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When is it okay to fly your kite into a tree?

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Created by dafish > 9 months ago, 25 Apr 2013
dafish
NSW, 1637 posts
25 Apr 2013 3:18PM
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When you are sending it to its final resting place.

stuntnaz
NSW, 540 posts
25 Apr 2013 5:19PM
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Nice shade cloth !!!

kitingtopher
SA, 313 posts
25 Apr 2013 4:59PM
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fitting death for a slingy???

zarb
NSW, 632 posts
25 Apr 2013 6:06PM
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Are you going to have to keep giving it a pump up every few days, or have you found a way around that?

Gateman
QLD, 409 posts
25 Apr 2013 9:39PM
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Looks like a great spot dafish, yours?
I could picture myself chilling out there.

@ Zarb: maybe try the expanding foam permanent inflation method mentioned in one of the other posts a few weeks back?

Addikt
WA, 551 posts
25 Apr 2013 8:44PM
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Great way to quality test kites .......???

dafish
NSW, 1637 posts
26 Apr 2013 8:45AM
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Ha! I knew there would be at least one dig on the Slingy....I could never sell this kite to an unsuspecting newb, hence the decision to send it into the tree.
I have thought about the expandable foam, and I will wait and see how often it will need inflating, it really doesn't need flying pressure, just air to hold its shape. It is fixed off in so many places it should be alright. I am not sure how I would go getting the foam to travel all the way to the end of the main bladder. Its a great idea though.
And yes Gateman, it is our little place that we rent out as a holiday flat. Great for traveling kiters as we are in a prime spot.

Craig66
NSW, 2465 posts
26 Apr 2013 9:02AM
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dafish said...
Ha! I knew there would be at least one dig on the Slingy....




So that's why the seagulls are now flying upside down over your place …..

Not worth shiiiiihting on



now thats 2 digs

arloj
WA, 237 posts
26 Apr 2013 9:49AM
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puppetonastring
WA, 3619 posts
26 Apr 2013 2:04PM
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To answer the ?.
When the only other option is a brick wall.

Nice one dafish - very inventive.
Thinking you could just attach a length of transfer valve tube from the inflate valve to some convenient place to use the pump. Save climbing up.
Display kites in the shop usually need a top up @ around 3 weeks.

dafish
NSW, 1637 posts
26 Apr 2013 4:12PM
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Yup two digs at once! Nice.
Puppet, that's good to know about how often I would have to do it. I mean it takes two minutes when I am sweeping the deck each week to keep the level up. Being a shop kite, what pressure do you keep them at on display? I am thinking it doesn't have to be that high.

pgc
VIC, 886 posts
26 Apr 2013 4:20PM
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Brand new out of the bag



Underoath
QLD, 2433 posts
26 Apr 2013 4:40PM
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Who rides a 14m? ^^

You're not from around here are you!! (WA)



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