Open your hands and use as little pressure as possible!! It will help you feel what the kite is doing!!! Remember, you are guiding, not forcing the kite!!!
Bought Indoor rev (should I buy B 1.5 too?)
Started by cubefx, Jun 20 2011 05:49 AM
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Posted 23 June 2011 - 11:39 PM
Those 10' lines will really help!! What weight line is it?? Again, try an even looser grip, you should feel like the handles could almost fall out of your hands!!! Open your hands and use as little pressure as possible!! It will help you feel what the kite is doing!!! Remember, you are guiding, not forcing the kite!!!
Open your hands and use as little pressure as possible!! It will help you feel what the kite is doing!!! Remember, you are guiding, not forcing the kite!!!
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 06:17 AM
Those 10' lines will really help!! What weight line is it??
Lines are 50#10' I think it is a Speedline brand.
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Posted 27 June 2011 - 08:34 AM
Because of the short length, either 50# or 90# will work ok!!! 
Really work at keeping your grip loose, it'll help you relax and you should find that "feel" coming through!! Indoor is about finesse, not brute force!! Try it, you'll like it!!!
PS: Advise given by a fellow beginner at indoor flying!!! Enjoy!!
Really work at keeping your grip loose, it'll help you relax and you should find that "feel" coming through!! Indoor is about finesse, not brute force!! Try it, you'll like it!!! PS: Advise given by a fellow beginner at indoor flying!!! Enjoy!!
wayne from portland
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Posted 28 June 2011 - 10:21 AM
This thread delivers the smiles, keep the new experience stories coming! 
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Posted 28 June 2011 - 12:13 PM
Congratulations on your new toys! I got to indoor from the opposite direction, did outdoor first, and just got an indoor this spring, no dual experience. But I think some practice outdoors will actually help your indoor skills.
The skill sets are different though! I was surprised that I couldn't just pick up an indoor and fly it the first time I tried. I had thought, okay, it's basically the same kite, just walk backwards, right? But I think already knowing what to do with four lines helped me immensely. And I did notice more skill transfer from indoor to outdoor as Felix mentioned. My first time outdoors after the long winter, it seemed like I'd magically gotten a bit better. It can only have been indoor practice that did it.
It would seem that some outdoor practice with a nice wind at your back would allow you to focus on what the heck to do with quad handles, without worrying so much about the kite trying to drop out of the air all the time. You've got dual line habits to overcome.
Welcome to the forum, enjoy your new kites!
The skill sets are different though! I was surprised that I couldn't just pick up an indoor and fly it the first time I tried. I had thought, okay, it's basically the same kite, just walk backwards, right? But I think already knowing what to do with four lines helped me immensely. And I did notice more skill transfer from indoor to outdoor as Felix mentioned. My first time outdoors after the long winter, it seemed like I'd magically gotten a bit better. It can only have been indoor practice that did it.
It would seem that some outdoor practice with a nice wind at your back would allow you to focus on what the heck to do with quad handles, without worrying so much about the kite trying to drop out of the air all the time. You've got dual line habits to overcome.
Welcome to the forum, enjoy your new kites!
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Posted 29 June 2011 - 07:55 AM
Thank you everyone! Great community! Still have no chance to fly the B-Series. There is no winds at all here. Might go to the beach this weekend. Indoor practices going very well. Working on throws and catches now.
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