New Tech Kites

Christian · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:07 am Post subject: lets talk half axels...

ok i have the flight school dvd and watch the half axel part quite a bit.
It looks so easy on the video, but seems impossible on the field...to me.

I still havent perfected the snap stall, i practice it every time i go out, but when i do get a snap stall the axel comes easy.

but half axel?.....
I fly across the window, and give a pull on outer wing (upper) then i slack that line and pull harder on the bottom wing. then i slack both lines.
most of the time it just turns around with the back facing me and falls.And looks nothing like an axel. Im doing this on the techno.
Anyone want to attempt to spell this trick out for me in thier own words?
Thanks alot.
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spence602 · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:29 am Post subject:

From the bible of Kite Tricks

Half axel/Kickturn
Flying the kite from right to left past center of the wind window, step forward to temporarily kill most of the kites forward drive. Immediately do a small push with the right hand (top wing) and a very small pull with the left hand (bottom wing). Follow this with an immediate axel type snap of the right hand. Vary the right hand snap. Under snapping it will cause the kite to loose altitude in the turn. Over snapping it will cause the kite to over hover, or even flip onto it's back and do a rixel. A nice half axel has the kite flying horizontally, then belly's down in a 180 flat spin, and then snaps back into flight going in the opposite direction without losing altitude.
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Christian · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject:

cool, thanks
I pulled a few off today. going from right to left, failed at all the left to rights, but its not so bad just some more practice.
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