New Tech Kites

Hi Dodd,

Glad to hear you are back and things went well.French Connection UL!!! COOL! Cant wait to fly the protos.

Talk to you tonite or Saturday afternoon...have to work in the morning.

rboerth,
The Techno would fit the bill.Straight lines,sharp corners,snap stalls,slides are there.
Hang in there cause the French Kiss has all that and a bunch more!

I was supposed to send my prot ...

Yeah Troy,
I am lucky to have Dodd in my back yard and to be able to fly his protos.
Having "The Man" for a friend helps feed my addiction.

I have approx 40 hours on this proto, I can and will do ...

I have been wanting to reply to this thread since Troy posted it,but I could not make up my mind!

My favorite New Tech kite has been the French Connection,but Dodd hooked me up with a smaller wing ...

Eric.

The French Kiss is a 6 1/2' sibling of the French Connection. The smaller wing Kiss complements the Connection very well! Not a ul.

Chris
I like where you are going with those type of ...

yellow1,

Tip wraps come from not enough slack from the non popping hand. When popping a axle push your other hand forward enough so that the line will drop enough to let the wing come around and no ...

ericska,
Glad to hear your getting along with the French Connection,I still am and have been, since I flew the first prototype.

I used approx 1/4" of heat shink on the ends of my spreaders and whe ...

Valbowski,
I can answer most of your questions.
1.The 2" of space at the lower leading edge at lower spreader fitting is to make it easy to disassemble the lower leading edge from upper leading edge ...

Mota,
the jaco fitting is the fitting that holds the standoff to the sail Jaco is the brand name

Mota,
The standoffs just got glued to sail,but they will come out,just pinch the trailing edge at standoff and twist the standoff fitting sideways to pop it out of the trailing edge,you will have to ...

Way to go,Team Full Moon!
Congratulations on bringing the medal home.

Out of the bag stock Techno's or were they tweaked?

I had my Techno in the air last week and I never thought about team fly ...

Eric,
apa connectors that are installed are C size and should be CA.

ericska,
I used heat shrink on the ends of my rods as a temp fix and may leave them on.They push in the connector and kind of click into postion.The heat shrink I used has a adhesive in it.I have us ...

Dodd,
eleven 1/2 months later I am still taking all my kites to the field and only flying one...care to guess which one?

Thanks buddy!

Hi JDB,
The extra holes in the sail are for fine tuning flight characteristics of the kite.I cant really explain the differances but get some time on the kite then move them around and you will feel ...

Dodd,
Glad to hear you are working on the new video. Net video's are fine but I like to put the disc in the player and kick back in the chair and STUDY.

Most of us probably know your last one like ...

Dodd,
With all these Dark and not enough of daylight days anymore,I been watching video's and got to thinking about your next one.

Hows the new one shaping up? I need a new kite video!

Hi Pete,
Getting your lines wrapped around your wing tips is from not giving enough slack. With a axel the more slack the better. I like to do my axels as close to the deck as I can and my fly lines ...

Hi Theresa,

Thanks for Scott's last name...so many names its hard to keep track without taking notes! Nice to meet you guys too.

Very nice website "Serious Kites" I signed up last night and will ...