I understand what you mean, Thanks... Planning a good beach sesh Thursday, tandem and all... I'll try to have the Gopros rolling!!!

Spencer, did you and Jason have a chance to fly each other's nasa stars to compare?

No, the only days where flying my Nasas was a possibility, we ended up on different ends of the beach.

Another sunset light wind session this evening... Nearly perfect onshore wind at probably 7-9 mph. Really got a chance to do the 7m NS3 proud.... I was getting the hang of the turns as it was getting just a little too late... packed and walked home in the dark.

Placed my order for the 4m too!!!

Glad you had some wind. I can only imagine a sunset session on the beach. Turns are normal as long as you have some wind.

HOLY KATZ!!!! An absolutely OUTSTANDING sunset session this evening!!! The wind was just a degree north of directly on shore and in the 13-16 mph range. I put up the 5m NS3 after battling a bad tangle in the lines and ripped around on the beach swinging the back end all over the place and running hard until it was almost too dark to see to pack up. I didn't have the GPS on but I had to be hitting at least 20mph ... then the wind gave me a really hard time packing up and I really had a walk back in the pitch black.

Absolutely THE most stable kite I've ever flown and REALLY delivered on power and speed... IN-FREEKIN-CREDIBLE!!!

4m officially ordered

Spencer, did you OBE with the Star on St. Simons?

Friday and Saturday at JIBE would have been epic if I only had the 10m Nasa Star.

Truly they would have... No, I OBE'd with my 4m Core... I got stuck in the soft sand then yanked right over the rail trying to break free with some downloops

Holy Schniekies!!!! I've been so busy since I got home that I forgot that my 4m arrived today!!!!.... Once I'm done putting the kiddos to bed, I'll go check it out and post a pic!

Sweet!!!

Gentleman,

You guys are infectious! I've been vicariously living the vida nasa for a while now through your posts and great videos. Broke down today and ordered two NS3's: 2.5 and 8.5 with their three line set. I've got what I think will be a good bar set up for them already from my old Prism Tensor which I will rig with a harness strap. I'm super stoked to get these after all the gushing you all have been doing about them! I am happy with my PL Hornet 4 and 6 in my mid-range so these two NS3's will hopefully round out my buggy quiver at the low and high ends.

From your posts I know to expect some lag in customs, etc. but hopefully I'll be a proud papa in about a month. Can't wait!

Great! Another member of the nasa star club. They are great buggy engines.

ok guy... we need to start a team... Nasa Star Team riders USA... awesome

Welcome to the Nasa Star fold!!!!

As some may remember I sold my NASA 3 to a friend because of the way it flew on handles.

It turns out I was the problem. The NASA 3 has to be flown like a REV on handles and I lacked the skills to do that even though I can fly a REV.

Within the hour my friend managed to tweak the kite so that it flew the same as in the videos that John posted.
If I remember correctly we got rid of the Z bridle and shortened the brake line.
So if anyone has problems flying the NASA 3 on handles, DONT blame the kite. :D:D

finally got around to unpacking the new 4m this morning... l like the color on this one!!!

soliver - time to update that auto-signature... 4M en route no more! Very happy for you. Now get out and fly that thing!!

AH... too true!!! thanx

Looking bud. I really want a 10m.

yea... me too.

That is a very nice looking kite. Still no 10 meter for me yet either

Well, I'm probably not all that likely to do any kiting for a little while with the summer coming in (man I wish I had a 10m)... Any who... I've been thinking about it and am curious what the status is on the competition. I know there have been a number of technical issues getting in the way and all, but we haven't heard anything in a while.

No worries, just curious,... John?

I know you guys like your NASA Stars and all, but you could probably get km4 to make you a 10M that would fly great, last a long time, and be made in the good ol' USA, so no customs to clear, get to you as fast as she could get er done. Probably for less $$$$ than the 10M NS3!


EDIT: You can get it in a custom color, and I paid less for my 12M than the 10M NS3's listed kite only price! I hope I'm not over-stepping my bounds here Susan, but these guys don't know what they are missing!

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I know there have been a number of technical issues getting in the way and all, but we haven't heard anything in a while. No worries, just curious,... John?

I feel I must apologize for this - it's been way, way, way longer than I was told it would be and I'm embarrassed by the whole episode. It 'should' be all up and running by the end of this weekend, so keep your fingers crossed but please, nobody hold their collective breath! Servers and software are all good to go but there's a heck of a lot of info to be transferred and converted to new software. If you see that the XK site is down, you'll know what's happening.

Cool, thanks John... I've really been enjoying XK and appreciate the guys over there just as much as the guys here.

@ bobalooie, you know, I may have to give that some consideration... thanks for the word... but I still need the $$$

Just a thought. I know I have not been disappointed, but I also know the value of getting used to a style of kite, and those NS3's are pretty sweet! Scrimp and save! But of course, you know that! Put up a swear jar, and make other folks pay for it!

Well, I am still here flying and building my npw9 kites and very content flying them. Thanks for mentioning me. Since the nasa stars are the new kite on the block the npw9 is taking a back seat for now.


Susan (npw goddess)

Quote: Originally posted by bobalooie57

I know you guys like your NASA Stars and all, but you could probably get km4 to make you a 10M that would fly great, last a long time, and be made in the good ol' USA, so no customs to clear, get to you as fast as she could get er done. Probably for less $$$$ than the 10M NS3! EDIT: You can get it in a custom color, and I paid less for my 12M than the 10M NS3's listed kite only price! I hope I'm not over-stepping my bounds here Susan, but these guys don't know what they are missing!

Susan, I've got one of your wings on the way from another member. Super pumped to thoroughly test it. I have no doubt that I will like it. I have talked to others and for me the main thing that pushed me to get stars is all of the videos you can find on the stars. John Holgate's and steffen's videos are excellent for explaining all of the various capabilities and different control gear. Monkey see monkey do. I saw John's videos and said "Hey, I want to do that". Anyways, been thinking about one for awhile and am looking forward to testing it on board buggy grass asphalt 2 line 4 line bar handles short line no line long line

Man, I'm going to be busy for awhile :D

Let me know what you think after trying out.

Susan (npw goddess)

I'm interested to hear what you think too Sean... this might be a good option for a 10m!

Susan, send me a U2U and tell me what you charge for a 10m, just as a frame of reference.