Fractured Axel

SteveR · Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:10 pm

Anyone for lawn darts???????
come along with your nice colourful kites, have fun and fly on sunday 27th at heath park, cardiff

mobius · Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:11 pm

isn't the 27th today? :shock:

SteveR · Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:28 pm

not in wales it aint..........damn damn damn lol ok sunday this weekend lol

mobius · Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:30 pm

ahh the Welsh leap year is it?

SteveR · Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:27 am

Tis the Welsh year of the hedgehog....and boy the sheep are angry

wind-dreams · Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:59 pm

i be there from about 2-2.30. aslong as i dont get stuck in traffic for the Cup final.hey we could do a half time display in the millenium. lol

SteveR · Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:26 pm

adam if im not there by 3 then Ive sold all my kites and gone to Rio....not as unlikley as it seems. In Laws are coming round etc etc

Keithgrif · Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:57 am

All,

Vee and I will be there, if I can get her out of bed, She's just finished a night shift.

Later

Keith

jimothy · Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:49 pm

Damn you! the one day I can't make it you both come - that's great! I will be popping in at around 3 to give some lines to SteveR, though, so make sure you're doing something pretty impressive then!

SteveR · Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:59 pm

I have to say after today stuff ya frenchies, there's years of life in the old Gem yet. Ive alos found an dead cert launch technique with the kite on its back nose toward you (as in fade). Sharp pull on one line, and it spins rouond, lifting its nose into the wind without any additional effort. Unlike the Nirvana which juts kept flopping belly down, and theres no way Im going to try deadlaunching that.
Shame we didnt persue the Gem formations flying lolol, maybe matching line lengths next time :lol:

wind-dreams · Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:16 pm

Ooops with the Gem team flying Steve.

Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:47 pm

Steve.. you're describing a Sleeping Beauty Launch and most kites, including (especially) the Nirvana will do it just fine.

Try popping the opposite line earlier than you are doing after the initiating pop and it will flare nose up no problem... promise.

Nirvana *will* deadlaunch fairly easily too...

Zippy8 · Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:00 am

Andy wrote:
Nirvana *will* deadlaunch fairly easily too...

Just so long as you're prepared to repair the spine stitching once in a while. :-D

Never try to Dead Launch in snow.

Mike.

SteveR · Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:45 pm

Andy yep the sleeping beauty as Ive seen from the Prism DVD. I found the Gem does it with no probs, the nirvana needs some encouragment just as you describe. I found the E2 does it without any problem. I cannot deadluanch the nirvana, and dont want to learn to do this with that kite lol manages it once with the E2 just need lots more practice

Fractured Axel

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