Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 14:00:02 -1000 From: Jason Robbins <75677.3217@CompuServe.COM> Message-Id: <3dfoa2$ml0$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> Organization: Robbins 8th & Walnut Subject: Synergy-Deca If anyone is having difficulty with their Deca kite, this may help... Tuning of this kite is critical to proper performance.. after the first few hard flights, the front lines will stretch and the bow lines will exhibit considerable slack...This in itself is not the problem, the problems occur when the lines stretch unevenly and the kite gets "torqued" and pulls unevenly to one side or the other. With much patience and time it is possible to get this kite "tweaked" to where it is very stable... Guildworks has improved the line used on their kites.. the old line was dacron sleeved spectra, the new lines are kevlar-cored dacron that resists stretching. If any of you have discovered any new tricks / techniques, please pass them on. Most people I have spoken with like the kite but find it's handling characteristics to be a bit strange,as compared to the Revolution. If anybody want's to get in touch with me, I am now at: Jason Robbins 75677,3217@compuserve.com BTW I hope that this forum does not degenerate further, I simply can not believe that there is such bitterness among kitefliers.. I have never even met a slightly grumpy kiteflier, let alone a nasty one! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 07:25:05 -1000 From: dkyte@aol.com (Dkyte) Message-Id: <3dhlhh$epg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Synergy-Deca Jason Robbins 75677,3217@compuserve.com writes >BTW I hope that this forum does not degenerate further, I simply >can not believe that there is such bitterness among kitefliers.. >I have never even met a slightly grumpy kiteflier, let alone a >nasty one! I don't think that kitefliers are much different than the general population. They may be of a slightly better class, since I bring up the curve. Really, you should not be discouraged by the occassional kite jerk. And, if you haven't met a grumpy kiteflier, check me out early in the morning or during a bad kite day. As for the forum degenerating, I don't think any of the Usenet stuff has generated. This hyperspace, cyberspace crap is in its infancy. There are no "time honored conventions" in cyberspace. Hell, I got shoes older than cyberspace. Joe Schiros Personal confidant of all important kitefliers. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 19:46:58 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: Synergy-Deca dkyte@aol.com (Dkyte) writes: >I don't think that kitefliers are much different than the general >population. I dissagree. Kiteflying seems to do some strange things. It seems to bring out the best in people and it seems that only the best of people kite-fly. It takes a special kind of person to do as an adult what most people consider to be a kiddies pass-time, and there is a spirit in the wind that rubs off on you. Sure there are exceptions, but in general, kitefliers *are* particularly nice people. Andrew (who's posting on Christmas day, because he's waiting for everyone else to come downstairs so that we can open the prezzies... All I want for Christmas is a hot-knife...) -- Kite FAQ's: ftp.hawaii.edu:/pub/rec/kites/faq) o /\ Kite Jumping For sale: 10' Flexis with std & UF Spars. |_ \/ is for andrew@tug.com AoXoMoXoA (_\ M O R O N S = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 05:59:28 -1000 From: Joe Schiros <73520.1360@CompuServe.COM> Message-Id: <3dmp90$adn$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Organization: via CompuServe Information Service Subject: Re: Synergy-Deca andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) writes: > I dissagree. Kiteflying seems to do some strange things. It seems to bring > out the best in people and it seems that only the best of people kite-fly. > It takes a special kind of person to do as an adult what most people consider > to be a kiddies pass-time, and there is a spirit in the wind that rubs off > on you. Sure there are exceptions, but in general, kitefliers *are* > particularly nice people. In a word, Bull. Maybe Andrew thinks because he is a kiteflier that makes all kitefliers nice. It don't work that way. Look at Franky Nasty. I like flying kites because I like flying kites, not because kitefliers are saints. It maybe be true that they are slightly better than the general population. That's probably because I brought up the curve. I also like flying kites because I like jerking strings. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Joe Schiros aka Dr Kyte = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:04:21 -1000 From: sandy.wagner@nycps.nycenet.edu Message-Id: Organization: Harvard University Office of Information Technology Subject: Synergy-Deca The Deca is an interesting that flies well and can (it has) be competitve. I have all models and find they can do everything a quad should including moving sideways (although some might disagree). It moves like no other quad line kite and can do some very interesting tricks like rolling up on its own lines and unrolling in the air. The indoor model.. Deca Zero flies very well indoors and can handle around 8mph outside. As far as tuning the kite.. I find that the back lines are somewhat insignificant in tension.. but should never be very tight. The lines on the front should be VERY tight and even on both sides. The kite is easy to put together after the first few times although it can be tough the first time. They retail for about 280 dollars US. The kite is not as quick as a revolution.. nor does it spin as tight...It is very different.... I am sponsored by Guildworks so my opinion may be biased although I have no stake in the company.. I fly em cause I like em. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =