Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 05:25:00 -1000 From: jgrav@mav.com (Jim Graverholt) Message-Id: Organization: Maverick International Inc. Subject: Re: 2 line or quad I am seriously thinking about getting into buggys. I have been flying stunters for a few years, all dual line deltas. What is the best buggy kite? 2 line or quad? Should I spend the time learning quad or am I "settling" for dual line if I don't? Are there any advantages like more control, using a quad? Is the quad much harder to control and it's features not taken advantage of anyway. I saw a Peter Lynn Reefer. It can be flown 2 or 4 line. Is it a good buggy kite? Peter Lynn is the buggy God. Right? His products are supposed to be some of the best for buggying. Does anyone know of a good place to buggy in the Seattle-Everett area? Jim = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 03:29:37 -1000 From: mielse@euronet.nl (Emiel Stroeve) Message-Id: <3ktsak$fl8@news.euro.net> Organization: Euronet Internet Subject: Re: 2 line or quad jgrav@mav.com (Jim Graverholt) wrote: >I am seriously thinking about getting into buggys. I have been flying >stunters for a few years, all dual line deltas. > >What is the best buggy kite? 2 line or quad? Should I spend the time >learning quad or am I "settling" for dual line if I don't? Are there >any advantages like more control, using a quad? Is the quad much harder >to control and it's features not taken advantage of anyway. > >I saw a Peter Lynn Reefer. It can be flown 2 or 4 line. Is it a good >buggy kite? Peter Lynn is the buggy God. Right? His products are >supposed to be some of the best for buggying. > >Does anyone know of a good place to buggy in the Seattle-Everett area? > >Jim My experience is that a Peel is THE buggy kite, you cannot 'pull' it out of the air so it's a very stable kite. But a Quad is a good kite for learning to buugy, you can reduce power whenever you want, with a Peel you can't .... bey Emiel Stroeve miel@knoware.nl = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 11:57:51 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: 2 line or quad jgrav@mav.com (Jim Graverholt) writes: >What is the best buggy kite? 2 line or quad? Should I spend the time >learning quad or am I "settling" for dual line if I don't? Are there >any advantages like more control, using a quad? Is the quad much harder >to control and it's features not taken advantage of anyway. Hmmm... strikes me as an unusual point of view. I'd always seen the trade-off as between crash-recovery, fly-out-the-bag, easy-to-learn convenience of 4-line against the 2-line which offers more performance at the cost of being less forgiving and requiring more skill to self-launch. The latest batch of 4-liners (of which I've seen very few) are reportedly closing the gap considerably. >I saw a Peter Lynn Reefer. Is it a good buggy kite? Does the wind always pick up when you pack away? Do members of the public help by wind your lines into a ball? Do dogs use your kite as a territory marker? Are kites attracted to thorn trees? Do toy kites from 7-11 cut through Spectra? Andrew -- New to rec.kites? START HERE! | To: www@kfs.org send an email message like this->| Subject: service | http://www.kfs.org/kites/welcome/index.html echo '/Mr.Nasty@ix.netcom.com/f:j' >> $HOME/News/rec/kites/KILL = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =