From:	fsiegel@linet06.li.net (Frank Siegel)
Subject: Re: Axelling a Tracer
Date:	Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:55:45 -1000
Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network)
Message-ID: <4k4bu2$pkg@linet06.li.net>

Mike Mui (mike_mui@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: Any one have some advice on (axelling?) (axleing?) (axling?) - doing an axle - 
: with a tracer? I've been told two things: 1. It's possible, and 2. It's 
: difficult because of the sail depth. I have confirmed the second point.

To add my thoughts on this...I first learned to axle from watching Dodd's 
Flight School II (or, what I thought was an axle). I was able to axle 
most of my kites, some with great difficulty. After watching FS III, I 
realized that I was axleing in the opposite direction from  the way Dodd 
usually axles- with the kite on the left, I was popping with my right 
(the "inside" hand). In playing, I was able to get my Stranger to do a 
double axle by using what I thought was the wrong hand (popping with the 
right on the *right* edge of the window), and thought that 2 spins were 
nice, but it really wasn't a axle...

In summary, I found the stall and the push with the popping hand as a 
setup  is very helpful, but turning in the "easier" direction did the 
trick for me (that and buying two tapes). Precision is interesting, 
exacting, and challenging- tricks are *FUN*.
Frank (the other one, not nasty at all)



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