Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 06:08:55 -1000 From: ckassel@i-2000.com Message-Id: <3tmain$d4r@i-2000.com> Organization: FBN Subject: above and beyond (fixed) Blew that previous post big time, please ignore it. When flying my stunt kite and trying to make it float from high overhead I managed to get it to glide past the overhead point and go hehind me with out loosing the wind. It was necessary to move back a considerable distance to be able to turn it around. It wasn't pulling and it wasn't dropping, just gliding! Is this a freak wind the kite found to push it behind me or is this a normal but not too common occurence? It's not a comfortable feeling to have a kite wind up on the wrong side like this. Charles Kassel ckassel@i-2000.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 21:51:33 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: above and beyond (fixed) >When flying my stunt kite and trying to make it float from high overhead I >managed to get it to glide past the overhead point and go hehind me with >out loosing the wind. It was necessary to move back a considerable >distance to be able to turn it around. It wasn't pulling and it wasn't >dropping, just gliding! I guess it was a light-wind day. You didn't need to run backwards. If you've mastered light wind flying enough to do a 360 (flying the kite in a circle round the horizon), then you won't find it too difficult to run *forwards*, bringing the kite down behind you, in a move called an "up and over". It is fairly unlikely, but it is possible, if you were using a particularly light kite and long lines, that you had managed to catch a thermal or some other lift formation - a rare experience, but fun to play with... 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 8m^2 Cross-bridled Icarex/Spectra Sputnik 4 for sale. US$350. See my web... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 04:50:16 -1000 From: jcamp@fu.hac.com (Campbell, James E) Message-Id: Organization: HAC Subject: Re: above and beyond (fixed) This sounds like a tuning problem. The attack angle of the kite needs to be adjusted so that when flown the maximum angle between the ground and the flyer doesn't exceed about 85 degrees. Move the tow point up towards the nose just a little bit. This should correct the problem. -- Jim Campbell = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =