Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 05:29:40 -1000 From: sasaki@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) Message-Id: Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: no wind kite tunning inquiry I'm forwarding this for Philippe... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, An other follow up (probably the last) of the experiments of this week-end ;-). I tried longer flexors and X-bridle on the Ultral. I believe the longer flexors have the biggest effect. Anyway, I don't have any criticism for the Ultral. It is a better indoor kite than I'm an indoor pilot. Mainly, I have to learn to run for long time enougth (and also to better perform some stunt ;-). I now can belly launch it and axel it. It doesn't follow its nose when it is headed toward the ground anymore. BTW. I have developped an axel faillure mode that looks neat : it is sort a 3/4 axel that ends up in a tip stand. Don't ask me how to do it, I don't know, but its a good way to miss your axels ! I definitively prefer the Ultral tuned that way to my Tracer clone (in no wind situation). Maybe, I simply now have the Ultral tuned. Now, I'll be happy to try one of these real indoor kite, my Ultral is 250g which is quite heavy compared with an X-1 pica light. Thanks for all the sugestions. A special thanks for Dean: his shunt bridle does a realy good job. And another special thanks for Pierre : the Ultral is simply GREAT. Good winds. Philippe. -- Philippe Lepez (CP 125), | | Good kite Universite Libre de Bruxelles, | Email: plepez@ulb.ac.be |+ Good wind 50 av. Roosevelt, | Phone: 32.2.6503553 |---------------- 1050 Bruxelles, Belgique. | Fax : 32.2.6503323 |= A lot of fun ! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =