[Vhfcn-l] Kites

[Arnold B Christensen]

That sounds like a hoot Dennis.  Brother and I did similar but was 
only 6 feet tall and 2 feet between the uprights. Took my fathers 
deep sea fishing pole apart and fastened it to handle bar to hold it 
and I was only 100lb nylon test and have no idea how long it was but 
it was a big fat reel. Took the whole works down to the Cliff Walk 
which was about 50' up high up from the Ocean there in Newport, RI 
and the wind was blowing off shore.  Made several adjustments to the 
line attachment to the kite until it lifted off nicely and we put the 
clicker on and switched off between us because I burned my thumb 
trying to control the line coming off the reel. It looked like a 
little thing out there in sky and was pulling real hard and we 
chickened out afraid the line might break and our butts would be in 
big trouble.  Took forever to reel it in.  Flew one time and hung in 
the cellar until I went in the Army. No idea what happened to it.

Same brother had a bunch of 2 line kites hooked in train fashion and 
as I remember him telling me there were 11 kits strung one behind the 
other and two straps you held on to. Sent me a video of him sitting 
putting that rig all together and then flying it on a beach in MA 
where he lived.

Now he just plays golf and has sold all his old kites and live in Tucson

Chris

At 01:51 PM 4/25/2020, you wrote:
>When I was a kid in small town Iowa we had a group of people that flew
>kites. One of those was teacher who was always trying new things. He built
>an 8 foot tall box kite that he anchored to the bumper of his truck. The
>kite was able to pick up one of the girls in our group. She hung onto a
>bottom strut and let loose when her feet were a couple feet off the ground.
>We also did a contest to see whose kite stayed up the longest. I also put a
>kite, actually three tied to a single line, with 5 thousand feet of line. I
>turned an old bicycle upside down an wound the line on the bike wheel.
>Worked really well. I used a nylon line I bought at the local hardware
>store. Old memories.
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