http://www.my-best-kite.com/kite-flying-blog.html Stay up to date with the kite flying activities of Tim, May and Aren of the My-Best-Kite.com website. We buy and make new kites on a regular basis. Learn more about kite making and kite flying as you come with us on our kiting adventures! en-us Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:14:33 +1030 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:14:33 +1030 Easy Blogs ( http://www.easyblogs.com ) http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e111 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e111 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:14:33 +1030 This happened down at our second day at the Adelaide International Kite Festival venue, although it was actually the first official day of the event. Unfortunately for the organizers, very light winds prevailed almost all day, which prevented the most spectacular... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e110 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e110 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:15:15 +1030 Actually, the Dowel Sled went up first. Very briefly, several times. The breeze was just too stiff for it, despite the relatively smooth sea air. The leading edge kept folding inwards and collapsing the kite, so we gave up on it after a while. Out with the... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e109 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e109 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:32:03 +1030 Actually, I didn't it go too far, down at the reserve near the school. Only as far as letting out 10 or 15 meters of line, as it tugged and flopped around in very gusty moderate winds, flying in the general direction of the setting sun. Earlier in the day the... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e108 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e108 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:52:16 +1030 That just means there were very few clouds. Not uncommon here in South Australia. The breeze was gusty and a bit fresh as we left the house, so I threw in the 2-Skewer Barn Door and also the Dowel Diamond in case the wind moderated a little. Down at the Wilfred... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e107 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e107 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:54:36 +1030 Hey, I never lie... OK, so the pilot was a toddler kite pilot, flying a small single-line Delta kite. A gust got a bit strong for the tiny craft, so it looped around a few times, close to the ground. Said the young flier ... 'Uh-oh! Go up, go up!' And up it... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e106 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200903.html#e106 Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:38:03 +1030 This blog is a little different. For a start, I'm sitting here on the 9th floor of a block of Toa Payoh flats in Singapore . We've been here for a couple of weeks, visiting relatives. As a parting present, I decided to whip together a 1-Skewer Delta for my... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200902.html#e105 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200902.html#e105 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:31:17 +1030 It's been a while since the last post for a few reasons, mainly consistent strong gusty wind! That's a bit irritating when you have just completed a large light-wind kite. Well, today was looking reasonable with a relatively light prevailing breeze. It was... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e104 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e104 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:57:28 +1030 Think I've got Blogger's Bottle-neck (Never heard of it? Neither had I...) A bunch of things to say, no idea what to put first. OK, let's go for a Stream-of-Consciousness approach... The original Dowel Diamond kite flew OK for a while, although the horizontal... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e103 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e103 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:39:56 +1030 Well, you know what I mean, despite it being just a plain pale orange Diamond to look at! It went high yesterday, in a gusty moderate Southerly breeze down at the reserve near the school.. The first few times out with this kite were disappointing. The previous... http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e102 http://www.my-best-kite.com/200901.html#e102 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:02:56 +1030 You see, it was actually an MBK Dowel Diamond up there in the fresh Southerly blustering across the Wilfred Taylor Reserve in Adelaide's southern suburbs. However, the resemblance to an Eddy is no coincidence. I actually researched the Eddy design in order...