Nice vid Sean, thanks... It's starting to pick up around Atlanta and if I had more availability it would have been a stellar day yesterday ... Winds
around 11 mph gusting into the low teens,... But I was tied up,... Looking forward to finishing up this Masters Degree and having all the stars align
so I can do some buggying
Got a nice present in the mail today, my final two NS3s! I had a big hole in my STAR quiver between 4m and 8.5m. I had been hopeful that the
LongStars were going to slot in there, but alas, that wasn't to be IMHO. 5.5m and 7.0 NS3s to the rescue! I got both up in the air for some quick
static flights just to get them out of their wrappers. Both flew beautifully and were well constructed. I snapped a couple of quick photos so my
fellow STAR fans could see what they looked like.
The 5.0 reminded me a bit of McDonald's colors with the red and yellow and to me was fine, but nothing special. The 7.0m NS3, on the other hand, was
a beauty in my opinion. While my heart is in College Football (Go Ducks, Utes, and Game#@%$#!s!) I am sort of a closet Seattle Seahawk fan. The 7.0m
has my new favorite color scheme.
Yeah Jason. We are a bunch of boring guys. I saw that video and thought it's worth it for the custom colors. Especially for us since we have to wait
so long.
I had a stellar static session today with the 4m.... First time I've really gotten to fly the pants off that one!... And the first time I've flown a
kite in about a month+.... Deffo had some cobwebs to work out.... But it was lotsa fun that 4m... Maybe one day I'll get to do some bugging before the
end of time
Glad you had a fly today. Don't feel bad about not making it out lately. We finally have had great wind around here and I haven't had any time to
kite.
Great to hear that you guys have started to feel the breezes that come with the Fall months. Y'ou'll have your cans in buggy seats before you know it.
Spencer, glad you got to put some good time in under the 4m.
Just got my shipping notification... my 10m is on the way!!! whoop!
Prepare for the dreaded DHL/USPS Vortex! Have to say though that my last few shipments from Steffen came quicker than my first few. May the Force be
With You. :alien:
Born-Kite fans: not that I'm saying you should rush out and buy a quiver of LongStars, but I personally find it interesting that Steffen has changed
bars for the LongStar from a single fixed width bar to the exact bar that I modified for use with my NS3s.
Earlier this summer I had sent Steffen a write up about my experience with the bar and a link to the supplier. Looks like they hooked up! This added
width would be a welcome addition for the LongStar lineup. The 7.0m does turn a little slowly at 50cm bar width; the extra 10cm would be a welcome
addition!
Steffen still lists the same standard bar as before for the NS3s. I really hopes he adopts bars from this supplier for that line of kites as well. I
find it makes a big difference to have different width bars for different STAR sizes, particularly out at the edges of the quiver (both large and
small).
I'll probably call DHL and get the USPS tracking number today or tomorrow
For my Born-Kite orders Steffen has always sent me a DHL tracking number. If you go on the DHL tracking website and look up your tracking number the
USPS tracking number should eventually show up. You can then take the USPS tracking number and find it stateside.
No need...the Vortex did not claim another victim!
That box looks as if it was carried over from next door! My DHL packages tend to look like they were worked over by a postperson at some point in
their journey that had "daddy issues". :D
Now, don't let a little flooding and weeks of rain keep you inside!
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