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Flying Kites
After having a great time at Portsmouth kite festival (and field-testing a kite I bought for my nephew) I came home determined to get my own kites out.
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waveney and I sallied forth to Badbury Rings (our local hill fort) and flew:
A delta-wing stunt kite I got from a charity shop last year - gave a lot of trouble initially, but finally I adjusted the angle of the bridle by taking in two of the strings a little and it was far more willing to go upwards after that. A little trouble with one of the struts, but moving that around eventually improved things - flew well when we finally got it into the air and proved to be fantastic at power dives and large circles.
My old Firefly stunt kite (specially made for me many years ago as a present after a folk festival). It's always flown fantistically and today was no exception. It can turn on a sixpence. Not so good at the power dives, but will do four tight turns in succession and still pull out successfully. Works well both with and without a tail. With the tail, you can play at letting it chase the end of its own tail.
Snowflake. A sort of hexagonal box kite. Needs a decent wind to get it airborne, but is very stable once aloft.
A pocket sled kite. Can work fine, but I think the wind was too strong for it today as it zipped and dived all over the place and refused to get more than six feet off the ground before going into a total spin.
In short, I had a fantastic time and we laughed a lot, flew kites a lot and walked around the rings for a bonus.
So, today being a sunny Bank Holiday (Hurrah!),
waveney and I sallied forth to Badbury Rings (our local hill fort) and flew:A delta-wing stunt kite I got from a charity shop last year - gave a lot of trouble initially, but finally I adjusted the angle of the bridle by taking in two of the strings a little and it was far more willing to go upwards after that. A little trouble with one of the struts, but moving that around eventually improved things - flew well when we finally got it into the air and proved to be fantastic at power dives and large circles.
My old Firefly stunt kite (specially made for me many years ago as a present after a folk festival). It's always flown fantistically and today was no exception. It can turn on a sixpence. Not so good at the power dives, but will do four tight turns in succession and still pull out successfully. Works well both with and without a tail. With the tail, you can play at letting it chase the end of its own tail.
Snowflake. A sort of hexagonal box kite. Needs a decent wind to get it airborne, but is very stable once aloft.
A pocket sled kite. Can work fine, but I think the wind was too strong for it today as it zipped and dived all over the place and refused to get more than six feet off the ground before going into a total spin.
In short, I had a fantastic time and we laughed a lot, flew kites a lot and walked around the rings for a bonus.