Just like today! Sunny with that perfect wind all day and with a “permission to fly” I headed for one of the local beaches on my way home.
When I got closer I got a feeling that the wind was about to die down. Hmmmmm…. This didn’t look too good, but hopefully there would be a nice draft coming in from the sea.
However, when I walked out on the sandy beach there was no wind whatsoever.
I decided to give it a go anyway, assembled the kite and attached the kite to the flying lines.
But no… This wasn’t the day. Yeah, I know that you can fly in absolutely dead calm conditions, but with such a limited flying area offered by the tiny beach, I decided to call it a day. But before I left, I shot a few, cool pictures though! 👍
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Perhaps catches and throws practice would have been possible on that beach (if that is something you work on)? I know that this kite glides very well. What I don’t know is why. Is it in the frame/sail or is it in the bridle? My Revolution Indoor glides like a horizontal guillotine and hasn’t got any bridle (this also being the cause?) – just four pigtails attached to the nocks of the downspars.
> and with a “permission to fly”
The sensible thing to do is to say ”I decided to go home instead” (and say nothing about the weather and zero wind) – Who knows, more ”permissions” may then appear.
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Yeah, but the space was too limited for my liking. …and some sticks and stones to stumble over as well.
But you’re right about how that kite glides. Almost like a paper plane in the air. You’ll need to be careful when popping it out of the air. Just a tad to hard and it will overglide (is that a proper word?) you by meters!