Fractured Axel

Vee · Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:58 pm

I've seen & been sole ground crew for a mega team of 21, that flew really nicely. I've also help crew a megateam of at least 58 (16 teams with at least three in each, plus the ones I actually remember how many were in the team). That really was chaos.

sftonkin · Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:49 am

hezz wrote:
"OK, Jacob's Ladder for 47 .... GO!!"

"OK, Jacob's Ladder on a single Rev ...GO!!" Oops! :lol:

Morticiaskeeper · Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:28 am

Did anyone see Scott from iQuad flying Rev pairs on his own ?

misterbleepy · Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:10 pm

Morticiaskeeper wrote:
Did anyone see Scott from iQuad flying Rev pairs on his own ?

I saw that - can't figure out how he was controlling them, he seemed to have 2 handles in each hand, surely he couldn't manipulate them independently...

misterbleepy · Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:49 pm

I spoke to a guy doing some KAP at the festival on Sunday afternoon - he gave me a business card, and I found his pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burtskitec ... 942888441/

John · Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:28 pm

That'll be Burt then ;-)

oldflyer · Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:46 pm

I wasn't there for very long but the Rev Megafly looked great to me...

tboreal · Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:21 am

misterbleepy wrote:
Morticiaskeeper wrote:
Did anyone see Scott from iQuad flying Rev pairs on his own ?

I saw that - can't figure out how he was controlling them, he seemed to have 2 handles in each hand, surely he couldn't manipulate them independently...

yes,he does control a single rev with one hand using his fingers as levers.

Kitelife · Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:00 am

Morticiaskeeper wrote:
Did anyone see Scott from iQuad flying Rev pairs on his own ?

That would be Steve de Rooy, #2 on iQuad.

Indeed, two handles in each hand... Imagine chopsticks with both hands.

Choccy · Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:17 pm

Steve is awesome at flying 2 revs at the same time,
especially the symmetrical figures and kisses

I captured him here the afternoon before the festival started:

http://www.revkites.com/forum/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=user&user=1812&op=view_album&album=180

I was lucky to be flying in the sunday megafly:

column 3, row 3, purple rev

*buzz*

I love Portsmouth festival each year

bryan beasley · Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:41 pm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfkcgHaJ_c

Didn't realise just how pants the footage from my phone was - looks reasonable on the small screen.

There's some ugly buggers in amongst them darksiders though. ;-)

Bryan

Choccy · Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:27 pm

bryan beasley wrote:
There's some ugly buggers in amongst them darksiders though.

Bryan

thanks for posting. You were brave getting into their faces!

LOL, this 'ugly b*gger' wasn't amongst them flying that day as this was the Saturday megafly...
I was shooting some 'film' on super wide lens instead

momentintime · Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:19 am

Hello

Here is a video of me flying two kites a couple of months ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsTIUe2uKu4

And one video of a demo I did at a kite festival in Vancouver BC, Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EUXHUMlh4U

I do use a chop stick method... There are some pics at the end of the last video..

Thank you to everyone that made our stay so enjoyable in England...I had a great time... was great to meet so many new friends and enjoy the passion of kite flying like I do...

Steve D
www.teamiquad.com

Keithgrif · Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:53 am

amazing, thanks for sharing

bonefish · Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:34 pm

i'm definitely flying my rev better now after the rev clinic at portsmouth
it was a pleasure to meet you guys and it was a laugh a minute at the get together saturday night
how many times could 1 person get stickered ?

Portsmouth Kite Festival - 23rd-25th Aug 2008