Tails

Godfrey Gamble (god...@ion.apana.org.au) wrote:
: Neal Mason (mas...@iia.org) wrote:
: : I have a set of stunt kites (3) with tube type tails.  It takes a little 
: : while for the tails to fill with air (open at 1 end, and closed at the 
: : other), but they look great trailing the kites.  What I would like to 
: : know is if there is an easier way to store the tails than my standard 
: : method?  I have to roll each one up, starting from the closed end, to 
: : push all of the air out.  This takes a-year-and-a-half to do. Anything 
: : faster?

: There are two things I do which can speed up the process.

: 1.Take a piece of cardboard cut from an old box about 3 inches wide and 
: about a foot long to the field with you. Wrap the tails around the 
: cardboard longways starting from the closed end. Each turn on the 
: cardboard takes up about two feet, this speeds up the winding process.

: 2.Take an old plastic shopping bag to the field and simply stuff them in. 
: Then later while watching TV with your feet up wind them on to the cardboard.


[ Hi Godfrey !  Really nice to see you on rec.kites. ]

Make sure that Kitty is not around though. She may put a paw on your 
precious tubular tail and make some vented areas where you don't 
want them  :-)
              
                    
           /\     /\            
          {  `---'  }           
          {  O   O  }           
          ~~>  V  <~~           
           \  \|/  /             
            `-----'__            
            /     \  `^\_        
           {       }\ |\_\_   W 
           |  \_/  |/ /  \_\_( )
            \__/  /(_E     \__/ 
              (  /_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
               MM _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(_)
            /  /
          /  /
        /  /
       |  |  
     ::|  |::
     ::|  |::     
     ::|  |::      Winding a Tubular Kite Tail
     ::|  |::      on to a cardboard former.
     ::|  |::
     ::|  |::
     ::|  |::
     ::|  |::     [..ascii picture of Kitty by Ed Savage..]
       |__|  
           


Would the folks on rec.kites like to adopt Kitty as the Official 
Kiteflier's Assistant ?  

Perhaps you would like to use her for Graphics on your kites ?  :-)


Colin Douthwaite
New Zealand
21 May 1994
Email address:  col...@equinox.gen.nz