Milton Keynes Flying Site - chapter 4

[Themmings]

Adam - I'm gonna be out a 6fields on Saturday if weather and wind is good.

Given Mothers day on Sunday and I've got to finish decorating our front room, beach/LKP will have to be another week :-(

Enjoy yourself peeps if ya go to Hunny.

Cheers.

[stueyboy]

Skinty

Perry and I are pretty sure we will go whether Rob can make it or not, so call me if you want to meet up. We will also be taking Alyson.

Stu

[ALEX PINK]

hey everyone,

just had a call from peter cook today saying the field is now open again for us.

i hope to have a get out of jail free card for a while this sunday for a hour, hope to see you there!

speak soon

mr p

[adamb]

Think my Saturday is now sorted; 17mph W at the field

[graham4.9]

will be out from about 12 tomo i think will be good to get back on the home ground lol

[graham4.9]

well what a day
fantstic wind just right relay had some decnt fun on that 6.5 i didnt realy like the 6.5 as much as th 8.5 but i realy love it now.
im so pleased i finaly got the reverse 180 kiteloops sorted yes

untill desarster struck my neck and thum is killing me i think if i didnt have my body armour on that would have been bad i looked over my boddy armour when i got home ant the back protection worked so well the two zips at the pack of it were half open so im glad i was wearing that.

tim i fell so sorry for you mate having to wait for that tyer people to come you only got 20min flying i think you would have been getting some nice jumps at the end of the day you were getting some nice little hops at the start of the day i could se you were getting very conferdent..


i think we all had a spill today apart from paul

me/adam/tim/tim h had to pall safty

[adamb]

Yep top day so nice to be back out.

How did the beach trip go?

My spill was caused by not remembering its not winter any more; throwing a flexi into a turn at 25-30 mph on grippy grass isn't too sensible! Kept the kite in the air whilst under my buggy which is quite a skill!

Hope your thumb is ok and get the handles/leader sorted.

[oc1rob]

How did the beach trip go?

Was good but I have a long way to go before I can classify myself as a kitesurfer.
Managed several random inaverted 'floats' whilst launching .
But did manage to get the board on my feet twice, once resulting into an airboune superman nose keel, the other into a whole 8 FEET of downwind skim LOL - Then I was knakared!!

Still kite flyes pretty well so all is good.

Did manage to relaunch the kite off the water about 4 times so hopefully learnt some stuff.


Skinty is too good for his own wellbeing and becomming a propper KS tart

[graham4.9]

so there are more conveted kitesurfers then lol



my neck is realy stiff today mayjor wiplash i think so i dont think i will be out today i might come over for a wach if there is anybody else down there

[Perry]

Skinty is too good for his own wellbeing and becomming a propper KS tart

Don't forget he's also hunk of Hunstanton with that stunning physique!

[SkintMonkey]

It was an awesome Day!

Cheers Rob for giving me a lift!

I want that skim board

[oc1rob]

I want that skim board

I want to reliably get the board on my feet!!!!!

[SkintMonkey]

Does anyone know of any pictures taken that day?

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[graham4.9]

looks like ther will be anouther comp this year for me looks interesting



http://community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?t=115200

[oc1rob]

looks like ther will be anouther comp this year for me looks interesting



http://community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?t=115200

But you do realise that that beach is about 6 - 6.5 hours away from MK though dont you!!

[graham4.9]

yh its a weekend thing so aint so bad but then i should be driving

[oc1rob]

yh its a weekend thing so aint so bad but then i should be driving

Been down that way a couple of times.... Its hard work for a week... Really keen to go for the weekend. BUt that said it is a great beach, and the surf cafe just opposite the car park makes great cheap food!!!

[graham4.9]

thats good then

did you have fun down the beach

[gunner221]

Anyone know of any flyers out Sharnbrook way ? saw a blade in the air over that way on Sat, just curious to know who & where they are flying could be another close flying site i could use.

[adamb]

Out tomorrow from about 1. Forecast a chilly northerly....

[graham4.9]

well what a day was alot of fun as the day got going was realy fun out on the 8.5 might have been abit over powered but arwell thats what made it fun and seeing skint do that (i dont no what it was ) must have been a 900 plus 2 more rotations he span that fast i lost count lol but yh if its good wind tomo i will be out

[graham4.9]

after last week i thought to myself its time to design my own handles

so i got a set of flexi handles took the standard powerleaders out of them and then replaced then with a straight through loop of 5mm climbing cord from one handle to the outher
what ive done is put the cord throught the back of the handle then went throught the top then knoted the cord then poked it back through the front of the handle then thats it ..

and now its three times stronger so no more bracking..


what do you think

[Themmings]

Gonna be out around 10-11 tomorrow as the wind is supposed to be dropping into the afternoon.

Cheers.

[adamb]

Anyone get out; its been a cracking day?

Thinking of updating my quiver by selling old Blades for new ones and maybe a Rage or a couple of Riots?

Thoughts? Have two 2.6s so will be keeping one of them so leaves a 3ish m and a 5m. Thinking 3.5 Rage and 4.9 Blade IV used if I can find them or new if not.....or a 3 and 5m Riot...?

Graham; I thought that you already had a set of handles with a continuous loop with the bullets in? Or did you stop using them?

[graham4.9]

i stoped useing them my set that i made up are alot better no risk of the grub screw coming losse just a nice big fat knot much better

yh i got out today was a good wind for a ne-e wind not realy that gusty it was constant for around 10-15min at a time then went abit light and heavy every now and again was realy good

i think you should get a 3.5 rage and the 4.9 0r maybe the 6.5 as you will be able to tune it down to a 4.9 and you will get a better wind range out of the kite