New Tech Kites

In short, because its fun. Flight has been a dream and inspiration of mankind since primordial times. Most of the time when I go out to fly my kites at the local park, I have spectators that go out of ...

Well, it looks like you're a little ahead of me here, Kevin, but I'll add what I can.

I'm wondering about polyester versus nylon too. I think all you said is true, except UV strength loss in nylon ...

I've toyed with the idea of teddy dropping some too, but haven't done it myself. Here's some of the best info I've run across:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/5861/parafauna.html

Albert

Philip,
Are you sure its the lower leading edge stuck in the ferrule? The ferrule is glued to the upper leading edge, and I can see how that would be a pain to remove.

Albert

Somewhere I found this post from Dodd on adjusting leech lines. Its just part of the stuff I've been accumulating on my computer during the learning process.

I'd post the link if I remembered where ...

Next time I suggest you give the screw a try first. I'm not talking about using a wrench and getting it as tight as you can, finger tight should do. I've done it and never had a problem. If for some r ...

I don't know Ben, but I thought I'd give your post a bump. Maybe someone that knows better will come along. I looked up the specs on the Firestorm. WOW, that's a Big kite.

All I have to offer are a ...

I'm wondering about the intricacies of this some too. The original sail ties (I'm guessing at the proper name for these) just feed through a loop on the trailing edge, then both ends loop over the noc ...

As a fellow newbie and fellow Pyro XS owner, I'll pass along a few repair ideas.

Buy several extra spars, 5mm (0.196") pultruded carbon. I've broken four, none of them the kites fault. Also get ext ...