Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1993 03:38:18 -1000 From: HELSEL@cvm.msu.edu (Jeanette Helsel) Message-Id: Organization: MSU College of Veterinary Medicine Subject: "Belly Landing" A posting recently mentioned the ability to recover from a belly landing. I currently fly a Spinoff and depending on what I'm practicing, will find my kite, bridle side down, nose facing me on the ground at least once. Is this a belly landing? I've made some unsuccessful attempts at recovering from this, but end up pulling my kite across the ground more than anything else-- something I would rather avoid. Any suggestions as to how to recover from this, other than walking out to the kite? Thanks! p.s. This list has been a great source of information! Thanks to all who contribute! Jeanette Helsel MAIL ID: HELSEL@CVM.MSU.EDU Network Operations Center, VOICE: 517/336-2741 College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. --Ralph Waldo Emerson = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1993 06:05:48 -1000 From: sasaki@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) Message-Id: <1993Jun18.160548.19413@das.harvard.edu> Organization: Harvard University Subject: Re: "Belly Landing" In article , HELSEL@cvm.msu.edu (Jeanette Helsel) writes: >A posting recently mentioned the ability to recover from a belly >landing. I currently fly a Spinoff and depending on what I'm >practicing, will find my kite, bridle side down, nose >facing me on the ground at least once. Is this a belly landing? >I've made some unsuccessful attempts at recovering from this, but >end up pulling my kite across the ground more than anything else-- >something I would rather avoid. Any suggestions as to how to >recover from this, other than walking out to the kite? I think that a belly landing is when the kite is bridle side down nose facing away from the flyer. If the nose is facing towards you, then you are left with no alternative but to walk to your kite and set it up and walk back. You can install a device that Bob Childes made popular (at least out here on the East Coast). He calls it a "bone". It's a piece of fiberglass rod that is longer than the distance between the top spreader and the bottom spreader, several inches longer is enough. It is bowed outward and attached to the top and bottom spreader on the face of the kite. The bone keeps the kite from going completely flat on it's belly. There is enough room with the bone to pull the kite into the air... -- Marty Sasaki Harvard University Sasaki Kite Fabrications sasaki@noc.harvard.edu Network Services Division 26 Green Street 617-496-4320 10 Ware Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Cambridge, MA 02138-4002 phone/fax: 617-522-8546 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =