From:	gandalf@pacificnet.net (Gandalf)
Subject: Another Wind Tamer Q:
Date:	Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:03:27 -1000
Organization: Blah
Message-ID: <3177fc74.2927172@news>

How dramatic is the effect of 1 wind tamer? The itw catalog says "In heavy
winds, use several." I'm looking to reduce ~15 to ~8. 

Do they help you hold stalls in heavier winds, or just reduce speed and pull?

-Gandalf



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From:	NSVS12A@prodigy.com (Ken Forslund)
Subject: Re: Another Wind Tamer Q:
Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 1996 07:44:07 -1000
Organization: Prodigy Services Company  1-800-PRODIGY
Message-ID: <4lds57$u4q@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>

Providing you buy a wind tamer properly sized for your kite, you should 
drop you from the feel of 15 to about that of 8 MPH with one wind tamer.

The wind tamer is like a sea anchor on a boat, it slows the kite down by 
adding dag to the whole affair.  The reduction in speed causes a loss of 
lift which is pull on the flying lines.  Since the wind tamer only works 
when the kite has motion, it will have no effect during a stall.  Just 
the added weight in the flying line train might do something, but who can 
predict what.

Have fun.

Ken Forslund
Federal Way, WA



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