New Kite Smell
I have always been interested in kites, from trying to put single line kites out of sight as a kid to my first dual line trick kite. Last year I stumbled into the world of quad line kites and purchased a Revolution B-Series Standard. I’ve spent the last 10 months or so flying it on the National Mall here in DC enough to see that it is a hobby I will continue to pursue. With a week vacation planned for the Outer Banks in NC, I decided it was time to add two new Revolution kites to my bag.
The first was a Vented B-Series. I have to say that I did find the Vented B much easier to control than the Standard. I’m not completely sure if it was in fact the vents that made the difference, the fact that I had a strong and steady ocean wind, or perhaps a little of both. Regardless, I was quickly able to get a stable inverted hover and fairly smooth inverted slides to the right (going left was a different story). Wind permitting, I think this will be my standard go-to kite. In lighter winds, I’ll obviously be forced to pull out the standard. Perhaps I should have considered the mid-vented…
The second was a Vented Supersonic. I was a bit unsure what to expect from the Supersonic. I knew it was going to be fast and twitchy but was hoping I would still have something that resembled controlled flight. I had purposefully waited for the beach for its first flight to avoid crashing into any unsuspecting pedestrians on the National Mall. To my surprise, I had relatively good control over it. Dive stops were amazing and the spins were fast (both crowd pleasers). I’m not sure I enjoy it more than the Rev B as some told me I would, but it is definitely fun to fly and a change in pace. Over several days of flights, I had no real hard crashes with it. I’m sure that having a good handle on the Rev B didn’t hurt.