Hello Everyone,

I ordered a PL Core 6.7 from Coastal Wind Sport in GA on Monday and received it on Wensesday (Thanks Angus). I was able to take it out to the local flying field this morning and must say I'm really happy with it.

I'm on the lower part of the learning curve with power kites so all of the experts (and there are a lot on this board) please bear with me.

Even though this is my first four line kite with handles, the set up was very easy and trouble free. The lines even had idiot proof numbers larkshead knotted to the ends to ensure everything went where it was supposed to go. The bridles were really light weight but proved to be plenty strong enough so far. The lines (Orange/Blue) seemed to be of the best quality I've seen so far (Which is only HQ so far). So rigging the thing was easy and trouble free even for my current level of proficiency.

I opted not to bring my buggy because the winds were light at 8-12 mph and soon discovered that that was a mistake. The dag gone thing shot right up and I had plenty of pull when diving it about. I was really impressed with the way such a big (to me) kite would turn on a dime with a little brake input. It looked beautiful too... (Green/white/dark green) against the clear, blue, cloudless sky. The pull was really smooth throughout the window and it was easily parked at the zenith. The only trouble I had was when I had it up there and the wind died. It collapsed but I was able to get all the cells refilled prior to crashing. Best flying experience for me to date.

This thing has opened up a whole new range of buggy/ATB days that would have otherwise been lost because of light wind and my smaller kites so I'm really happy!

Air Assault

Tony

Glad you like Bro'. Big kites are great, just make sure you got stable wind,really dirty wind is dangerous w/ alot of sail.

Roger that Weldngod...Wind here can be really on off at times so I'll keep the kite killers on. I do miss the wind off the Chesapeake that you have even though it can suck in the summer sometimes. There are some possible spots on Eustis I'm going to check out when I come back. I'll keep you in the loop if any of them turn out decent.

Sweet, I'm always lookin too. And I got a CAC card , so I can get on base too.

CAC means your good to go! The worst they can do to us is tell us to pack up...But I'm a pretty good B.S.er so it should be cool. There's this one beach that would work great on a south wind I'm thinking of...It's been awhile so I have to check it out again.

Yipper!

Excellent write-up Tony & glad you like the kite. Yeah with a light weight low-drag kite like that you are plenty powered in 8-12 and will be able to turn that into 25+ mph in the bug if you want to. But good on you for being conservative first time out with the new gear. Keeps you safer when you learn one new thing at time.