Craig855S Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Anyone on here know anything about kite flying. Ive been given a flexifoil pulsar (carl robertshaw edtn) for free and have bought line and straps for it (they werent included) and will be flying it ASAP just wondering if anyone can give some laymans advice. Ive joined a forum and looked on youtube etc but it seems very complicated performing the tricks they do but they look cool as fcuk when doing it. Ill be able to zoom across the sky easy and do rolls but its the staying still in the air and backflipping etc that i cant understand,how u can fly a kite with the lines attatchment points facing away from you! So,what u got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_aaron Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 dont fly in a lightning storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Miiiiiiiighty Kiiiiiiiites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxn Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Haha! As if I never saw this thread before. If you've never flown a kite before, take it steady at first and get used to the power of it! What size was it? I got a Blade 3 I think.. Only a 3m but its PROPER easy to fly! If you didnt get them, make yourself some kitekillers. Basically, get some old shoelaces, The name of the knots escaped me, but the one you use to connect the lines? That one on either end, loop it around your wrists and the brake lines. THen if you let go by accident, you wont lose it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 It's 6 foot. I flew my cheap beach delta kite (bought from sportsworld for £3 during a clearance sale) yesterday for a bit as im STILL waiting on the wriststraps and flying line from ebay I have no idea how im going to keep the Pulsar still if i cant stall this cheap thing (proper stunts are done with the kite sitting perfectly still infront of u and just flipping around on the spot) Like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 My housemate has a 4 or 5m one, got it about a month ago and we have been out flying it loads, great fun. Saturday we were getting some good air sometimes. Im pretty light and from time to time it pulls me flat onto the ground lol. Im into mountain boarding and we are hoping to combine the kiting and boarding togther...the kite should pull us along quite nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxn Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Woah, that looks like some wierd UFO crap! Hahah! My kites a diffferent stlye of kite! But principally, I'd say get used to flying it first, and how it moves in the air. Get on some kite forums and ask how the tricks are done. They'll tell you the basic tricks and how to pull them off http://www.racekites.com/images/reviews/blade3_2.jpg Thats my kite Its great fun. Get some good air off it on windy days too! matt 86, DO IT! Its so much fun! Or, Consider getting a buggy! Edited April 7, 2009 by chrisxn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Yeah the one I have been flying is just like yours Chris. I have a silly video of my mates which demonstrates what its like: Edited April 8, 2009 by Matt86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxn Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Yeah the one I have been flying is just like yours Chris. I have a silly video of my mates which demonstrates what its like: Hahahahah! Thats awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Why do people stand in the arc of a kite? Got my lines today and my wriststraps so im off the beach as soon as there is good weather. Got the next 5 days off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxn Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Why do people stand in the arc of a kite? Got my lines today and my wriststraps so im off the beach as soon as there is good weather. Got the next 5 days off! If you're near the eas coast, get to the seaside tonight!! Its pretty damn windy in Hull and its sunny too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 The kite was pulling us around all over the place that day so unless I wanted to sit in the car park the kite was gunna come near me at some point anyway. Funnily it hit me twice that day lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Found some pics aswell. My mate: http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/matthewkwillis/PowerkiteMarch004.jpg My first attempt:http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/matthewkwillis/PowerkiteMarch017.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisxn Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo96/chrizzlephaa/Snapshot-001.jpg Lil snapshot of a vid of me flyin mine Just for fun hahaha! Craig let us know how it went with yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 old man had a stranger 12 a while back, big but effortless in the sky, then had a stack of 5. mine was only 6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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