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Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" Review by Ian Newham

Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:21 am

Another take on the Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" by Ian.

http://v2.1.kiteclique.com/wordpress-3. ... ian-newham

A great review, full of insights and detail.

Thanks Ian =D>

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Re: Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" Review by Ian Newham

Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:04 am

Thanks for the review - great info!

I only had an opportunity to fly the kite for 15 minutes or so, but I liked it. It's one of those kites that I knew I would like more time on.

I have a friend who does this reversing 540 trick - looks awesome and you never see it with todays more modern kites. He does 3-4 reverses - and then another trick at the end - very impressive (he calls it christmas tree). I think this kite might be a good one to work on this trick with.
 
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Re: Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" Review by Ian Newham

Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:35 pm

Yeah this kite looks great. If they weren't in America I might get one.
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Re: Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" Review by Ian Newham

Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:49 pm

tpatters wrote:
I have a friend who does this reversing 540 trick - looks awesome and you never see it with todays more modern kites. He does 3-4 reverses - and then another trick at the end - very impressive (he calls it christmas tree). I think this kite might be a good one to work on this trick with.


Is it possible to shoot it on video? Very curious about that trick.
 
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Re: Blue Moon Kites "Mongoose" Review by Ian Newham

Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:51 pm

I will get some video, but he's a fair-weather flyer so I may not see him on the field again until Spring!

He flys mostly kites like the Prophesy and Vapor which do this one very well. 540 to the right (really more of a flat 360), then as it comes around reverse direction to go to the left (walking forward the whole time), back the other way, etc. The tough part looks like in getting the timing right in order to reverse direction.