Illinois Kite Enthusiasts

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They also make it easier to hold a position in the sky. The lines are so stretchy they absorb a lot of the gusts. Fly the 75' lines for speed and snappy moves, the 120' for slower more precise looking moves. I noticed this today at lunch time... I was able to do quite a few things I've been having ...

User Control Panel Enhancement IKE has added a new feature that enhances the user control panel and hopefully makes things a little easier to find. This feature is currently under development and will change as the code is solidified. Please check it out and let us know if you have any questions!

Similar Topics IKE has added a new feature called similar topics. Now, when viewing a topic, you will be presented with a list of similar topics to the one you are reading. You will find these at the bottom of the page. The algorithm seems to do well but depending on the content of the board, there...

In all seriousness, some of the reasons that Jenny allows me to indulge in this sport is that since I've been doing this, I lost 2 inches off my waistline, 10 lbs of fat, got in shape and got a deep dark farmers tan...

Mike wrote:Hey y'all,
I've been flying a lot lately, and it's really done me some good!

AHHHHH!

that's a life sized picture I need a brain brush for...

What's the most practical length for a short quad line set? I really want to fly in my yard this winter but don't have a lot of room. I played briefly with a set of 25' lines and they were just too short for my tastes... Looking for the balance between usability and clubbing myself over the head wit...

Invis wrote:I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a set of 120' lines today.

Wimpy

Well my friend, maybe we can deal on your Rev II?

a set of 120' lines + $$$ for the Rev II?

you fill in the $$$

no snow will stop me from flying either...

finally got my 120' line together... ended up having to go out to my field to finish them up as I just don't have any room here at the house (inside or out) to lay them out. The yellow neon sleeving that Dave sent me looks very pretty.... :lol: We had enough wind to fly my vented today so I put it u...

I think we need some IKE Logo'd Vented Revs....

First of all, bad ass kite Mike!!!! :up: Is the logo all applique? What about converting it to a delta? Use a light color (white,or lt blue), and just add triangles to either side. I dunno, sounds easy enough? Please share with us how you made up the sail with our logo on it... This could open up a...

Hector... take the liberty and run with it... feel free to post anything you feel appropriate to the kiting community... and anything else you find interesting.,.. we have a place for non-kite things and if we don't have something to cover a post, just let us know and we'll figure out a way to put i...

IKE would really appreciate it if everyone would take a few minutes to jump into the Control Panel and fill out your profile. This information is viewable by anyone registered with the forum and we believe it is important that we all get to know what our individual likes/dislikes and expertise is. A...

There are several places you can look at for navigating around the forums Across the top of the forums are links to the main areas of the board. These are displayed on every page. If you click on the Home link, you will find the Main navigation window on the left side. From here, you can get to othe...

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Thanks Hector!

Ok, I'll get this topic started.... My name is Chris Babb and around here, I am known as Babbman. I'm 44, married to Jenny and have a 4 year old named Elie. I came into kiting in the early 70's with the infamous 'Bat Kite', all duded up with bloodshot eyes and about 1000' of string. Then no kites fo...

Hector, Welcome!

I'm happy to see yet another 'doer' here and happy to meet yet another flier.

God willing, we will all be able to get together somewhere where the wind blows at a very clean and steady 10mph...

Absolutely LOVE the spider kite... Love it...

Boy that would be one hell of a hairball [smiley smilie=10 fontcolor=000000 shadowcolor=000000 shieldshadow=1]YUCK!!!!![/smiley] I got 3. Chuck, Que & Nikki Chuck used to eat EVERYTHING... one time I pulled the netting from a roast out of him... it was disgusting and disturbingly fascinating at...

Making line sets is ok. It's when you are doing it in the house and you find one of your cats chewing on them that kinda sucks...