Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 07:20:57 -1000 From: sasaki@netop3.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) Message-Id: <1993Aug19.172057.14707@das.harvard.edu> Organization: Harvard University Subject: Re: Rev UL handles In article , spar@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (al.j.sparling) writes: >I was talking to my brother last week and he mentioned that someone >from Revolution was flying an ultralight Rev I on bamboo handles at >the Great Lakes competition in Grand Haven, Michigan. He was actually >doing a demo and supposedly said that the very light handles gave him >a better feel for what the kite was doing. Unfortunately my brother is >a two line flyer and was not really interested in getting any details on >these handles. He did not remember who was doing the demo other than it >was not one of the Hadzeki's (sp?) or Brittain (again sp?), does anybody >have any further information as to what these handles really were like, >or who was actually doing the demo? I don't know who was using the bamboo, but it certainly makes sense for ultra-light flying. It's light, relatively stiff, and inexpensive. I've seen Lee Sedgewick fly Rev's in light wind using wooden dowels as handles. -- Marty Sasaki Harvard University Sasaki Kite Fabrications sasaki@noc.harvard.edu Network Services Division 26 Green Street 617-496-4320 10 Ware Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Cambridge, MA 02138-4002 phone/fax: 617-522-8546 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 06:49:13 -1000 From: spar@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (al.j.sparling) Message-Id: Organization: AT&T Subject: Rev UL handles I was talking to my brother last week and he mentioned that someone >From Revolution was flying an ultralight Rev I on bamboo handles at the Great Lakes competition in Grand Haven, Michigan. He was actually doing a demo and supposedly said that the very light handles gave him a better feel for what the kite was doing. Unfortunately my brother is a two line flyer and was not really interested in getting any details on these handles. He did not remember who was doing the demo other than it was not one of the Hadzeki's (sp?) or Brittain (again sp?), does anybody have any further information as to what these handles really were like, or who was actually doing the demo? Thanks Al Sparling ajs@stairs.att.com (708) 224-4242 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =