Stop For A Moment, Fly A Kite In Your Head FLIGHT REPORT below ...
The 2 Skewer Roller kite seemed a nice choice, since it was a classic 'light wind and thermals' day.
Once we arrived at the reserve, it didn't take long to float the Roller out to a line length of simply about 15 meters (50 feet). From there, a bit of line-pulling got it up a little higher wherever there was simply enough breeze to support it air-borne.
If you're new to this site, have a guess which country I'm in. Here's a clue - these another flying objects unbroken the kite institution at various times...
- 9 magpies
- 20 galahs
- a rider jet heading East after taking off from State capital aerodrome
Don't worry, the jet was at some thousand feet!
Every new kite you do is an adventure!
Let me help you have loads of kiting fun with the downloadable book 'Making Skewer Kites'. It has..
- Detailed step-by-step manual for each and every design.
- A clickable Table of Contents so detailed, there's 7 pages of it!
- 20 kite designs, which wish cover you for a wide range of weather conditions.
- 269 pages of single-line kiting goodness!
- More than 350 illustrative photographs, galore of them close-ups.
- Detailed 3-view plans for most designs.
- Appendices for Knot Tying, Devising Tails, Devising A Winder, and more. Therefore the manual are rather complete.
