THUMBNAIL Click on picture to enlarge. |
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1000sqft Flowform |
The Beast |
Three very powerful kites. Be very careful as they inflate, as when they lift there is no stopping them. Watch out for the drogue lines as they go past as they could lift you easily or take off a limb. Require very good anchor and lines 2500lb+. Only suitable for experienced flyers. ALWAYS fly with a safety line or else they may never come down. |
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650sqft Stratascoop. Owned by Arthur Dibble on permanent loan to The Club. |
Strat 9 |
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300sqft parafoil |
The Albatross |
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120sqft Hagaman parafoil. |
Big Pink |
Another very powerful kite. Requires very good anchor and lines 1000lb+. Only suitable for experienced flyers. |
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Rainbow flowform |
Carrington |
Nice kite to fly in steady low-moderate wind. |
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The Alien |
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120sqft flowform |
WHKF flowform |
Nice kite to fly in steady low-moderate wind. |
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67ft Martin Lester Divers Legs |
The Big Legs |
Easy to fly in steady moderate wind. Use 6mm line. |
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35ft Martin Lester Divers Legs |
Red legs & Blue legs |
Easy to fly in steady moderate wind. |
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7 Japanese koi carp. |
The Fish |
Wind socks flown on the line of a large lifter kite. |
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135ft wind sock |
National Power |
Requires a very powerful lifter kite. |
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Pair of contra-rotating wind socks. |
New Socks |
Requires a powerful lifter kite if both are to be flown off the same line. |
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Pink and blue wind sock. |
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Purple and blue wind sock. |
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Hagaman wind sock. |
Owned by Martin Croxton. |
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Greens and Patol wind socks. |
Owned by Arthur Dibble on permanent loan to The Club. |
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Kiteability wind sock |
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Festival wind sock. |
Usually flown in conjunction with the WHKF flowform. |
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20ft tube. |
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Play sail |
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Great fun to fly for 1, 2 or 4 people. Pulls very hard in a strong wind. |
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3 off arches |
The Original, the AKA and the WHKF. |
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57 off 1m high flown on branched line. Design by Martin Lester. |
The Stickmen |
NOTE flying lines supplied and kept by Arthur Dibble to keep swivels clean. |
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120 disk chinese dragon style |
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40 section Yako stack. |
The disaster. |
We have never managed to get this to fly more than 6 sections without the top turning over. |
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Eddy train |
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Some owned by individual members that are likely to be seen at festivals and displays. |
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40ft bol |
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Owned and flown by Donald Capewell |
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7 off 120ft Thai serpent style. |
7 dwarfs. |
Owned by Arthur Dibble, very easy to fly but requires one flyer per kite and they take a long time to put away. |
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240ft Thai serpent style. |
Snow White |
Owned by Arthur Dibble, similar to seven Dwarfs. |
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Japanese train by Dan Kurahashi. |
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Owned by Don Baggett. |
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Deltas |
Morgan Megadelta |
12ft wing span made by Sky Bums. A very popular kite in the club. Great for lifting Cameras or teddies. |
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20ft+ special delta. |
Raptor |
Owned by Arthur Dibble. A big lifter in medium winds. |
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Flames Flowform |
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Owned by Martin Croxton, made by Phil Scarfe. |
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Butterflies |
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Made by many members at a club workshop run by Kelvin Woods . A good light wind flier. |
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Swan |
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Made by many members at a club workshop by Karl Longbottom. A good light wind flier. |
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Dela Porta 5x3ft |
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Made by many members at a club workshop by John Freeman with bargello patchwork. |
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6ft Eddy |
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Made by many members at a club workshop by Holme Struck. A classic kite made from traditional materials.. |
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Cody |
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Many club members have one of these. They vary in size from a few inches to 20ft+. |
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Condor |
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A popular kite in the club. 8ft wing span soars very well in very low winds. Design by Danny Rice. |
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Bears |
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These are soft kites and can be flown individually but are often flown with a pilot to stabalise several in the same air space. Club members have a huge range of these including;- manta ray, humpty dumpty, octopi and others |
THUMBNAIL |
DESCRIPTION |
Also known as. |
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