn area. This kite has been flown often this winter, unfolded and folded many times, and no new tears.
I really can't say that the zig zag stitch is the reason for the edge holding up so well, but the edge has held up, while I have had to do a couple of repairs to the leading edge screen on my SUL. The two kites get the same amount of use.
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The way that I have always checked this is to put both handles together so they are lined up perfectly, then launch. If the kite doesn't fly close to straight up, there's an issue somewhere.
Exactly. If the kite goes straight up, or very nearly so, I don't mess with the lines.
Very quick and easy.
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Now that put a lump in my throat.
Wonderful. Beautiful. Would love to have seen the other students' reactions.
Thank you for posting.
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I think it's a great idea. We have friends in the Airstream and Street Rod communities who saw Connor on AGT and would love to be able to go see him fly other than on You Tube. It would be great to be able to let folks know where they can see and meet Connor, that's if it is OK with Connor.
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Hi guys. I am happy to help with letting people know where he will be flying.. I just didn't want to seem like the *overprotective Redneck Mom that made him do it, that is now making you read it * lol. I would like to keep getting the word out however... as we met so many people in Washington DC that are NOT kite fliers, but would like to try it now for therapy and fun. Any suggestions are welcome , truly. I am *winging* this as I go here, it's all new to me.
Sincerely,
Mousie
Amy
If you are willing to keep the posting up to date, I see no reason not to start a "Where's Connor" Topic/thread.
Ben certainly has enough to do, perhaps it should not be left up to him, but to the rest of us.
Thoughts anyone? Any problem Ben?
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In this case, a fillet would act as a wedge, tending to split the outer spar if it is jammed hard against the joint (as in an "end-crash" against the ground).
There is one other thing you should check. Inspect the end of the spar that was over the ferrule that slipped inside,, as it may have breaks or splits in it. If it has, it can be repaired with a little epoxy on the inside, and can be used any place in the frame except where that end would slide over a ferrule.
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Have a happy Birthday Alden.
Just think, in another twenty years both you and Rich will catch me.
I'll wait.
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@Jim ... thanks for the compliment ... better than being called eccentric.
Cheers,
Tom
Geez,,,,,I wasn't going to let that cat out of the bag.
Oh well, it's out now.
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I always clean the old glue from the ferrule, then put a piece of tape around the ferrule so that it can not slip too far into the spar, and apply your glue of choice on the ferrule and slide it into the spar.
I use super glue others have their own glue of choice.
Check the other ferrule to be sure that it is not loose. If one came loose, the other may not be far behind. I have been able to remove the other ferrule and slide a piece of welding rod down the spar to remove a ferrule that has slipped all the way in.
Jeepster's way of removing the ferrule really works.
Ain't he somethin'?
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I may have to do a "Where's Connor"
Ben...This would be a nice thing to do so that folks could keep up with Connor and perhaps get a chance to meet him and see him fly.
Also Ben, The Dare to Dream kite is an out standing way to honor this outstanding young man.
Wonderful.
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Rich
Happy Birthday from Lynn and Jim
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Get a red, white and blue indoor and add white stars to the blue areas. We have added stars to many of our Revs.
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So let's see; I live in TN, in the mountains. If the wind is from the west (and I have to drive east about 100 miles to get to the flat land) then I just have to go about 700 miles east to get out of the wake of the appalachian mountain range.....that puts meeeeeeeee.....drowning in the atlantic ocean. How about if I drive west. Where will I have to go then?
Come on out west to California. The rain is fine.
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Thanks, Jim. I tried wording that about ten different ways, and finally wiped the whole thing out. I kept getting way off into definitions and stuff that didn't advance ANYONE'S understanding.
Geometry, and the result of geometric change can be simple, fun stuff, but sometimes not so easy to explain in an understandable way. I did some re-writing myself.
Super Sixteen
in Team / Mega Team
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The problem I had was getting the other fliers to understand just how the group was to move, and how they should look after the move. Once that was accomplished, it went rather smoothly.