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15cm Micro Zero Wind Kite

<p><span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Wind level: </strong>1-3</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Size: </strong>12cm</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Packing size:</strong> Postcard size of 18cm x 12cm</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Material: </strong>Handmade with love on fine Silk Fabric with ultra thin fine Bamboo</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Includes: </strong>mini kite reel, light-weight Silk Thread Line, kite line holder card and Instruction manual.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Tradition of handmade flying kite, good flying, Fly indoor</span></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/mirco%20kite.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="550" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/IMG_2535.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="360" /></p>

15cm Micro Zero Wind Kite

Indoor+Outdoor Wala Copies

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is designed to "glide" in both indoor and outdoor in winds ranging from zero to 15 mph.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is one kite that can do it all.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.   <br />The Wala is extremely versatile and can also be flown as a zero to light wind indoor or outdoor kite, or with a simple change of the center "T" connector, can be flown as a traditional single line kite in low to mild wind conditions up to 15 mph!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span>Made with a nylon ripstop sail, 3mm carbon frame the WALA a 1.5 inch wide, 45 ft long tail. The tail can be attached to the kite wing tips as a U-tail, or be attached to the spine end as 1 long tail.</span></span></span><span><br /> </span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span><span>The WALA is designed to “glide” in indoor, outdoor, no wind and low wind conditions. It is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.  Attaching the 45-foot tail allows the kite to be flown as a traditional 'stable' single line kite ... kinda two kites in one!</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Wala kite</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Nylon storage sleeve</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Color matching nylon ribbon tail</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Full color instructional brochure</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Tons of fun!!!</span></p> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

Indoor+Outdoor Wala Copies

New Raptor Zero Wind Kite RTF

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Kite with 5m Kite Tail and 50m line</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wingspan ................................................................. 104cm</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Height ................................................. .................. 70cm</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wind Level ................................................. .................. 0-2</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Frame ................................................. ..................... carbon rod</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weight ................................................. ...................... 50g</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sail ................................................. ripstop nylon cloth PC40</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flying line ................................................ ................. 50m</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/install7317/raptor2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="2025" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DkjeA3OEOac?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DkjeA3OEOac?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span> </span></p>

New Raptor Zero Wind Kite RTF

White Raptor Zero Wind Kite RTF

<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The Raptor-bird of prey, Pierced feathers, perfect low wind condition</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Kite with 5m Kite Tail and 50m line</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Wingspan ................................................................. 104cm</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Height ................................................. .................. 70cm</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Wind Level ................................................. .................. 0-2</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Frame ................................................. ..................... carbon rod</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Weight ................................................. ...................... 50g</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Sail ................................................. PC40</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Flying line ................................................ ................. 50m</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/install7317/raptor3.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="1063" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzfnM6fiUG8?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzfnM6fiUG8?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

White Raptor Zero Wind Kite RTF

2.4m Blue Passion Fairy [Zero Wind Kite]

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Size: 240cm X 165cm</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Material: Top quality Parachute fabric + Ultra Light Solid Pure Carbon Rod</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wind Range: 0~12mph</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Includes: Kite and kites bag.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Super good workmanship. It's fly at zero wind condition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Could be folded into a small package and fits in a kite bag.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Highly recommended for Beginners as it's easy to fly.</span></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/IMG_2657-1.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="377" /></p> <p> </p>

2.4m Blue Passion Fairy [Zero Wind Kite]

Zero 1.1 Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany]

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Zero 1.1 </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Synergetic zero-wind-Kite designed by T. Horvath</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>It comes with 60m braided Polyline on Ringspool, enought for wonderful gliding flights at no wind on your flyingfield, in the park, you backyard, or anywhere you find a few squaremeter space.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Designed by Thomas Horvath www.horvath.ch the ultimativ zerowind specialist, <br />Thomas is already well known in the kite scene with his genius zerowind creations. <br />The Zero 1.1 produced by Kitewalker.de,the new brand of Volango.de</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Once more, Thomas did go a step into extrem lightweight construction , the Zero1.1 with a weight of only 36g at 1,1m wingspan is an absolutely zerowind funmaker, we already fly it in our office, Ok, a ceiling height of about 3m is more fun, but you are relly able to let it hover in very little space. Addition factor extremely high......</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bridle setup too heavy?</span></h2> <p>you did feel it before:</p> <h3>Light adjusted bridle</h3> <p>enables the <span class="strong">immediate initiation of a flatspin</span> almost at any moment thanks to a more lively behavior in flight, e.g. while in the climbing phase of a high start. also the kite will pull a bit less. generally a light bridle (or "flat" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather flat, towards horizontal) supports the active agile flying style. the limit towards front: the rear segment of the bridle is scratching the spreader.</p> <h3>Heavy adjusted bridle</h3> <p>the urban ninja or whatever is travelling straight as a carbon rod to the zenith with explicit pull, you feel the efficiency in your fingers. flying e.g. the long way home though, flatspins or other moves will be harder to initiate due to the <span class="strong">stable, aligned position of the kite</span> in the sky ("steep" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather steep, towards vertical). the limit towards rear: such heavy, that the kite will hardly lift off, but pull instead.</p> <h3>Bridle concepts</h3> <p>we have been playing with active bridle configurations, and are still testing, but everything has its price. even though the active bridle can combine a bit of both light and heavy characteristics, the sharp firm input to the kite is tamed.<br />the "active bridle" for dual line freestyle kites was established by andy wardley and first implemented in the benson outerspace. there are also dynamic or turbo bridles. european champ stefan furter and others prefer to develop and fly static - three point - bridles: they rely on the <span class="strong">direct contact</span> to their high end competition kites for control in precision and tricks.</p> <p><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/ninja/kite-ninja-side-axo.jpg" border="0" alt="light and heavy bridle on the kite" width="480" height="320" /></p> <p>back to our <span class="strong">single line kites:</span> as active designs, they should <span class="strong">respond directly to inputs,</span> so fly them with a rather light adjusted bridle. in practice: fly with a light bridle in the courtyard, adjust it a few millimeters heavier for high broad space soaring in sils maria. test extreme setups, particularly towards the light side.</p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fine tuning symmetry</span></h2> <p>going well balanced into the sky:</p> <p>unlike dual line stunt kites or quad line kites like the revolution, our active single line kites have to rely on their own ability to perform a straight flight upwards. to be able to do this, they have to be constructed very symmetrically and to be setup with an adequate symmetry. there are a few possible dissymetries:</p> <h3>Frame</h3> <p>pultruded carbon tubes and wound figerglass rods are rarely straight and have frequently a stiffer and a softer side, depending on the quality of the product. turning the tube in the leading edge or e.g. the spreader, you will feel how the spar will jump into a preferred longitudinal position. the skyshark 2pt's used on the long way home are straight and pairwise balanced, you can ignore them here.<br />though we are cutting the respective left and right parts out of the same blank, it can occur at building up the kite for a flight, that both sides act exactly to the opposite way: e.g. left all the tubes are in their strong attitude, while in the right wing all of them happen to reside in their weaker position.<br />this results in a stronger, faster side of the kite, often accompanied by increased lift, while the opposite side of the sail will be looser, thus softer and slower.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> in most cases it's good enough to <span class="strong">shake the kite</span> resolutely before you are starting, and the framing in the leading edges will  jump into it's lowest energy attitude, particularly in the wings of a c'est la vie. part of the standard start check.</p> <h3>Sail</h3> <p>except for the urban ninja (which has virtually no wings), the wingtips contribute a lot to the aerodynamic symmetry: they are far away from the center (mass or aerodynamic) and act as a long lever on the axes of the kite. after building up the kite or by a wingtip contact with the ground, one wingtip can be deformed, it will show downwards or upwards, while the other side is still in the x-y-plane of the sail.<br />the deformed side of the kite will fly slower and will perform an unwanted momentum around the z-axis of your kite.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> smooth out both wingtips by hand, or tighten the sail in flight with a decided impuls, which should<span class="strong">straighten the wingtips</span> (that's why we terminate the wingtip fiberglass rods with those expensive smooth delrin balls). part of the standard start check.</p> <h3>Weight</h3> <p>again, the far abroad wingtips act dramatically, when they are out of balance in weight. there are 2 possible reasons: water and sand. condensed water in the evening or rainwater is running down in the leading edge and accumulates in the waterproof tip.<br />at the beach of cervia, sand penetrates through the leading edge openings and will also, unfortunately, move downwards to the wingtips and act as disturbing ballast. all these processes occur more often asymmetrically than not.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> our sail skin icarex is quasi vapor proof and it can take a lot of time (up to a week) until a leading edge, which is wet inside, will be dry. some pilots make a <span class="strong">small hole</span> at the very bottom of the wingtip to <span class="strong">allow for some air circulation.</span><br />in addition, such a hole lets water leave the leading edges quite efficiently, and sand can be removed by a little shaking in flight or with the vacuum cleaner at home.</p> <h3>Tolerance</h3> <p>for all our synergetic kites, symmetry issues become less critical with a looser sail (shorten the y-line) and a rather heavy bridle setting (bridle point rather back). such a setup also extends the wind range by <span class="strong">making the kites rather stable for static flights</span> in stronger winds.</p> <h3>Test flight</h3> <p>before starting to a high flight, i like to make <span class="strong">a short standard start check:</span> i verify the symmetry of the kite, examining the over-all geometry and the lines viewing from front (nose pointing at me) and from the tail side. then the to-do's mentioned above and up into the sky for a short test flight with a high launch, trying to perform it as straight as possible. now, i like to stop over for a short while, maybe laying out more line a bit better sorted on the ground, <span class="strong">to take off without any trouble</span> and enjoy the high flight.</p> </div> <p> </p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Adjustments for flights</span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It's built a bit reduced compared to the other synergetic kites: there's no y-line. this line sets the effective length of the x-line and thus the tension or better the slack of the whole sail.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/clv-darling-setup.jpg" border="0" alt="the 3 adjustments on the kite" width="480" height="240" /></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">still, there are the remaining setups:</span></span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the bridle set to heavy for relaxed, stable flights or set to light, resulting in agile, reactive flight characteristics</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a shorter z-line (3 loops around the spreader) will stabilize the straight gliding by increasing the dihedral, a longer z-line (1 loop) for lively glides with the now rather flat kite</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">while adjusting the z-line, the the sail tension is usually compensated by the y-line. so:<br />what to do with the darling?</span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Shifting the leading edge connecors</span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the normal position of the spreader-wing-connectors is indicated on the sail by the black mark. or exactly: the x-line between stopper and connector is facing the mark. this is true for all our kites, always viewed perpendicular to the leading edge.</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers up (towards the nose of the kite): increases the effective length of the x-line, tensioning the sail a bit. the darling will glide faster. or too fast.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers downwards: will shorten the effective length of the x-line, the sail will be relaxed, nice. the kite will glide slower, floating well balanced.</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">sliding these stoppers up or down is also handy to fine tune the symmetry of a darling. or maybe you would like to get a tendency of the kite to turn to one side by intention, e.g. at indoor flights.</span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The sail</span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">a brand new clv darling is a bit too fast, because the even, planar film is not able to touch a lot of air. that's why the le-connectors on most new darlings are a few millimeters below the mark on the sail. it's good for a darling to hang it up into the wind for an hour or two, to get a soft, smooth sail. some rustling sound is ok. when done, shift the le-connectors up to your preferred position near the factory mark for well-balanced flights.</span></span></p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Modifications for improving a zero 1.1 kite:</span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">there are 2 options to modify a 2009 zero 1.1 first series kite for enhanced synergetic performance:</span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The nose detail:</span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-production.jpg" alt="nose of the kite as provided" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">origininal nose detail, spine is moving left and right, making the kite instable in stronger winds.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-new-holes.jpg" alt="new nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">make an accurate fixation of the spine: 4 holes very close to the center line instead of the 2 holes in the series.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/bridle-line.jpg" alt="preparing the bridle line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the core of a bridle line and the outer coating (the outer part of any bridle line): separate the coating to have a soft line with good grip. length is around 180 mm, you can shorten the line when the nose detail is finished.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-flange.jpg" alt="the flange at one end ofthe line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">make a solid flange at one end of the line, using plyers and a lighter.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/loop-making.jpg" alt="the pen loop still loose" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">make a loop exactly as shown. we call this thing a pen loop.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-loop.jpg" alt="the loop tightened around a pen" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">tighten the loop around a pen. the stronger the more reliable the sail tension along the spine will be in flight.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-through-nose.jpg" alt="the nose tensioner goes through all 4 holes" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the nose tensioning line goes through all 4 holes as shown.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-in-the-nose.jpg" alt="the tight pen loop at the nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the nose piece is cut to be open at the tip to enable inserting of the line 2 times.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-rear.jpg" alt="rear view of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">now pulling the line towards the front of the kite will tension the sail along the spine. zero tension is beautiful, just smooth out the last folds in the sail. stronger tension will bend the spine, resulting in a more agile behavior of the kite.</span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-front.jpg" alt="front view of the kite with the optional vinyl cap" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the vinyl cap is optional, just to smooth out the look a bit.<br /></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the leading edge connectors:</span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-middle.jpg" alt="the leading edge detail of the kite" width="360" height="216" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-bottom.jpg" alt="the new enhanced positioning of the leading edge connector" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">push the leading edge connectors down by 1 cm. this will tension the x-line, while the sail will become looser. the new <strong>position is 1 cm or a bit more lower</strong> than in 1st series zero 1.1 kites.</span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Optional: flying with a tail:</span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">if you like very long kite tails as we do, make 2 small holes at the stern of the kite, on each side of the spine and attach a short line with a knot at the end. the detail is looking similar to the nose. now the kite is prepared for flying with a long tail.</span></span></p> </div> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" 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Zero 1.1 Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany]

Zero 1.1 Special Orange Edition Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany]

<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qDWWoy0FGm4?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qDWWoy0FGm4?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Zero 1.1 - Now available in special color: orange! </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Synergetic zero-wind-Kite designed by T. Horvath</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span>It comes with 60m braided Polyline on Ringspool, enought for wonderful gliding flights at no wind on your flyingfield, in the park, you backyard, or anywhere you find a few squaremeter space.</span> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Designed by Thomas Horvath www.horvath.ch the ultimativ zerowind specialist, <br />Thomas is already well known in the kite scene with his genius zerowind creations. <br />The Zero 1.1 produced by Kitewalker.de,the new brand of Volango.de</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Once more, Thomas did go a step into extrem lightweight construction , the Zero1.1 with a weight of only 36g at 1,1m wingspan is an absolutely zerowind funmaker, we already fly it in our office, Ok, a ceiling height of about 3m is more fun, but you are relly able to let it hover in very little space. Addition factor extremely high......</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Bridle setup too heavy?</span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">you did feel it before:</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Light adjusted bridle</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">enables the <span class="strong">immediate initiation of a flatspin</span> almost at any moment thanks to a more lively behavior in flight, e.g. while in the climbing phase of a high start. also the kite will pull a bit less. generally a light bridle (or "flat" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather flat, towards horizontal) supports the active agile flying style. the limit towards front: the rear segment of the bridle is scratching the spreader.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Heavy adjusted bridle</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the urban ninja or whatever is travelling straight as a carbon rod to the zenith with explicit pull, you feel the efficiency in your fingers. flying e.g. the long way home though, flatspins or other moves will be harder to initiate due to the <span class="strong">stable, aligned position of the kite</span> in the sky ("steep" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather steep, towards vertical). the limit towards rear: such heavy, that the kite will hardly lift off, but pull instead.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Bridle concepts</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">we have been playing with active bridle configurations, and are still testing, but everything has its price. even though the active bridle can combine a bit of both light and heavy characteristics, the sharp firm input to the kite is tamed.<br />the "active bridle" for dual line freestyle kites was established by andy wardley and first implemented in the benson outerspace. there are also dynamic or turbo bridles. european champ stefan furter and others prefer to develop and fly static - three point - bridles: they rely on the <span class="strong">direct contact</span> to their high end competition kites for control in precision and tricks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/ninja/kite-ninja-side-axo.jpg" border="0" alt="light and heavy bridle on the kite" width="480" height="320" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">back to our <span class="strong">single line kites:</span> as active designs, they should <span class="strong">respond directly to inputs,</span> so fly them with a rather light adjusted bridle. in practice: fly with a light bridle in the courtyard, adjust it a few millimeters heavier for high broad space soaring in sils maria. test extreme setups, particularly towards the light side.</span></p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Fine tuning symmetry</span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">going well balanced into the sky:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">unlike dual line stunt kites or quad line kites like the revolution, our active single line kites have to rely on their own ability to perform a straight flight upwards. to be able to do this, they have to be constructed very symmetrically and to be setup with an adequate symmetry. there are a few possible dissymetries:</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Frame</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">pultruded carbon tubes and wound figerglass rods are rarely straight and have frequently a stiffer and a softer side, depending on the quality of the product. turning the tube in the leading edge or e.g. the spreader, you will feel how the spar will jump into a preferred longitudinal position. the skyshark 2pt's used on the long way home are straight and pairwise balanced, you can ignore them here.<br />though we are cutting the respective left and right parts out of the same blank, it can occur at building up the kite for a flight, that both sides act exactly to the opposite way: e.g. left all the tubes are in their strong attitude, while in the right wing all of them happen to reside in their weaker position.<br />this results in a stronger, faster side of the kite, often accompanied by increased lift, while the opposite side of the sail will be looser, thus softer and slower.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> in most cases it's good enough to <span class="strong">shake the kite</span> resolutely before you are starting, and the framing in the leading edges will  jump into it's lowest energy attitude, particularly in the wings of a c'est la vie. part of the standard start check.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Sail</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">except for the urban ninja (which has virtually no wings), the wingtips contribute a lot to the aerodynamic symmetry: they are far away from the center (mass or aerodynamic) and act as a long lever on the axes of the kite. after building up the kite or by a wingtip contact with the ground, one wingtip can be deformed, it will show downwards or upwards, while the other side is still in the x-y-plane of the sail.<br />the deformed side of the kite will fly slower and will perform an unwanted momentum around the z-axis of your kite.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> smooth out both wingtips by hand, or tighten the sail in flight with a decided impuls, which should<span class="strong">straighten the wingtips</span> (that's why we terminate the wingtip fiberglass rods with those expensive smooth delrin balls). part of the standard start check.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Weight</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">again, the far abroad wingtips act dramatically, when they are out of balance in weight. there are 2 possible reasons: water and sand. condensed water in the evening or rainwater is running down in the leading edge and accumulates in the waterproof tip.<br />at the beach of cervia, sand penetrates through the leading edge openings and will also, unfortunately, move downwards to the wingtips and act as disturbing ballast. all these processes occur more often asymmetrically than not.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> our sail skin icarex is quasi vapor proof and it can take a lot of time (up to a week) until a leading edge, which is wet inside, will be dry. some pilots make a <span class="strong">small hole</span> at the very bottom of the wingtip to <span class="strong">allow for some air circulation.</span><br />in addition, such a hole lets water leave the leading edges quite efficiently, and sand can be removed by a little shaking in flight or with the vacuum cleaner at home.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Tolerance</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">for all our synergetic kites, symmetry issues become less critical with a looser sail (shorten the y-line) and a rather heavy bridle setting (bridle point rather back). such a setup also extends the wind range by <span class="strong">making the kites rather stable for static flights</span> in stronger winds.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Test flight</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">before starting to a high flight, i like to make <span class="strong">a short standard start check:</span> i verify the symmetry of the kite, examining the over-all geometry and the lines viewing from front (nose pointing at me) and from the tail side. then the to-do's mentioned above and up into the sky for a short test flight with a high launch, trying to perform it as straight as possible. now, i like to stop over for a short while, maybe laying out more line a bit better sorted on the ground, <span class="strong">to take off without any trouble</span> and enjoy the high flight.</span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Adjustments for flights</span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">It's built a bit reduced compared to the other synergetic kites: there's no y-line. this line sets the effective length of the x-line and thus the tension or better the slack of the whole sail.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/clv-darling-setup.jpg" border="0" alt="the 3 adjustments on the kite" width="480" height="240" /></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">still, there are the remaining setups:</span></span></span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the bridle set to heavy for relaxed, stable flights or set to light, resulting in agile, reactive flight characteristics</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">a shorter z-line (3 loops around the spreader) will stabilize the straight gliding by increasing the dihedral, a longer z-line (1 loop) for lively glides with the now rather flat kite</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">while adjusting the z-line, the the sail tension is usually compensated by the y-line. so:<br />what to do with the darling?</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Shifting the leading edge connecors</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the normal position of the spreader-wing-connectors is indicated on the sail by the black mark. or exactly: the x-line between stopper and connector is facing the mark. this is true for all our kites, always viewed perpendicular to the leading edge.</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers up (towards the nose of the kite): increases the effective length of the x-line, tensioning the sail a bit. the darling will glide faster. or too fast.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers downwards: will shorten the effective length of the x-line, the sail will be relaxed, nice. the kite will glide slower, floating well balanced.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">sliding these stoppers up or down is also handy to fine tune the symmetry of a darling. or maybe you would like to get a tendency of the kite to turn to one side by intention, e.g. at indoor flights.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The sail</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">a brand new clv darling is a bit too fast, because the even, planar film is not able to touch a lot of air. that's why the le-connectors on most new darlings are a few millimeters below the mark on the sail. it's good for a darling to hang it up into the wind for an hour or two, to get a soft, smooth sail. some rustling sound is ok. when done, shift the le-connectors up to your preferred position near the factory mark for well-balanced flights.</span></span></span></p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Modifications for improving a zero 1.1 kite:</span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">there are 2 options to modify a 2009 zero 1.1 first series kite for enhanced synergetic performance:</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The nose detail:</span></span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-production.jpg" alt="nose of the kite as provided" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">origininal nose detail, spine is moving left and right, making the kite instable in stronger winds.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-new-holes.jpg" alt="new nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make an accurate fixation of the spine: 4 holes very close to the center line instead of the 2 holes in the series.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/bridle-line.jpg" alt="preparing the bridle line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the core of a bridle line and the outer coating (the outer part of any bridle line): separate the coating to have a soft line with good grip. length is around 180 mm, you can shorten the line when the nose detail is finished.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-flange.jpg" alt="the flange at one end ofthe line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make a solid flange at one end of the line, using plyers and a lighter.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/loop-making.jpg" alt="the pen loop still loose" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make a loop exactly as shown. we call this thing a pen loop.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-loop.jpg" alt="the loop tightened around a pen" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">tighten the loop around a pen. the stronger the more reliable the sail tension along the spine will be in flight.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-through-nose.jpg" alt="the nose tensioner goes through all 4 holes" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the nose tensioning line goes through all 4 holes as shown.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-in-the-nose.jpg" alt="the tight pen loop at the nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the nose piece is cut to be open at the tip to enable inserting of the line 2 times.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-rear.jpg" alt="rear view of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">now pulling the line towards the front of the kite will tension the sail along the spine. zero tension is beautiful, just smooth out the last folds in the sail. stronger tension will bend the spine, resulting in a more agile behavior of the kite.</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-front.jpg" alt="front view of the kite with the optional vinyl cap" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the vinyl cap is optional, just to smooth out the look a bit.<br /></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the leading edge connectors:</span></span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-middle.jpg" alt="the leading edge detail of the kite" width="360" height="216" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-bottom.jpg" alt="the new enhanced positioning of the leading edge connector" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">push the leading edge connectors down by 1 cm. this will tension the x-line, while the sail will become looser. the new <strong>position is 1 cm or a bit more lower</strong> than in 1st series zero 1.1 kites.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Optional: flying with a tail:</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">if you like very long kite tails as we do, make 2 small holes at the stern of the kite, on each side of the spine and attach a short line with a knot at the end. the detail is looking similar to the nose. now the kite is prepared for flying with a long tail.</span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qdv9e0O4lY0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qdv9e0O4lY0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p>

Zero 1.1 Special Orange Edition Zero ...

Aerobe Wala Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flying Wings]

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala from Flying Wings (also knows as the Flying Wings Aerobe) is designed to "glide" in both indoor and outdoor in winds ranging from zero to 15 mph.   The Wala is one kite that can do it all.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.   <br />The Wala is extremely versatile and can also be flown as a zero to light wind indoor or outdoor kite, or with a simple change of the center "T" connector, can be flown as a traditional single line kite in low to mild wind conditions up to 15 mph!</span></p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span>Made with a nylon ripstop sail, 3mm carbon frame the WALA (formerly known as the Aerobe) comes with 90lb x 160ft flying line and a 1.5 inch wide, 45 ft long tail. The tail can be attached to the kite wing tips as a U-tail, or be attached to the spine end as 1 long tail.</span></span></span><span><br /> <span></span></span> </span></p> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span><span>The WALA is designed to “glide” in indoor, outdoor, no wind and low wind conditions. It is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.  Attaching the 45-foot tail allows the kite to be flown as a traditional 'stable' single line kite ... kinda two kites in one!</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Flying Wings Wala is available in 4 colors: Purple, Blue, Yellow and Gray.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Flying Wings Aerobe Wala</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Every Wala comes ready to fly in a easy to carry packate and includes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Wala kite</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Nylon storage sleeve</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    150' of flying line on a easy to hold line winder</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Color matching nylon ribbon tail</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Full color instructional brochure</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Tons of fun!!!</span></p> <p> </p> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Aerobe Wala Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flyi...

Emong from Flying Wings [USA, Flying Wings]

<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">New indoor / low wind single line glider</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It glides gracefully in no wind or light breeze condition,</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and it can also be flown stably in sky under 8mph wind.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>SPECIFICATIONS</strong>: Emong Gliding Kite, Flying Wings</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>SKILL LEVEL</strong>: Beginner - Advanced</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>SETUP</strong>: Moderate - Easy</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">SIZE:</span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>WIND RANGE:</strong> 0- ?</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>PULL:</strong> Light</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>FRAME:</strong> Carbon Fiber</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>SAIL:</strong> Ripstop Polyester</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><strong>LINE INCLUDED: </strong>Yes. </strong></span> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IBSq1RwmZiM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IBSq1RwmZiM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c7BoqrS4KGs?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c7BoqrS4KGs?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object>  </span></p>

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Urban Ninja Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany]

<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Urban Ninja Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany] [Designed by T. Horvath]</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Synergetic zero-wind-Kite designed by T. Horvath</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FlRCq3QZuos?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FlRCq3QZuos?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span class="product_text3"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Urban Ninja, designed by Thomas Horvath.ch<br /><br />Produced by Kitewalker.de<br /><br />Lightwind single line kite <br /><br />fly with it in horizontal gliding, flatspin or diving mode. this kite is designed for active flights in the most gentle of breezes or without any wind in confined urban areas like parking lots, courtyards, parks and indoor. in normal to stronger winds it just hangs up there, cool for kids too . . .<br /><br />comes in a Ripstop bag, include 100m Flying line</span></p> <table class="attributes" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Width</span></strong></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">136 cm</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Height</span></strong></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">100 cm</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Weight</strong></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">58 g</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Frame</span></strong></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">3mm Carbon</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Sail</span></strong></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Icarex PC 31</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Wind Level</span></strong></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">0-4 Bft., 0-7.9 m/s, 0-28 km/h, 0-17 mph</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="attr_names"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Manufacturer</strong></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">KiteWalker.de</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="hreview-aggregate"> <h3 class="item"><span class="fn"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Urban Ninja</span></span></h3> </div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Designed by Thomas Horvath www.horvath.ch the ultimativ zerowind specialist, <br />Thomas is already well known in the kite scene with his genius zero wind creations. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Bridle setup too heavy?</span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">you did feel it before:</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Light adjusted bridle</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">enables the <span class="strong">immediate initiation of a flatspin</span> almost at any moment thanks to a more lively behavior in flight, e.g. while in the climbing phase of a high start. also the kite will pull a bit less. generally a light bridle (or "flat" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather flat, towards horizontal) supports the active agile flying style. the limit towards front: the rear segment of the bridle is scratching the spreader.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Heavy adjusted bridle</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the urban ninja or whatever is travelling straight as a carbon rod to the zenith with explicit pull, you feel the efficiency in your fingers. flying e.g. the long way home though, flatspins or other moves will be harder to initiate due to the <span class="strong">stable, aligned position of the kite</span> in the sky ("steep" in german: the attitude of the kite is rather steep, towards vertical). the limit towards rear: such heavy, that the kite will hardly lift off, but pull instead.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Bridle concepts</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">we have been playing with active bridle configurations, and are still testing, but everything has its price. even though the active bridle can combine a bit of both light and heavy characteristics, the sharp firm input to the kite is tamed.<br />the "active bridle" for dual line freestyle kites was established by andy wardley and first implemented in the benson outerspace. there are also dynamic or turbo bridles. european champ stefan furter and others prefer to develop and fly static - three point - bridles: they rely on the <span class="strong">direct contact</span> to their high end competition kites for control in precision and tricks.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/ninja/kite-ninja-side-axo.jpg" border="0" alt="light and heavy bridle on the kite" width="480" height="320" /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">back to our <span class="strong">single line kites:</span> as active designs, they should <span class="strong">respond directly to inputs,</span> so fly them with a rather light adjusted bridle. in practice: fly with a light bridle in the courtyard, adjust it a few millimeters heavier for high broad space soaring in sils maria. test extreme setups, particularly towards the light side.</span></span></span></p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Fine tuning symmetry</span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">going well balanced into the sky:</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">unlike dual line stunt kites or quad line kites like the revolution, our active single line kites have to rely on their own ability to perform a straight flight upwards. to be able to do this, they have to be constructed very symmetrically and to be setup with an adequate symmetry. there are a few possible dissymetries:</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Frame</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">pultruded carbon tubes and wound figerglass rods are rarely straight and have frequently a stiffer and a softer side, depending on the quality of the product. turning the tube in the leading edge or e.g. the spreader, you will feel how the spar will jump into a preferred longitudinal position. the skyshark 2pt's used on the long way home are straight and pairwise balanced, you can ignore them here.<br />though we are cutting the respective left and right parts out of the same blank, it can occur at building up the kite for a flight, that both sides act exactly to the opposite way: e.g. left all the tubes are in their strong attitude, while in the right wing all of them happen to reside in their weaker position.<br />this results in a stronger, faster side of the kite, often accompanied by increased lift, while the opposite side of the sail will be looser, thus softer and slower.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> in most cases it's good enough to <span class="strong">shake the kite</span> resolutely before you are starting, and the framing in the leading edges will  jump into it's lowest energy attitude, particularly in the wings of a c'est la vie. part of the standard start check.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Sail</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">except for the urban ninja (which has virtually no wings), the wingtips contribute a lot to the aerodynamic symmetry: they are far away from the center (mass or aerodynamic) and act as a long lever on the axes of the kite. after building up the kite or by a wingtip contact with the ground, one wingtip can be deformed, it will show downwards or upwards, while the other side is still in the x-y-plane of the sail.<br />the deformed side of the kite will fly slower and will perform an unwanted momentum around the z-axis of your kite.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> smooth out both wingtips by hand, or tighten the sail in flight with a decided impuls, which should<span class="strong">straighten the wingtips</span> (that's why we terminate the wingtip fiberglass rods with those expensive smooth delrin balls). part of the standard start check.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Weight</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">again, the far abroad wingtips act dramatically, when they are out of balance in weight. there are 2 possible reasons: water and sand. condensed water in the evening or rainwater is running down in the leading edge and accumulates in the waterproof tip.<br />at the beach of cervia, sand penetrates through the leading edge openings and will also, unfortunately, move downwards to the wingtips and act as disturbing ballast. all these processes occur more often asymmetrically than not.<br /><span class="strong">what to do:</span> our sail skin icarex is quasi vapor proof and it can take a lot of time (up to a week) until a leading edge, which is wet inside, will be dry. some pilots make a <span class="strong">small hole</span> at the very bottom of the wingtip to <span class="strong">allow for some air circulation.</span><br />in addition, such a hole lets water leave the leading edges quite efficiently, and sand can be removed by a little shaking in flight or with the vacuum cleaner at home.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Tolerance</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">for all our synergetic kites, symmetry issues become less critical with a looser sail (shorten the y-line) and a rather heavy bridle setting (bridle point rather back). such a setup also extends the wind range by <span class="strong">making the kites rather stable for static flights</span> in stronger winds.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Test flight</span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">before starting to a high flight, i like to make <span class="strong">a short standard start check:</span> i verify the symmetry of the kite, examining the over-all geometry and the lines viewing from front (nose pointing at me) and from the tail side. then the to-do's mentioned above and up into the sky for a short test flight with a high launch, trying to perform it as straight as possible. now, i like to stop over for a short while, maybe laying out more line a bit better sorted on the ground, <span class="strong">to take off without any trouble</span> and enjoy the high flight.</span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Adjustments for flights</span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">It's built a bit reduced compared to the other synergetic kites: there's no y-line. this line sets the effective length of the x-line and thus the tension or better the slack of the whole sail.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/clv-darling-setup.jpg" border="0" alt="the 3 adjustments on the kite" width="480" height="240" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">still, there are the remaining setups:</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the bridle set to heavy for relaxed, stable flights or set to light, resulting in agile, reactive flight characteristics</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">a shorter z-line (3 loops around the spreader) will stabilize the straight gliding by increasing the dihedral, a longer z-line (1 loop) for lively glides with the now rather flat kite</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">while adjusting the z-line, the the sail tension is usually compensated by the y-line. so:<br />what to do with the darling?</span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Shifting the leading edge connecors</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the normal position of the spreader-wing-connectors is indicated on the sail by the black mark. or exactly: the x-line between stopper and connector is facing the mark. this is true for all our kites, always viewed perpendicular to the leading edge.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers up (towards the nose of the kite): increases the effective length of the x-line, tensioning the sail a bit. the darling will glide faster. or too fast.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">shifting the stoppers downwards: will shorten the effective length of the x-line, the sail will be relaxed, nice. the kite will glide slower, floating well balanced.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">sliding these stoppers up or down is also handy to fine tune the symmetry of a darling. or maybe you would like to get a tendency of the kite to turn to one side by intention, e.g. at indoor flights.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The sail</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">a brand new clv darling is a bit too fast, because the even, planar film is not able to touch a lot of air. that's why the le-connectors on most new darlings are a few millimeters below the mark on the sail. it's good for a darling to hang it up into the wind for an hour or two, to get a soft, smooth sail. some rustling sound is ok. when done, shift the le-connectors up to your preferred position near the factory mark for well-balanced flights.</span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> <div id="p1"> <h2><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Modifications for improving a zero 1.1 kite:</span></span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">there are 2 options to modify a 2009 zero 1.1 first series kite for enhanced synergetic performance:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The nose detail:</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-production.jpg" alt="nose of the kite as provided" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">origininal nose detail, spine is moving left and right, making the kite instable in stronger winds.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-new-holes.jpg" alt="new nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make an accurate fixation of the spine: 4 holes very close to the center line instead of the 2 holes in the series.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/bridle-line.jpg" alt="preparing the bridle line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the core of a bridle line and the outer coating (the outer part of any bridle line): separate the coating to have a soft line with good grip. length is around 180 mm, you can shorten the line when the nose detail is finished.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-flange.jpg" alt="the flange at one end ofthe line" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make a solid flange at one end of the line, using plyers and a lighter.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/loop-making.jpg" alt="the pen loop still loose" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">make a loop exactly as shown. we call this thing a pen loop.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-loop.jpg" alt="the loop tightened around a pen" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">tighten the loop around a pen. the stronger the more reliable the sail tension along the spine will be in flight.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-through-nose.jpg" alt="the nose tensioner goes through all 4 holes" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the nose tensioning line goes through all 4 holes as shown.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/line-in-the-nose.jpg" alt="the tight pen loop at the nose of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the nose piece is cut to be open at the tip to enable inserting of the line 2 times.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/nose-rear.jpg" alt="rear view of the kite" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">now pulling the line towards the front of the kite will tension the sail along the spine. zero tension is beautiful, just smooth out the last folds in the sail. stronger tension will bend the spine, resulting in a more agile behavior of the kite.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/kite-nose-front.jpg" alt="front view of the kite with the optional vinyl cap" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the vinyl cap is optional, just to smooth out the look a bit.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the leading edge connectors:</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-middle.jpg" alt="the leading edge detail of the kite" width="360" height="216" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.horvath.ch/drachen_kites_pix/mods_zero11/leading-edge-connector-bottom.jpg" alt="the new enhanced positioning of the leading edge connector" width="360" height="216" /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">push the leading edge connectors down by 1 cm. this will tension the x-line, while the sail will become looser. the new <strong>position is 1 cm or a bit more lower</strong> than in 1st series zero 1.1 kites.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Optional: flying with a tail:</span></span></span></span></span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">if you like very long kite tails as we do, make 2 small holes at the stern of the kite, on each side of the spine and attach a short line with a knot at the end. the detail is looking similar to the nose. now the kite is prepared for flying with a long tail.</span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MTJJSSIxZ8s?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qdv9e0O4lY0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qdv9e0O4lY0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span> </span> </span></p>

Urban Ninja Zero Wind Kite RTF [Germany]

G1 Reinhold Platz Glider Zero-wind Kite

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">the G1 concept was inspired by Reinhold Platz, chief designer for the Fokker Aircraft Company after WW1. Decades before the modern hang glider, he built and flew a full-scale canard-winged craft that folded up to carry on a bicycle. With small wings in front, the canard configuration allows a virtually stall-proof glider that will float eerily in a level attitude even when it's barely flying forward. A clever dynamic bridle adjusts the angle of the forward wings in flight according to the tension on the line, allowing the kite to behave as a kite under tension and a glider whenever the line is released.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">With its tensioned fabric wing and minimalist structure, the G1 is high-tech flying art that looks as good as it flies. Hang it on the wall when you're not flying and watch form and function dance together in this remarkable flying machine.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RrtMg3K0Cws?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RrtMg3K0Cws?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uNBWIINn0PM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uNBWIINn0PM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

G1 Reinhold Platz Glider Zero-wind Kite

Prism ZERO G [USA PrismKites]

<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Imagine a kite that glides magically on the lightest air currents, defying gravity with the lift of a high-performance sailplane and weighing less than 2 ounces. Toss it as a glider with no string attached, or soar through the sky with precise control just by pulling and releasing the line. The Zero G is a true canard-style aircraft, with the smaller wings facing forward in tethered and gliding flight. Unlike traditional kites, it will glide like a airplane when you release the line, making it incredibly easy for beginners and experts alike because it can't stall and fall out of the sky. Pull it up over your head and then slack the line to watch it glide as far as space allows, tantalizing you to skip out of work early on those light wind days.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Conceived in collaboration with celebrated Malaysian designer Ceewan, the Zero G concept was inspired by Reinhold Platz, chief designer for the Fokker Aircraft Company after WW1. Decades before the modern hang glider, he built and flew a full-scale canard-winged craft that folded up to carry on a bicycle. With small wings in front, the canard configuration allows a virtually stall-proof glider that will float eerily in a level attitude even when it's barely flying forward. A clever dynamic bridle adjusts the angle of the forward wings in flight according to the tension on the line, allowing the kite to behave as a kite under tension and a glider whenever the line is released.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With its tensioned fabric wing and minimalist structure, the ZG is high-tech flying art that looks as good as it flies. Hang it on the wall when you're not flying and watch form and function dance together in this remarkable flying machine.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Packs up small in a protective zippered shell case, includes an ultralight carbon fiber frame, ripstop polyester sail, custom molded fittings and and 100 feet of 30# flying line on a polycarbonate winder.</span></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Features</span></span></h3> <ul class="features"> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Glides magically on the lightest air currents, even indoors</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stall-proof canard design allows an entirely new flying style in winds from 0-10mph</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fly it as a glider without string, or tethered with full control</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unique, minimalist design always attracts a crowd</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zero G Specs</span></span></h3> <table class="specs" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="462"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="even" width="115"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Skill Level</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beginner - Expert</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kite Size</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">42" x 47" (106 x 119 cm)</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wind Range</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Indoors - 10 mph (Indoors - 16 kmh)</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pull</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Light</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Frame</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pultruded Carbon</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sail</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ripstop Polyester</span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flying Line</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">100’ x 20 lbs Polyester (30 m x 9 kg)</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RrtMg3K0Cws?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RrtMg3K0Cws?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; 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Prism ZERO G [USA PrismKites]

R-Sky BIRD'X RTF [France]

<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.r-sky.com/en/single-line/bird-x/presentation/"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://www.r-sky.com/en/single-line/bird-x/presentation/</span></a></span></p> <p><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <h2 class="contentheading"><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">R-Sky returns to the tradition of the single line and presents its latest: the Bird?X.<br /><br />The BirdX is great fun and will appeal to the experienced and the novice; the old and the young!<br /><br />Agile in-flight rotations, it possesses capabilities like the yoyo.<br /><br />BirdX comes complete with flying line and set up only takes 10 seconds. <br /><br />Its small size when folded will allow you to take it anywhere. Flying in unusual places is now possible.<br /><br />Even in low or no wind, it will be your new friend!</span></span></h2> <p><span> </span></p> <ul id="essentielList"> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li>Flying line included</li> <li>Requires very little wind</li> <li>Flat rotations</li> <li>Can be flown indoors</li> <li>Simple assembly</li> </span> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tZTGmJMot3U?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tZTGmJMot3U?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p>

R-Sky BIRD'X RTF [France]

Hybrid 130 Zero Wind Synergetic Kite by Horvath

<p> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Simply ingenious and ingeniously simple, the Hybrid kites by Swiss designer Thomas K Horvath grace the sky. Horvath currently lives and works in Zurich. While working on his degree in architecture, he was working with light, often collapsible structures and began looking at the development and design of kites. After completing his degree, he worked with nameable architects before opening his own studio for architecture and industrial design.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Horvath has now cut back his architecture duties to focus on developing synergetic kites that are inspired by the flying techniques and aerodynamics of birds. The result is high-tech kites without embellishment, designed for pure enjoyment.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hovarth synergetic kites are active, steerable, extremely light zero-wind kites with great snatch that allow for extreme gliding and floating. The synergetic kites are the UL slow-flyers among the light-wind kites. They are pure flying machines that glide across long expanses of sky, that can still be steered. They are produced with extreme precision using the best materials.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Hybrid 130</strong> The Hybrid 130 requires only minimal space, and has very subtle and capable steering.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Width: 126cm/50''</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Height: 63cm/25''</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Sail: Icarex</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Frame: Carbon 1,8+2mm</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Line: rec. 15-20kp/33-45lb, 50m/165ft</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Wind Rating: 0-1Bft (0.5km/h, 0-3mph)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Age Recommendation: 12+</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PSuc0f9m8_M?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PSuc0f9m8_M?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN4LJGNvdtU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN4LJGNvdtU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

Hybrid 130 Zero Wind Synergetic Kite ...

ITW Blue Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite [USA Into the Wind]

<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="prodheader">Nary a breeze? It's time to Skate!</span><br /><span>Those light wind days that frustrate kitefliers are the Skate's cup of tea. <br />A hybrid between a controllable single-line kite and a glider, it soars at the flick of a wrist. Designed for low wind conditions that leave most kites on the ground, it's a popular kite for indoor flying. <br />Paul de Bakker's Skate is flown by many top indoor competitors. Adding grace and elegance every place you fly, it turns kiteflying into performance art. Its nose pocket accepts one to three coins, allowing you to tune it for indoor or outdoor conditions, add weight to the nose to make it glide. Remove the coins to fly it as a kite in 0 to 6 mph winds. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />Made of light-weight micro-carbon rods and 0.6-oz. ripstop polyester. <br />5'-4" x 4'-0". 2.8-oz. 49" case.<br /> </span><em>Ready to fly </em><span>with 100' of 50-lb. <br />Dyneema line on a handle. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

ITW Blue Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite ...

ITW Red Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite [USA Into the Wind]

<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="prodheader">Nary a breeze? It's time to Skate!</span><br /><span>Those light wind days that frustrate kitefliers are the Skate's cup of tea. <br />A hybrid between a controllable single-line kite and a glider, it soars at the flick of a wrist. Designed for low wind conditions that leave most kites on the ground, it's a popular kite for indoor flying. <br />Paul de Bakker's Skate is flown by many top indoor competitors. Adding grace and elegance every place you fly, it turns kiteflying into performance art. Its nose pocket accepts one to three coins, allowing you to tune it for indoor or outdoor conditions, add weight to the nose to make it glide. Remove the coins to fly it as a kite in 0 to 6 mph winds. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />Made of light-weight micro-carbon rods and 0.6-oz. ripstop polyester. <br />5'-4" x 4'-0". 2.8-oz. 49" case.<br /> </span><em>Ready to fly </em><span>with 100' of 50-lb. <br />Dyneema line on a handle. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

ITW Red Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite [...

ITW Lime Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite [USA Into the Wind]

<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="prodheader">Nary a breeze? It's time to Skate!</span><br /><span>Those light wind days that frustrate kitefliers are the Skate's cup of tea. <br />A hybrid between a controllable single-line kite and a glider, it soars at the flick of a wrist. Designed for low wind conditions that leave most kites on the ground, it's a popular kite for indoor flying. <br />Paul de Bakker's Skate is flown by many top indoor competitors. Adding grace and elegance every place you fly, it turns kiteflying into performance art. Its nose pocket accepts one to three coins, allowing you to tune it for indoor or outdoor conditions, add weight to the nose to make it glide. Remove the coins to fly it as a kite in 0 to 6 mph winds. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />Made of light-weight micro-carbon rods and 0.6-oz. ripstop polyester. <br />5'-4" x 4'-0". 2.8-oz. 49" case.<br /> </span><em>Ready to fly </em><span>with 100' of 50-lb. <br />Dyneema line on a handle. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eP1M1fnWUY4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dILL-_pt33I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

ITW Lime Stake Indoor Zero Wind Kite ...

Laima Zero Wind kite [USA Flying Wings]

<p><strong>It glides gracefully in no wind or light breeze condition,</strong></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and it can also be flown stably in sky under 8mph wind.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Built with innovated WCS (weight control system),</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">it is easy to glide and perform agile maneuvers.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The length is only 27” after taken apart.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Laima sure is going to be seen in the city as well as in the woods.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4 brilliant colours to choose from - <strong><span>Yellow</span>, <span>Green</span>, <span>Blue </span>and <span>Purple</span></strong></span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Specs- Wingspan:74 6/8" (190cm)</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Height: 39 3/8" (100cm)</span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Dimensions: 150cm x 100cm, folded to 70cm length.</span></strong></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wind range: 0~8mph</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sail: Icarex PC31</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Frame: Pultruded carbon rods</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flying Line: 90lb x 160ft Aeolus Dacron line w/winder</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLpBlJRflJc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLpBlJRflJc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p>

Laima Zero Wind kite [USA Flying Wings]

AirWave Light by Flying Wings

<p><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the slightly heavier sister to the AirWave Zero for fliers who have no interest in ever doing any indoor flying but want a great kite that will fly with ease in those super low winds days.<br /></span></span></span></p> <p><span class="style19"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><span class="style19">Recommended Line is 20# - 50#.   </span><span class="style19">Line is sold separately.</span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></p> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2"><span><span><strong><em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Specifications:</span></em></strong></span></span></th> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Skill Level</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Intermediate - Advanced</span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wingspan</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">87" x 31"</span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wind Range</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1 - 10 mph</span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Weight</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7.3 oz</span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Frame</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4mm / 5mm Carbon Tube<br /></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sail</span></span></span></td> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Icarex PC31<br /></span></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <th><span><span><em><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Items Included:</span></strong></em></span></span></th> </tr> <tr> <td><span><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kite Sleeve<br /></span></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="420" height="315" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_RNLfeyCt3I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_RNLfeyCt3I?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> <p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/31898_3200946002_0a39523c96.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="285" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/31898_17.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="297" /></p> </p>

AirWave Light by Flying Wings

Wala XL Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flying Wings]

<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Product Information </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the MEGA version of the popular WALA (Aerobe) .  <br />Twice the sail area means twice the fun.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>● It has more than 200% sail area of the Wala.</span><br /><span>● It comes with a 90ft long tail.</span><br /><span>● With a low weight to sail-area </span><span>ratio, it makes turns in small </span><span>radius and glides gracefully.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">It can be flown as a stable single line kite or as a controllable glider kite on those light wind days when nothing else wants to stay in the sky.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">90 ft. Tail included.  Breaks down to 36 inches for easy transport.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Wing span</strong> 7' 10" (240 cm)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Height</strong> 5'5" (165 cm)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Weight</strong> 8.8 oz. (250 grams)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Wind range</strong> 0 - 12 mph</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Line included.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Limited Quantities.  Order now to be sure to get your color choice.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7HLx7iWXeg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7HLx7iWXeg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2cFDYPcFVo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2cFDYPcFVo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

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Laima Zero Wind kite [USA Flying Wings]

<p><strong>It glides gracefully in no wind or light breeze condition,</strong></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and it can also be flown stably in sky under 8mph wind.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Built with innovated WCS (weight control system),</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">it is easy to glide and perform agile maneuvers.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The length is only 27” after taken apart.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Laima sure is going to be seen in the city as well as in the woods.</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">4 brilliant colours to choose from - <strong><span>Yellow</span>, <span>Green</span>, <span>Blue </span>and <span>Purple</span></strong></span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Specs- Wingspan:74 6/8" (190cm)</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Height: 39 3/8" (100cm)</span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Dimensions: 150cm x 100cm, folded to 70cm length.</span></strong></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wind range: 0~8mph</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sail: Icarex PC31</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Frame: Pultruded carbon rods</span></span></p> <p class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flying Line: 90lb x 160ft Aeolus Dacron line w/winder</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLpBlJRflJc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLpBlJRflJc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </span></p>

Laima Zero Wind kite [USA Flying Wings]

Wala XL Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flying Wings]

<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Product Information </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the MEGA version of the popular WALA (Aerobe) .  <br />Twice the sail area means twice the fun.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>● It has more than 200% sail area of the Wala.</span><br /><span>● It comes with a 90ft long tail.</span><br /><span>● With a low weight to sail-area </span><span>ratio, it makes turns in small </span><span>radius and glides gracefully.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">It can be flown as a stable single line kite or as a controllable glider kite on those light wind days when nothing else wants to stay in the sky.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">90 ft. Tail included.  Breaks down to 36 inches for easy transport.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Wing span</strong> 7' 10" (240 cm)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Height</strong> 5'5" (165 cm)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Weight</strong> 8.8 oz. (250 grams)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Wind range</strong> 0 - 12 mph</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Line included.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Limited Quantities.  Order now to be sure to get your color choice.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7HLx7iWXeg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7HLx7iWXeg?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2cFDYPcFVo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2cFDYPcFVo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

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<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is designed to "glide" in both indoor and outdoor in winds ranging from zero to 15 mph.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is one kite that can do it all.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.   <br />The Wala is extremely versatile and can also be flown as a zero to light wind indoor or outdoor kite, or with a simple change of the center "T" connector, can be flown as a traditional single line kite in low to mild wind conditions up to 15 mph!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span>Made with a nylon ripstop sail, 3mm carbon frame the WALA a 1.5 inch wide, 45 ft long tail. The tail can be attached to the kite wing tips as a U-tail, or be attached to the spine end as 1 long tail.</span></span></span><span><br /> </span> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span><span>The WALA is designed to “glide” in indoor, outdoor, no wind and low wind conditions. It is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.  Attaching the 45-foot tail allows the kite to be flown as a traditional 'stable' single line kite ... kinda two kites in one!</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Wala kite</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Nylon storage sleeve</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Color matching nylon ribbon tail</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Full color instructional brochure</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Tons of fun!!!</span></p> <p> </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="349" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p>

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15cm Micro Zero Wind Kite

<p><span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Wind level: </strong>1-3</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Size: </strong>12cm</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Packing size:</strong> Postcard size of 18cm x 12cm</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Material: </strong>Handmade with love on fine Silk Fabric with ultra thin fine Bamboo</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Includes: </strong>mini kite reel, light-weight Silk Thread Line, kite line holder card and Instruction manual.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Tradition of handmade flying kite, good flying, Fly indoor</span></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/mirco%20kite.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="550" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.passionkites.com/images/detailed/IMG_2535.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="360" /></p>

15cm Micro Zero Wind Kite

Aerobe Wala Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flying Wings]

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala from Flying Wings (also knows as the Flying Wings Aerobe) is designed to "glide" in both indoor and outdoor in winds ranging from zero to 15 mph.   The Wala is one kite that can do it all.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Wala is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.   <br />The Wala is extremely versatile and can also be flown as a zero to light wind indoor or outdoor kite, or with a simple change of the center "T" connector, can be flown as a traditional single line kite in low to mild wind conditions up to 15 mph!</span></p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span>Made with a nylon ripstop sail, 3mm carbon frame the WALA (formerly known as the Aerobe) comes with 90lb x 160ft flying line and a 1.5 inch wide, 45 ft long tail. The tail can be attached to the kite wing tips as a U-tail, or be attached to the spine end as 1 long tail.</span></span></span><span><br /> <span></span></span> </span></p> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span><span><span>The WALA is designed to “glide” in indoor, outdoor, no wind and low wind conditions. It is very balanced and can be controlled to glide elegantly by pulling or releasing the flying line.  Attaching the 45-foot tail allows the kite to be flown as a traditional 'stable' single line kite ... kinda two kites in one!</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Flying Wings Wala is available in 4 colors: Purple, Blue, Yellow and Gray.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Flying Wings Aerobe Wala</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Every Wala comes ready to fly in a easy to carry packate and includes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Wala kite</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Nylon storage sleeve</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    150' of flying line on a easy to hold line winder</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Color matching nylon ribbon tail</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Full color instructional brochure</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">    Tons of fun!!!</span></p> <p> </p> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a4lkH-rxLig?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJ5pFrsdj6Q?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ml2U3ty-wnc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Aerobe Wala Indoor+Outdoor [USA, Flyi...