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- From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie)
- Subject: Re: Stunt Kite Newbie has a question
- Organization: Negligible.
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:52:18 GMT
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- References: <93022.012039ELM113@psuvm.psu.edu> <11426@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
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- In article <11426@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> pat@cs.strath.ac.uk (Patrick Prosser) writes:
- >Let's assume that money is no objects. Further assume that you want excitement.
- >Get a flexi-foil 6' or 10'. That will give you a thrill.
- >
- >Instead, assume you are interested in skill, finesse, precision.
- >Think of something like a Rare Air Cheetah, Tim Benson's Phantom.
- >These aren't "beginer's" kites, as they say, but you'll get the hang of
- >it pretty quickly (there's not that much involved in getting competent).
- >
- >Start at the top?!
-
- I'll second that. So many Newbies watch fliers in the field go to a shop
- and come out with the cheapest swept wing stunt kite in the shop and
- maybe even (shudder) nylon line. They find that that can't do half the
- tricks that the rest of us do with ease and most of the time, they can't
- even get it off the ground. The smaller, cheaper swept wing kites are
- often the least appropriate for a beginner. Try to get them ready to
- spend 150 quid (UK money/UK prices) on a decent full size kite like
- a Phantom(*) and a set of Spectra lines. Would you spend half that money
- on something mediocre? Don't encourage them to either.
-
- If that can't afford it, fair enough, encourage them to *build* - it's not that
- difficult to build a good full size kite for the price of a cheap, nasty
- one, and it's *much* more satisfying.
-
- (*)Just an example, that everyone should know and recognise.
-
- Andrew
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