Date: 10 Mar 1993 19:08:51 GMT
From: blsmith@leo.unm.edu (Burton Lee Smith)
Message-ID: <1nlec3INNscp@lynx.unm.edu>
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Subject: Learning to fly a Revolution

Keywords:RevII

I reacently bought a RevII and am having a bear of a time learning to 
fly it.  Does anyone have any pointers on how to make it easier.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Burt

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 10:01:36 GMT
From: era_pul@halley.ki.ericsson.se (Peter Ulfheden )
Message-ID: <ERA_PUL.93Mar11110136@halley.ki.ericsson.se>
Organization: Ericsson Radio Systems AB, Sweden
Subject: Re: Learning to fly a Revolution

In article <1nlec3INNscp@lynx.unm.edu> blsmith@leo.unm.edu (Burton Lee Smith) writes:


>   Keywords:RevII
>
>   I reacently bought a RevII and am having a bear of a time learning to 
>   fly it.  Does anyone have any pointers on how to make it easier.
>
>   Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
>   Thanks,
>   Burt
>
Hi Burt,

Sorry, I can't give you any clues to any shortcuts. But I can tell you
that I know what you are talking about. I built a REV II couple of
months ago. I had then never seen a flying REV before, except for
the Revoulution training video.

For me, the first hour of flying was a disaster. I was constantly
bashing the kite to the ground. I was glad I did a thorough job at the
sewing machine, and that I also used 8mm graphite. I really can't
understand that the kite is still in one piece. However, after a
couple of hours I started to get hold of this piece of butter on a hot
potato. I've since then also tried a comercially built REV I so I know
that my REV II was working OK.

When I first started to fly the REV II I used 30 feet training lines
as recommended in the Into the Wind catalogue. I don't know if it was
a result of progress but when I started to fly on normal (75')lines
things started to work better.  At least I had a longer distance to
the ground. Anyhow I don't think it's worth the effort to get the
shorter training lines.

Try to fly when the wind isn't to strong. The thing just gets to damn
fast in strong winds, at least for a beginner. Keep up the good work
and practice :-) and I think you will soon say: 'hey... this is the way
to do it!'

                                     Good Luck 
                                        and 
                                     Tight Lines


                                     Peter


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