The Wind Window for Flying Your Stunt Kite

Chris Maxa: Hi my name is Chris Maxa. I am with the Kite Loft. Today we going to learn how to fly a stunt kite. In this segment were going to learn about the wind winders and the properties of the wind. Before we launch our stunt kite, weve already learned how to pick out the proper stunt kite, weve set it up, weve gone out to the flying field, we figured out where the winds coming from, weve gone the kite line, walked it out, got every thing prepared.

Now, some point to learn some of the properties of the wind, before we just start getting this thing flying all over the place. Stunt kites by their very nature, do have a certain safety factor thats involved. By understanding the wind window, it allows you to better control your kite and allows for a safer and really more fun fly. This point you dont need your really kite lines. I just want to go over a couple of things what the wind window is and how you can see and judge this wind and its an imaginary window. I am a lot to talk about.

The wind window basically is a -- well a window but its more specifically a semi circle, thats out in front of you, in your kites line of flight. If you were to take the length of your line, create an arc from the top to the side, on both sides, that more specifically is your wind window. What the wind window is, is its a gauge of where its strongest, weakest and most prone to do the most pulling and least pulling, while youre flying your kite. What are we going to show you is taking my hands and drawing an imaginary window in front of us, which will give you a approximation of where the strongest, most consistent winds are. Within that imaginary window in front of us, thats where the kites going to pull the strongest. You need to know this so you can anticipate any unpredicted movement. Youll be able to better prepare and fly the kite with safety and a lot more fun. On the sides of the window, on either side, the wind is actually is not as strong. This also holds true for the top of the wind window as well. So just to summarize, take an imaginary arc with the length of your kite flying line, that is your wind window. Its strongest in the center, other wise known as the Power Zone, right on front of us. Thats where I can predict that the kites going to fly the strongest and be at its most stable and secure. On the sides of the wind window is what we would later learn how to land the kite and if you wanted to be get in to advance flying, thats where you going to want to pull off your all your tricks and what not as well. In the next segment were actually going to learn how to fly the kite and get this thing going.