Other kite stuff
Any serious kiter needs quite a few accessories to be take advantage
of all the different wind conditions. Some of the important ones
are:
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Flags, banners, windsocks and other indicators of the wind direction
and -strength (watch this space for a couple of pics!)
I made the feather in middle, as our club,
The Doldrums
didn't have any wind direction indicators. The other feathers
were brought along by some of our guests. The feather is 3.6 m long
and about 75cm wide.
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Kite bags - comes in very handy when you have lots of kites.
I have one at the moment, with 2 new ones planned. Other bags for
lines, tools, fittings, etc. are also useful.
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Parabear-ferry - I built this ferry from a plan by Esben
Collstrup in about an hour or so and it works very well. I suppose
you can use it for kite-fishing too.
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Rev - I made a rev kite from wooden dowel sticks and a plastic bag.
The measurements are way different from the real thing (I had to make do
with the size of the bag), but it flies quite nicely.
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