This kite has been sold...

Peter Lynn Viper 5.3m RTF, brand new, never used. Sail & accessories still in plastic. Includes kite, bag, lines, handles, kite killers, ground stake, key ring, Peter Lynn manual.

$285, shipping included to continental US. Will ship to Canada if buyer pays difference in shipping expense.

Pictures can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raven12jms/sets/721576308315521...

Thanks for looking,
Jim

What an awesome kite! Can't believe you never flew it.

Good luck with your sale! Great deal here folks!

I can't believe I never flew it either. I bought it right about the time I was getting real interested in depower kites, so the fixed bridles just began to sit. A day will come in the future when I will eventually get a buggy and I will probably kick myself for selling this one (especially since Peter Lynn has decided to discontinue this model). Some unplanned financial situations have kind of landed close to home and are forcing me to part with some of the toys. Thanks for recognizing this as a good deal.

I've said it time and time again, the Viper is an amazing kite. Docile enough for someone to use as a first buggy engine yet fast and powerful enough for the experienced pilot. My vipers will never leave my quiver. Excellent kite! Great price too!

Great kite and great seller......

I don't know how many times now I have bought and sold, bought and sold Vipers......it seems they always find their way home.......

and brand new to boot......never even used on grass!!!!

Sale pending....

@mougl: A Viper 2.6m was my first kite. I am keeping that one and the 3.9m. The 6.8m left for another home last week. Maybe one of the larger sizes will find their way back to me in the future as g00f suggested. I already miss them.

@g00fba11: yes, it's true... this one wasn't even flown on grass, so had zero chance of experiencing that "natural high" you talked about yesterday in another thread. Thanks for the support!

Can I hook this up to my bar and lines I have for my 4m scout?

Maybe some of the more experienced kiters on here can answer this one??? Since I haven't owned a Scout before, I am not familiar with the bar in detail. The original Scout was a 4-line system I believe, while the Scout II is considered a 3-line system, but not sure if that affects the answer you are looking for or not. It looks like from your sig you have one of the original Scouts, so it seems like the 4-line bar should be able to work on the Viper, but I don't want to tell you the wrong thing.

Can someone familiar with the Scout's bar answer this question for hickupper so that he gets the right info?

FBs fly best on handles as you can put a bit more brake input when flying, but then again "different strokes for different blokes"

What may work for you may not work for me, so give it a go in safe winds.

If your scout is a 4 line, take the bar off and fly it on handles I think you will be impressed with its performance.

They will turn on a bar but to get the full fun factor out of them you need to be able to tap the brakes and handles are best way to be able to do that.

I agree totally to what's being said about bars vs. handles. When given a choice, I always prefer handles over a bar on fixed bridles. Probably because that's how I learned and I like the extra control possible with quad handles. But I would just like to help hickupper have his specific question answered which was whether or not the Scout bar "could" be used on the Viper (and not, "should" the bar be used on the Viper). Any Scout owners out there that could answer this one?

@hickupper: Received your answer from a good friend who knows about the Scout's bar. Here's what he told me:

"The Scout's bar has gone through some transitions. The early version of the Scout used the HQ X-over control bar which would fly the Viper. The later version of the Scout or Scout 2 moved the pulleys up to the kite bridle and changed up the bar. I don't know if a Scout 2 bar would fly a Viper."

Hope that helps.