allrighty then... I'm sending it to Clint.. I got your addy, will send you tracking #.Will post it Saturday morning.

Clint, did ya get it yet?

Got it yesterday...Hopefully the weather cooperates this weekend.

I should have the kite in a few days! Lookin forward to it.
Scott

Got the kite today in the mail. First impressions after I layed it on the grass in my yard was wow a nice kite. Everything looks good. Bridle lines feels good. Like the "dirt outs" with the expanding funnel piece that pulls out.

Not so sure about the bag. It's huge and would be easy to just stuff the kite in after a session. Needs some sort of carry strap/s for carrying.

Scott

I have not had a chance to fly the kite at all. Does anyone mind if I keep it for a few extra weeks? I have reinjured my tailbone somehow and I can't really move right now. On painkillers and super sore as of this morning.

I broke my tailbone on Thanksgiving weekend. It was pretty much healed I thought then earlier this week it started hurting again and was getting worse everyday. Almost drove myself to the emergency room last night it was hurting so badly.

The kite looks really nice when I spread it out.

Scott

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Originally posted by speleopower I broke my tailbone on Thanksgiving weekend. It was pretty much healed I thought then earlier this week it started hurting again and was getting worse everyday. Almost drove myself to the emergency room last night it was hurting so badly.

That is a very painful place to have a fracture. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Driving was the worst, no way to avoid shifting your weight in the seat when you have standard shift.
S

I'm on pain killers right now:wee::wee::wee::wee:. My lower back/upper butt checks were swollen. The swelling is going down and I'm feeling much better but I've gotta take it very easy for a couple weeks.

Scott

Ok, guys I flew the kite finally yesterday in some ok wind. I have to admit I didn't really like it due to one problem!!! I am hoping it was because I couldn't quite figure out the bridle system. :puzzled::puzzled: The bridle adjustment line kept slipping when I made an adjustment to it. I would take off and after a couple minutes it would slip and go all funky. The line slidding through the other line doesn't work right in my opinion. It needs to have a way of larks heading.

The kite is well made (other than the AOA adjustment) and looks great in the air and on the ground.

The dirt outs work perfect and I loved them!

Just gotta get the AoA adjuster fixed and it should be a great kite.


Due to the jumpy AoA adjustment system I honestly don't think I want to fly it anymore.

Who is next in line for it and I will send it on it's way.

Scott

the AOA adjustment is a bit funky

not sure if anyone saw the picture before

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o7/ripsessionkites/Wolken...

you have to larks head power line to both the AOA Red and the Power Pig Tail.

i'm a bit old school and like setting all my knots on the brake bridle only. mind you i like a LOT of brake on my kites to the point no one here locally likes to fly them. ROFL.

PS. how is the healing going? get well soon.

Ah! That makes sense now. Might have to get the kite another go.

Thanks for posting the picture. That changes my review completely now.:wee:

Scott

Who is next inline for this kite?

I want to give it another try this weekend.

Scott

Got to fly the kite some more. Much much better with the bridle all fixed. It is highly adjustable and flew well at all the different settings.

Who do I send this kite to next?

Scott

Who is next in line for this kite?

I don't mind storing it at my house for a few months :tumble: but I would like to pass it along. The wind has not been great for kiteflying when I am off of work lately.

Scott

1. harddrive8 - done
2. SCREWYFITS - done
3. csa_deadon - done
4. clintopher / WELDNGOD - done
5. speleopower - done
6. f0rgiv3n - done
7. kitedemon
8. baluk

f0rgiv3n-Send me your address and I'll get the kite off to you ASAP!

I had a couple fun sessions with it. Wind wasn't all that good but it showed the kite has possiblities for a basic beach kite.

Scott

woops!! Sorry about not getting back to you. U2U sent! I just haven't been looking at this thread .

Duuude, I got the kite Friday and opened it up tonight. The bag/kite/HANDLES! all look GREAT! I can't wait to get this badboy out there. I'm hoping tomorrow(monday) or maybe tuesday will be a day I can give it a shot. My friend (tbone on here) and I will get out there to give it a run for its money. I'll post some pics . :bigok:

I had my first chance to fly the Electra last night. It was in extremely dirty winds, the wind was stop/go and gusts up to 14mph down to nothing. First thing I noticed was the quality of this kite, WOW. The bridle is stiffer than what i'm used to (Pansh/HQ as my reference) and also the material was very impressive. There are dirt-outs on the sides. I noticed that it has a similar shape to the hq beamer so to me it seems like it would be a low aspect ratio kite? However, even in the lower winds I had yesterday it definitely felt lifty up towards 10-2. I had a couple little jumps with it.

One interesting thing is it can handle brakes, you put the brakes as it's flying across the window and it will slow down! Not touchy at all when it comes to the brakes.

I had it collapse on me a couple times (because of the finicky winds) and that was a little interesting on how it handled that, the tips flipped over some of the bridle lines:this happened 3/4 times that the kite collapsed at the edge of the window.

Solid control and amazing stability even so! It was quite fast through the window, and even in the lull's it stayed inflated and flew for a long time. I'd like to point out it was so stable that i flew it over zenith once or twice just for the heck of it, I had to arch my neck to watch the kite! It STAYED inflated and never died on me!

I hope to get the kite out in some higher winds to see what it will feel in the perfect winds for this kite. Thanks so much Rip for giving me the opportunity to fly this kite, I was walking back feeling so privileged!!! Awesome to try out some different kites that are available .

Oh! I have some pics, but they're at home on the camera. I will upload some pictures tonight. I'm hoping to get a great flight with it this weekend, maybe Friday.

Alright, well i was able to get this badboy out in some decent winds and it is an extremely stable kite! That is my conclusion, great kite and i enjoyed flying it. Again, thanks for the opportunity Rip! Now, onto kitedemon... I'm sending kitedemon a U2U Right now!

told ya it flew very well.;-)

Alright, it's on its way to Kitedemon! Ouch, shipping to Canada ain't cheap ! :frog: