Kite Strings

Indeed. Look up "weather vain" when you get some free time. I can understand the term "weather vane". That's what gliders tend to do naturally. But if you're standing in a strong crosswind on a steep slope and the outboard wing starts lifting, the list of choices look like this ...

Nobody wrote:Bob you'r full of shit.

Nobody wrote:"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

These quotes go surprisingly well together.

Complicated? 99% of this stuff a ten year old could figure out in a day or two. Hmmm.... Then why are Tad's posts so long? Is it that extra 1% that's so tough? Or is Tad trying to accomplish more than just describing safe towing? I've been reading his posts both here and on ushawks.org , and it see...

Bob you'r full of shit. Go learn how to launch with a tight hang strap! Actually, I always launch with a tight hang strap. That's when the glider lifts me off the hill. But I don't tempt fate by sticking my glider up into the wind (without a wire crew!!) just to see if my leg straps are tight. I've...

LIFTING a glider up high on a turbulent launch is NOT a good idea. This is what Tad doesn't seem to get. He doesn't seem to understand that any lifting of the pilot's body reduces the pilot's ability to control the glider on the ground. In conditions with plenty of safety margin that's not a proble...

Good luck with the waders and gloves.

Please let us know if they work.

So what happened to the: Tad should be shot. thread? I was hoping that would draw some of my enemies in here where - without the protection of hostile "moderators" - I could finish cutting them to shreds. I've tried to start that "Tad should be shot" thread 17 times now and Zack...

I like Tad's posts. There is something to be learned in all of them. He does not kow tow, in reverence, to the so called gods of hang gliding. I have no problem to the length of them. It is refreshing to read the links and examples of the many points that he makes. That said, I do not care for the ...

Tad Eareckson wrote:Kind of a slow learner, aren't ya BOB?
I thought Post 2 would've been a sufficient tipoff.

Aha!!! So you are an imposter!!

Come to think of it ... that's not all bad.

Carry on.

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