Moggy

Ty all.

Took it down the beach a few days ago for a test flight but then found the guy who had the kite before had completely messed up the bridle on one side, was completely asymmetric so had to bring the kite home and undo the knots he had made on the one side. Seems he didn't know how to configure the double loop (where the horizontal and vertical bridle lines are attached) and he tried to compensate by wrapping the lines and tying a whole other bunch of knots instead.

Managed to get it sorted that night by untying and untangling everything, and then watching JohnB's bridle attachment tutorial on youtube (thanks again John!!).

Took it down to the beach the following day but just as I'd set it up the wind dropped to 0mph!

The following day it rained non stop, and now for the last 48 hours we've had 30-40mph winds!

Patience is a virtue. I WILL get it up someday!

Thanks guys, will try and grab some thin tent/guy rope/string or similar very soon for customising leaders.

One thing I wanted to ask, given that the UL was mentioned over the SLE. How does the SLE differ to the UL LE in terms of flying characteristics? The SLE is clearly a lot larger and heavier, I initially thought it would therefore be slower and better to learn on?

Dunstable Downs looks a phenomenal place Stephen! Unfortunately I live 100+ miles north and have no transport to get there. :|

I'm currently in Whitby again (far north east), so will be able to get on the beach very soon.

I'm back! After starting this thread I was a little stumped as to what to do, it gave me a lot to think about. Acting on the advice given, I decided to forego a brand new B-Pro and instead get hands-on experience with a second-hand Rev so I wouldn't have to worry so much about beating up a brand new top-spec kite whilst learning. Also felt a second hand kite would be a good idea in order to have a feel for what a Std sail feels like in use, and therefore what variants (Std, Mid, Vent) to get at a later time, rather than getting a Mid-vent Pro and later finding a Std and a Vent would've been a better choice, as per Kat's advice.

 

It's been a long time - not intentionally (work, and so few Revs coming up on ebay, etc.) - but I finally have my first Rev!

 

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It's an SLE, with additional ultra-light LE spars, 13" handles and 80' LPG line. Immaculate condition. Never realised how big it would be, it's about twice the size of me, haha. I'm only little.

 

It didn't come with the DVD - can it be got online, or is it necessary? I've watched all of John Barresi's generous Rev tuts on Youtube and also subbed to Kitelife for his further tutorials. I've been watching his vids over the many months, he's amazing. I think it's most definately fair to say the kiting community would be a much poorer place without JB and you guys.

 

In true English fashion, it's raining, and the forecast is rain all week, so looks like I wont be able to fly as soon as I'd like.  Absolutely itching to get out there after all this time. So brushing up on tuts, anything I can find.

 

One question regards the handles, particularly the leaders. Do they look OK (photo below)? Reason I ask, I notice other people's photos have much longer leaders, or different lengths on opposing sides (top vs. bottom), for example. However I'm guessing my handles were part of an original SLE ready-to-fly package so should be ok for starters (and adding extra lengths is merely for further tuning)?

 

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Thank you for all your help.

~Møg

Revvy Christmas from England!

 

We've had to postpone Christmas to New Year's Day, as pretty much everyone in our family is down with a really fluey virus!

 

I just want to say thank you again to the community for the warm welcome I received and the knowledge given since I joined. You're all amazing people.

 

Best wishes for the New Year.

While we're on the subject of upgrades - anybody else had any issues with the colorizer? My pointer jumps around, not smoothly, when on the colorizer page! And it's only on the colorizer itself, while I'm moving over the text on the page, everything works fine! But the colorizer itself, has got my pointer all jumpy! Must be afraid I'll order some!!!

 

Do you mean the pointer jumps around erratically without you doing anything, or the pointer itself is just less fluid? The mouse pointer does seem less fluid (jerkier) on the colorizer section, like it's running at a slower frame rate, but to be honest I'm not sure if it hasn't always been like this! It doesn't seemingly affect the usage at all, all mouse clicks are properly registered.

 

(For background info I have a 2.7GHz quad-core with 4GB RAM and 512MB 8800GT running Vista with Firefox, everything including flash and all drivers are fully updated.)