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Indoorflying - Spins
Archimedes screw
Start with the kite flat on the ground (belly down), grab a tip and,
very gently at first, spin the kite, nose first, around your body,
trying to keep the kite as flat as possible. As you turn, the kite
should lift. Let it do it's own thing as much as possible as any
pressure on the tip might snap it clean off. Keeping spinning around
until the kite reaches head height and then give it a final flick so
that it Flat Spins around itself, just above your head, while you
walk back and take up the slack.
Executioner
Fly the kite down, flatten out and pop a hard Flat Spin that brings
the kite towards you. Catch the kite or simply duck and let it pass
right over your head (the lower the better) until it's right out the
other side. Take up the slack and fly out. This is also great to do
outside in light wind when you can fly the kite hard *into* the wind
and then use that wind to really get it whipping back towards you.
Remarks, additional info ? mail
Peter Peters (
<pp@win.tue.nl>).