Waiting on and getting the bugs out of some software at the moment, Spencer. I'm hoping we're only a few weeks away from being able to formally announce something. Without giving too much away, the comp and the software are connected - I'm as keen as anyone to get the whole show on the road. Soon.....

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Waiting on and getting the bugs out of some software at the moment, Spencer. I'm hoping we're only a few weeks away from being able to formally announce something. Without giving too much away, the comp and the software are connected - I'm as keen as anyone to get the whole show on the road. Soon.....

Don't bother with the announcement.

I won the Nasa Star 3 3.2m. What a nice Kite. :D:D
It came with a bag, HQ handles., kite line and Z bridle.

I cant do this to you guys. The kite that I ordered Jan 20 2015, just arrived at the door ....

Hey John we're still waiting for the announcement. I could use a spare kite. :

If I win John, I will gladly donate it to Soliver, a deserving person of a Nasa Star.

Wow Jason... I appreciate that

excited to get a chance to win it myself!!!

Steffen's new video on the upwind ability of the ns3. He seems to like flying straight off the bar.

Good Lord. We got 8" of fresh snow. I really need a board and a street bar setup!!!!

Been snowing the last 2 days here in Hotlanta... blasted global warming

Nothing like 8" though... just the big fat snowflakes the size of a half dollar.... that kind of thing is super rare here... Maybe 1-3" max and already melted. It sure is purdy though.

Hey John, waiting with baited breath!!!!

:o:o:o:o

It's taking a little longer than I previously thought. But fear not, the kite is safe and sound all sealed in it's plastic bag and when the comp starts, I'll run it for a month and make sure everyone knows about it :D

5.5m & 7m NS3s with bar & lines en route

Wahoo!!!

I guess I'm officially joining the Rag Flapper brigade :D

Cool, Spencer. I should have a full set of NS3's shortly too. By the way, as I was doing some longer runs with the Nasa's last week at Sandy Point ( it's about 15km from the point back to Waratah Bay, I ended up hotwiring the kites to the buggy via a 3 point attachment - two from either side of the side rails behind me, and one from the downtube, then threaded the chicken loop through the three loops. It worked brilliantly and I was able to do 92km without any strain or stress on the bod. I normally wouldn't consider hotwiring but the Nasa's are proving to be so stable and predictable that I figured I could get away with it. I think it will be my normal MO from now on. Does mean you have to launch from the buggy though which is not really a big deal.

John, couldn't you have a seat on the buggy with the kite parked in the air on your harness and sit down and transfer the kite to the buggy belt? I imagine this would be easier with an Arc or big slow depower, but I would think that unless you had much side pull you could do this with almost any kite.

I have done something similar in the past.....and got ripped out of the buggy while messing around with the straps. I feel it's a little better to have the kite parked on the ground while I mess 'round with harness or straps then I can launch when completely ready. Rather than having to split my concentration between where the kite is and 'dang, just can't quite get that third strap hooked in'.....

Steffen posted this a few days ago - with a 10m NS3. And he certainly makes packing it up look easy.

Monkey read monkey do. I want to try hot wire. My little buggy might not be as stable though. If it goes wrong I can blame John. :D

Can I assume that the last 5minutes of the video was about the 10m kite ?

Pretty much Dan, he goes back and forth from cross country ski to snow kite using the 10 meter

Can't wait for you to get them Spencer. Here's a picture from today of me and my freshly outdated ns2

I dunked it in a nasty muddy snow melt pool and Just spent the last hour giving it a sponge bath. All the while with the wife giving me the eye to do something more productive.

Spencer that's awesome!!! I guess the janky prez does need to represent with the latest and greatest!!

You're gonna love em!

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Monkey read monkey do. I want to try hot wire. My little buggy might not be as stable though. If it goes wrong I can blame John. :D

My Vmax is pretty wide and with the midi tyres on, I know it will slide easily when powered up on hard sand. Bigfoots not so much - they've dug in and flipped me before so I'd be very cautious if I had them on. Also surface dependent - I'd be hesitant to hotwire in on a grippy surface unless I had a roll bar rigged up on the back axle....something I may mess with at some stage.

The other thing to keep in mind is that normally, the force of the kite is transferred through your bum to the buggy (I think - may be wrong there) so the force is nice and low on the buggy. The hotwire system will most likely raise the pull point. One of the buggiers at Kingston found himself suddenly on two wheels when hotwired in which gave him a little scare (he was going pretty quick at the time).

hmmmmm.......how to attach a roll bar......

Spencer, I think that makes you the first in the states for the NS3 dude! At least on pkf.

Jason, we got the old one two punch with buying the ns2's right before the release of the 3 and paying a much higher exchange rate. That's okay though, to me they have been worth every penny and are pretty much a timeless design. Hopefully you and spencer can try them out side by side at jibe and see how they differ. Even if I get the 10 meter I probably won't be able to tell the difference on such a different size.

Yeah Sean! Had I just got into the new quiver thing, I would obviously be buying the NS3. I am very content with the NS2. Its has done everything I needed it to do in my conditions. Jibe will be a while new experience though, and im very excited to streach their legs on that 3-4 mile strip of of beach. Even if money was no object, I doubt very seriously I would upgrade a whole quiver for a few more miles per hour. But there again, I've not had my NS2 on a wide open extended run. That's just my view point from watching all John's timeless, classic NS2 videos.

I haven't flown in months now. Its killing me. Hell, I'd settle for some good ole static time. I have 10 mph winds today, and good direction, but we are coming out of a three week snow melt, and its a ridiculous mess everywhere... My poor 7m hasn't even seen the air yet. Glad spring is here!!

I bet they do offer an improvement in window size. I wouldn't be too surprised if the two of you could stand shoulder to shoulder and park both kites to the same side of the window at the same height without them touching.

John, have you actually tried this? I know the NS3 does have a little more up wind ability just from watching your videos. Have you actually parked both 3m kites (static) at the edge of the window for a upwind distance comparison?

That would be a great comparison to try.

That reminds me of the project I'm working on. I'm setting up a bar that's connected to 2 of the nasa star bars so I can try to buggy with 2 of them at once. There's not really a point to it but it just seems like it's something I have to do. :D

So guys, maybe I should post this in "Want to buy" but if anyone is wanting to dump his NS2 to raise money for an NS3, let me know. I'd only want a 2.5 or 1.5 m (kite only) though since I've got an NS2 5.5....:D

Well, I don't know about dumping any NS2, but I'm sure I could make you a killer deal on a brand new 16m Venom II :evil:

This is NS3 craze is like Jim Cramer on CNBC "NS3 - BUY, BUY, BUY - anything else SELL, SELL, SELL":D