Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 20:19:07 -1000 From: kevin@hawaii.edu (Kevin Y Mayeshiro) Message-Id: Organization: University of Hawaii Subject: Coin Toss Could someone describe the "coin toss" in a little more detail? Also, any other axel-class moves. References were made to this particular move in the "Axel" and "Nomenclature" threads, but a complete description was never given. All they basically said was that the maneuver started in a tip-stand, axeled, then landed. Do you lower the up wing to provide momentum, or pull on it to pop the kite up? Land on the same wing-tip, opposite, or both? Now, all we need to do is place mpeg videos of the maneuvers on-line. :-) - Kevin -- \ Kevin Mayeshiro : Go fly a kite. o --|\ University of Hawaii Computing Center : Really, /== ---|/ Internet: kevin@Hawaii.Edu : It's FUN! \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 05:35:14 -1000 From: sasaki@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) Message-Id: Organization: Harvard University OIT/NSD Subject: Re: Coin Toss In article , kevin@Hawaii.Edu (Kevin Y Mayeshiro) writes: >Could someone describe the "coin toss" in a little more detail? >Also, any other axel-class moves. The description appears several time in past articles. I think that Kobi Eschun, Steve Thomas, and I have done descriptions. Anyway, what Miguel Rodriguez calls a coin toss is an axel from the ground, back to the ground. When done correctly, it looks like the kite jumps a foot or so into the air, axels, and then lands. The way that Miguel flew it with my Katana was to angle the kite about 45 degrees towards the flyer. The close side is towards the center of the wind. A quick tug on the closer wing, lifts the kite into a tipstand, then the axel tug is done. The two are done smoothly and are really a single movement. Once the kite has axeled you can either run forward to set the kite down, or pop the kite vertical. If you have done this move close enough to the ground, popping will actually ram the wingtips down into the ground. -- Marty Sasaki Harvard University Sasaki Kite Fabrications sasaki@noc.harvard.edu Network Services Division 26 Green Street 617-496-4320 10 Ware Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Cambridge, MA 02138-4002 phone/fax: 617-522-8546 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 11:34:09 -1000 From: kevin@hawaii.edu (Kevin Y Mayeshiro) Message-Id: Organization: University of Hawaii Subject: Re: Coin Toss Marty Sasaki (sasaki@netop3.harvard.edu) wrote: : The description appears several time in past articles. I think that : Kobi Eschun, Steve Thomas, and I have done descriptions. Thanks Marty. I didn't go back far enough when I was looking through the old articles. (Boy, you have some memory. :-) I'll toss them together and drop someplace useful. - Kevin p.s. This little exercise gave me a little more insight as to how I should reorganize the archives. -- -- \ Kevin Mayeshiro : Go fly a kite. o --|\ University of Hawaii Computing Center : Really, /== ---|/ Internet: kevin@Hawaii.Edu : It's FUN! \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =