Fractured Axel

sprdbryj · Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:11 pm

Any 'Akuji Masters' out there who can give me some advice? In my hands, the Akuji doesn't seem to like to flat spin and its very easy (hard not to! to 'pull it out' of the flat position.

I can do both tricks on various other kites. I had my first go on a cosmic on saturday and did both tricks at the first attempt so, (bad workman blaming tools!) it has to be something to do with the Akuji's design.

Any advice?

Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:46 pm

It does both slots and 540's very easily, if you can do them on other kites you should be able to do them on the Akuji, more practice needed!

Thomas* · Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:14 pm

What & where does it go wrong?

Slot machines should be a bit easier IMHO than 540...

Could be you are to "heavy handed", the spin input is rather short and not a hard one.

fworley · Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:26 pm

The only problem I had on the Akuji's was catching a line on those long wingtips.

So I have to adjust my timing a little, thats all.

-Frazer

Fiction · Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:19 pm

I have problems with slots on the Akuji, not so much 540's...I seem to catch wing tips all the time but then I normally fly a 2m kite so it's probably slack issue for me.

sprdbryj · Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:05 pm

Finally got to fly my Akuji for the first time after my original post today. Still having problems.

I'm guessing its a setup thing but it just doesn't seem to want to rotate for me. My best efforts give me a very slow rotation and lose a lot of height.

In contrast, in my hands my Hellfire does perfect slots...

Hopefully I can crack this at Bath next week.javascript:emoticon(':)')

Fractured Axel

540's and Slot machines on an Akuji

540's and Slot machines on an Akuji

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