X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fe3cd,60410f66c9dea3ff X-Google-Attributes: gidfe3cd,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,969dbac07db9e1ef,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-21 02:30:32 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!Colin_Douthwaite Subject: Re: Tails Newsgroups: rec.kites,alt.ascii-art References: <2r3aso$6tl@mary.iia.org> <2r7qpo$n9q@ion.apana.org.au> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL3] From: Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 21 May 94 16:40:27 +1200 Organization: Equinox Networks Lines: 66 Xref: bga.com rec.kites:2077 alt.ascii-art:8137 Godfrey Gamble (godfrey@ion.apana.org.au) wrote: : Neal Mason (masonn@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: colin_douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz