I was determined not to post a question on here like "how do I do a half axle". I had a little coaching from Chris Goff and Allan Pothecary as well as watching all the available half axle videos.
Well after about 20 hours of trying. I've finally done half axles on both sides with a Benson Gemini UL.
I tried in the same wind with the a full size Fury SUL, but I just couldn't make it rotate.
I can understand the difficulty that the experts have in explaining how to do these tricks because it's not just about the actions its about the timing and the FEEL of the the kite at the time of and during execution. At least that's what I think after the last couple of weeks learning.
So I can feel on the Gemini UL when it's right and I can feel the setup and action that makes the rotation happen. However I cannot replicate this on the full size SUL Fury. It just doesn't seem to want to rotate. The bridle setup is the same as when I purchased it and there are no brass weights on the spine. (I can't remember if it had one or not).
My question for you all is around what to do about this. Should I be able to half axle the full size fury and will I need to? (Chris did it very very well with my standard Fury) I am learning some of the individual precision flying patterns "jump" "infinity" etc and in that type of flying half axles don't appear to be necessary. In trick flying they are seen as the gate way to other more complex tricks.
Should I stick to tricks on the Benson's and precision on the Fury.. ? That's what I'm thinking but I hate giving up. As my wife will testify since she hasn't see much of me these past two weeks.
Cheers,
Paul.