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That was much better. I was flying in a steady 5 mph wind, which was a little too light. Inverted flight was more of a controlled descent. I was able to hold vertical and back-up across the entire window in a semi-straight line.

Thank you again for the suggestions. I'm here at Ocean Shores, and last night I had a more successful time flying. I built the leaders and the first thing I discovered is one line is about an inch longer than the others. I was able to tune out some of the tendency to take off in the forward direction. the biggest thing I learned was the wind I have been flying is is too much. Last night was another example of a 15+ mph wind. I was struggling when I first started out then the wind dropped significantly for about 5 minutes. During the lighter wind I looked like I knew what I was doing.

Off to the beach again. Though this morning looks like I will get to spend time dropping airplanes from single line kites.

I've been installing cabinets at home. The only good part is the weather has been lousy when I have time to go outside.

Our plan is Sept. 24th and 25th at Ocean Shores. So at worst I have a couple of weeks to wait.

I'll have to check out the festival at Pacific Beach. Probably won't be able to make it, but you never know.

And to think, all this time I has hopping around on one foot while cross-eyed. I'll check with the wife about the "shaving my head" part.

Good news is that it look like I'm heading back to Ocean Shores soon for another long weekend.

Thank you for the advice. It's comforting to know that the it is a problem with the blockhead at the end of the lines.

I will probably make up a set of leaders before I go out again. Reading a little more about them last night they appear to be analogous to the minor adjustment I make on my dual line kites to compensate for the wind conditions. (The exception being I probably won't need to adjust them very often.)

Yes I will admit to making the mistake of putting the vertical spars on the front of the sail. I promise to never do that again.

The lines were exactly the same the last time I checked. I don't thnk I've flown it enough to be concerned about the lines stretching, but this leads me to my next question. I usually wait until the winds are above 10 MPH before I get this kite out, should I be flying this in lighter wind?

As for flicking the wrist to turn, I'll have to try that. I seem to remember though that I need a steady input to get it to turn. Like I said I've watched the videos here, and his hand motions seemed very jerky compared to what I do. I'm not a kitelife subscriber, so I won't be getting to the HD/iPod videos anytime soon. I will double check youtube to see if they are available there.

I was admiring the B-Series at Cutting Edge Kites last weekend. Unless I can figure out a way to commute to work with it, I don't see one of those coming home any time soon.

Now the real problem is finding the time to get back out flying.