From: gandalf@pacificnet.net (Gandalf) Subject: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 13:28:53 -1000 Organization: Blah Message-ID: <31894503.587642@news> I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help me out? [what one is and how to do it?] -Gandalf = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 18:37:22 -1000 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Message-ID: <4mc2i2$k8j@geog25.umd.edu> In article <31894503.587642@news>, Gandalf wrote: >I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help >me out? [what one is and how to do it?] Hmm. I thought there was a description of the cascade on Peter Peters' site. In any event, a cascade is a series of axel-backs bringing the kite down through the center of the window. An axel back is a pair of axels, one in each direction, which flow together into a single move. If you start with an axel popped with your left hand, as the kite gets part way through the rotation, pop your right hand to get the kite to axel back in the other direction. It takes a bit of practice to get the timing right, and the timing will vary between kites. There are a lot of cool moves you can do by popping the opposite hand after you've initiated an axel. Just fiddle about... jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | Pithy, insightful quote to be inserted when one | |jburka@glue.umd.edu | occurs to me. *If* one occurs to me. | |http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jeffy/html/home.html | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: pp@win.tue.nl (Peter Peters) Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 03:53:32 -1000 Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Message-ID: <4md34s$1dl@svin09.win.tue.nl> In article <4mc2i2$k8j@geog25.umd.edu>, jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes: >In article <31894503.587642@news>, Gandalf wrote: >>I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help >>me out? [what one is and how to do it?] > >Hmm. I thought there was a description of the cascade on Peter Peters' site. It wasn't...but it is now....thanks Jeff :-) Peter -- Peter Peters, pp@win.tue.nl, http://www.win.tue.nl/~pp/ Like kites.... look at http://www.win.tue.nl/~pp/kites/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: Simo Salanne Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 03:36:29 -1000 Organization: Smooth Winds Message-ID: <318CAEDD.21A@csc.fi> Gandalf wrote: > > I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help me > out? [what one is and how to do it?] > The "standard" answer is a team figure T-11, see: http://www.kfs.org/kites/stack/skcr3/compbook/t11.gif Trick flyers have another answer... Simo -- Simo.Salanne@csc.fi STACK Finland & STARRC Chair ==================================================================== PGP public key on my home page http://www.kfs.org/~simo = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: Andrew Lomas Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 23:38:21 -1000 Organization: University of Reading Message-ID: <3189D40D.281A@reading.ac.uk> Gandalf wrote: > > I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help me > out? [what one is and how to do it?] > > -Gandalf A cascade is generally regarded as 2 or more alternating axels with the kite losing altitude as it goes. First made popular by Andy Preston and the Stranger video though not sure if Andy himself invented the trick. How to do it, well fly the kite upwards , centre window, pop the air out of the sail and stall it, pop and axel, say using left hand, when kite just exits this axel pop another using the right hand. Keep moving towards the kite and repeating this left/right axel sequence. The kite will loose hight on each axel and eventually land on the ground on a tip. That as they say is all there is to it ! It is much easier to do than it is to explain. Hope this helps, Andrew. -- Andrew Lomas Tel: (+44) (0)1734 875123 Ext 7984 Dept of Meteorology Fax: (+44) (0)1734 352604 University of Reading Email: A.G.Lomas@reading.ac.uk 2 Earley Gate Whiteknights Reading RG6 2AU Uk = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: kevaa@usa.pipeline.com Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 11:15:52 -1000 Organization: Pipeline Message-ID: <4mr2u8$km7@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> My question is does the kite ever come upright again or is it still flat as you pop these axels all the way to the ground???? Kevin = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Subject: Re: Just what _is_ a cascade? Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 09:11:14 -1000 Organization: Southern InterNet Services Message-ID: <4n2ooi$f92@orm.southern.co.nz> Andrew Lomas (A.G.Lomas@reading.ac.uk) wrote: >Gandalf wrote: >> >> I searched around on the web for it, and came up empty... Could someone help me >> out? [what one is and how to do it?] >> >> -Gandalf > >A cascade is generally regarded as 2 or more alternating axels >with the kite losing altitude as it goes. First made popular by >Andy Preston and the Stranger video though not sure if Andy >himself invented the trick. > >How to do it, well fly the kite upwards , centre window, pop the >air out of the sail and stall it, pop and axel, say using left >hand, when kite just exits this axel pop another using the right >hand. Keep moving towards the kite and repeating this left/right >axel sequence. The kite will loose hight on each axel and >eventually land on the ground on a tip. > >That as they say is all there is to it ! It is much easier to do >than it is to explain. Hmm...my newly acquired Air Pro seems to do that quite well without me having to do any popping _or_ moving forwards. An auto-cascade maybe...or a flat-spin ?? That's certainly easy to do, stopping is more difficult. 8-) Bye, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =