18 replies to this topic

[Jim Dingsdale]

Use kite below as first in stack.
Then have each additional Rev in a solid color to match the colors in the Rainbow one.
Anybody else have some ideas for a stack?

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[antman]

i stacked 3 blasts and to this day i love flying them

[RevWizard]

Use kite below as first in stack.
Then have each additional Rev in a solid color to match the colors in the Rainbow one.
Anybody else have some ideas for a stack?

This is what they would look like with an original REV II on the front.

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[Jim Dingsdale]

This is what they would look like with an original REV II on the front.

Wwwwwoooowwwww.

[RevWizard]

Wwwwwoooowwwww.

The Flying Squad at the Berck International Kite Festival 2006.

[Choccy]

This is what they would look like with an original REV II on the front.

I adore these stacks,

The Flying Squad were flying these at my local festival (my first time) which totally turned my head in the direction of revs

Where can I get a purple/violet one from ?

[Stephen Hoath]

Use kite below as first in stack.
Then have each additional Rev in a solid color to match the colors in the Rainbow one.
Anybody else have some ideas for a stack?

Great idea for a stack and it works really well. We only get to see the front ones when we are flying ours but we are told they look ok from the side.

I would love to see a white through grey to black stack, now that would be cool.

[Choccy]

Wwwwwoooowwwww.

Hey Jim....

I see you like the rainbow stack too

Only problem I find is reversing it up the window....
Is it supposed to be nearly impossible to do ?

it flies everything else sweet, low spins to the ground, inverted slides a treat

And yes it pulls like a train.....

Chocs~away

[REVflyer]

Rev stacks don't back up,
they will hover or move slightly in a wiggle during stops

if you can inverted back-up a stack smoothly from the ground to the top of the window you are some kind of jedi master!

Most folks tune a stack so lots of the "down" is removed, otherwise they'll pull your arms longer and become uncomfortable during long sessions.

[Choccy]

if you can inverted back-up a stack smoothly from the ground to the top of the window you are some kind of jedi master!

phew, thanks (fun to try though)

yeah they hover a charm too... fun to calm the wiggle, and colourful against a blue sky

Plenty of breeze here today, really tempted to add another one to the stack

[REVflyer]

I can hold a real nice inverted side slide with a stack of baby-Ryvs, but backing up is quite another thang! I can walk a slow 360 holding them inverted the whole way.

On longer stacks like 4 or more kites, you'll shorten the attachment lines to the bottoms of the last kite
(ever so slightly, it's an art-form, the tuning of a stack that is. After you get 'em right just leave everything tied together forever!)
You want the last kite to snug-up the stack in flight and you'll consciously WATCH the back kite when flying a stack.
(it has farther to travel!)

Some folks pull the down spars and roll the whole stack mess around the leading edges and train lines.
They'll carry their stack in a plastic sewer tube lashed to the roof of their vehicle.

Harold (KiteSquid) runs a "closure line" around all the connecting train strings at the end of the day. . . ...., to collapse the train lines in towards the middle of the sails. You pull all the connecting lines in, one kite at a time, by wrapping around the outside of the train lines, moving from the front to the last kite. This makes for a nice clean set-up the next time someone opens the package. You tie on your flying line and handles then just walk backwards and the kites magically position themselves without a care in the world about tangles!

We recommend the TC Ultra handles too,
as the milled/formed holes in the plastic allow for a specific set-up angle, and the winder card is built in for your lines.

Stacks are tons of fun to fly with a group of capable pilots present, eventually they will form a tangled mess as folks push their envelopes. Two folks can work through it much faster. In competition instruct your crew to wack-off any tangled kites IF things go terribly wrong. Provide them a decent blade of suitable length, time is of the essence. Then re-launch and get back to the show!

I have two pack of Rev 2s trained together, those I can back-up, but nothing like a single Revolution. You've gotta think "gentle, small and slow movements",... I'm more of a flailer most of the time.

[Choccy]

Rev stacks don't back up,

if you can inverted back-up a stack smoothly from the ground to the top of the window you are some kind of jedi master!

I do believe Mr J. is some kind of Jedi master...

not only did he back up our stack of 2s, he was flying backwards circles with it too

[Jonesey]

I do believe Mr J. is some kind of Jedi master...

not only did he back up our stack of 2s, he was flying backwards circles with it too

Ahh flatter me you do young padawan


All I can say is that your stack is really well set up and a giggle to fly ... stack of 2's or mini's is definately now on my list...

[Stephen Hoath]

Ahh flatter me you do young padawan


All I can say is that your stack is really well set up and a giggle to fly ... stack of 2's or mini's is definately now on my list...

Come to Margate kite festival and I will put you on the end of an 8 stack if the wind is right. We might even get you flying a little team ballet. Of course you will have to lower yourself and fly with tails though.

[Jonesey]

Of course you will have to lower yourself and fly with tails though.

who's 'Tails' ?? she sounds nice


Actually I have tails and rods ...just need something to fill in the gaps now

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[antman]

hey john mitchell .. love your avatar

[RevWizard]

hey john mitchell .. love your avatar

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[play365]

Come to Margate kite festival and I will put you on the end of an 8 stack if the wind is right. We might even get you flying a little team ballet. Of course you will have to lower yourself and fly with tails though.

Good luck I just hope you don't get the stack they gave me last week lol

[andelscott]

Good luck I just hope you don't get the stack they gave me last week lol

A bit late, but I've gotta ask: "Why, what did you do to it?"