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kitemaker4
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I started on a 3 meter npw3 in shades of orange. Here is a picture.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
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kitemaker4
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Here is a picture of the 3 meter npw9 finished.
Here is a picture of the 3 meter on top of the 6 meter npw9.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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bigkid
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I like the colors 
Any idea of how many you have made? (may have asked this before, you may have answered before, if so sorry dont remember)
Jeff,
LIBRE buggies-kites, FLEXBOARDZ atb\'s, PKD kites. and lots and lots of other stuff 
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kitemaker4
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I have not kept count of how many I have made.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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kitemaker4
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I finished up a 6 meter npw9 last week. Here is a picture.
Last night I finished a 9 meter npw9. Here is a picture.
I took a picture of the 3, 6 and 9 meter stacked on top of each other. Here is that picture.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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bigkid
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Susan, I got out today with the 8m you made me and found that if you use the PKD handles with the kite, you can hook in with the strop and slowly work
the brakes with the cleats until the kite is perfectly balanced. Had a great couple of hours in the bug flying with one hand most of the time. will
try to post some of the vid.
Brings a completely different joy to power sliding through the surf.
Jeff,
LIBRE buggies-kites, FLEXBOARDZ atb\'s, PKD kites. and lots and lots of other stuff
Skype - bigkidkites
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Big kids are nothing more than little kids that know how to act in public...er.. so I have been told.
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kitemaker4
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Thanks for the info Jeff. I have two sets of pkd handles and do the same. Once you get the big kites dialed in you can go all day.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
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Taper123
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I've got a couple yards of different shades of grey ripstop.
Maybe if you start making them like that it will catch on to the book craze and we'll have tons of excited women running around on the beach flying
kites....
Anyways... another nice NPW produced by the NPW Goddess. We all need to get together at the beach again sometime.
What do you do with your foils?
Charger 8, 12, 19
Scorpion 10, 16
And other foils...
Flexifoil Bug, CrazyFly board, MBS atb
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kitemaker4
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Thanks Steve. I agree it would be nice to see everyone but I would like it to be much cooler before I hit the beach again.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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Taper123
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Cooler? Want to pick a date.. say in October? Linda is having her knee replaced at the end of August... so maybe by October she'd be ready for the
beach 
What do you do with your foils?
Charger 8, 12, 19
Scorpion 10, 16
And other foils...
Flexifoil Bug, CrazyFly board, MBS atb
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kitemaker4
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Location: Louisiana
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To early to think about picking a date. I am thinking about checking out the beach at sea rim state park this fall.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
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bigE123
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Hi,
just thought I'd post a couple of my latest builds up. First is an 8m NPW "Batman:
Latest is my 11.8 NASA parawing:
This shot was taken on it's maiden flight, tweaked the nose bridle to give a better shape. Now working on depowering it!!
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bigE123
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sorry duplicate post, trying to get pictures in...
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skimtwashington
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Nice
Very cool Batman and.. also very very cool-and how appropriate....
....A Nasa Nasa !
How do you do that ....silk screen or what?
Good job everyone!
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bigE123
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Thanks,
I used a technique called "applique", it's all hot cut rip-stop and stitched together. Thought my biggest build should make a bit of a statement :-)
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bigE123
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Just on a slight side issue, the two kites are modified NPW21s using cascade bridles.
I made a 3m and 10m HA but found them very flighty and not very buggy friendly.
Is the NPW 21 better than a 9b? IMHO... in a word yes, very stable a much improved kite altogether.
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herc
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Location: Bielefeld and Rostock in Germany
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@bigE123, Susan: did you noticed my post on arcusers.net about a single skin arc kite ? its a sort of a nasawing but with no bridles :
http://arcusers.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=720
http://web.archive.org/web/20060816005858/http://home.swipne...
it would be very interesting if you experienced kite builders could build a prototype !
@bigE123: i am looking forward to a video of your NPW21 kites in flight !
Kites:
Tubes: Ozone Zephyr 17 * Naish Helix 2009 10.5 qm * Cabrinha Access 2003 9qm * Wipika Hydro 2001 9qm *
Arcs: PL Scorpion 13, 16 qm; PL Synergy 10 qm
open cell: PL Twister I 7.7 * PKD Buster II 3qm
Paragliders: Gradient Bright Classic (with check) * Swing Mistral 1 (groundhandling) *Advance Alpha 3 (groundhandling)
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bigE123
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Little bit of vid static flying the 8m NPW21 with a depower setup but still on handles.
Wind was very very low 2-4mph. Must of smelt a bit coz the flys certainly had a good buzz around!!
First issue I had was the inability to back stall it, but that is now sorted.
http://s1263.photobucket.com/user/Dogz-n-Mutz/media/NPW21/FI...
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bigE123
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@Herc, interesting concept on the arc, I've checked the website out on it and the build plans. But to be honest I'm happy with sticking with the NPWs,
the arc still seems like a concept kite and would probably need a lot of input to get it to perform better than the NPWs I have.
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skimtwashington
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On Herc's post of Single skin arc..
..... how well does singe skin bridal-less arc fly...that's the question? Upwind ability, luffing..etc..?
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greasehopper
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bigE123
The aspect ratio on the Model 21 looks far better than the one I did following the Model 5 bridling style with just the A's and B's. It appears to
handle well but, like any npw, doesn't get out to the edge as well as I would like. The High Aspect model I built had excellent edge performance but
very little pull through the middle of the window in comparison to the 5's and 9's I've flown. After seeing yours work so well in such light wind, I
think it might be time for me to revisit the Model 21. thanks for the vid.
Ken Shaw
Riding the wild sastrugi of the Sonoran Desert in Scout Buggly
Personal Masseur to Chuckawalla Rock-It Series
Flexifoil : Blurr 5m
HQ : Beamer IV 5m : Crossfire II 3m : Montana V 9.5m
Ozone : Haka 5m : Cult 2.5m : Flow 2m : Imp 1.5m
Peter Lynn : Core 6.7m, 5.1m, 4m, 3m
Skydog SDT GenI : 4m
Revolution : Speed series Blast : 1.5 SLE
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kitemaker4
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Well I finished up my latest project. I made up a 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 meter npw9 kites for a friend. Here are a few pictures. First is the 12 meter.
The 1 meter.
All of them stacked on top of each other.
And all bagged up.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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bigkid
Posts: 2482
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wow, you even numbered the bags, how cool is that?
Nice colors, I like a matched set.
When are you going to sew a little tag on each kite to show the size and date and creators name? 
Jeff,
LIBRE buggies-kites, FLEXBOARDZ atb\'s, PKD kites. and lots and lots of other stuff
Skype - bigkidkites
NAPKA-US52
NABSA-us20nw
Big kids are nothing more than little kids that know how to act in public...er.. so I have been told.
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bobalooie57
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Mood: Wind withdrawals! and where\'s the snow?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigkid
wow, you even numbered the bags, how cool is that?
Nice colors, I like a matched set.
When are you going to sew a little tag on each kite to show the size and date and creators name? |
That's a sweet stack of sacks! +1 for the tag with size/date/creator's name (+e-mail, for possible orders? I always brag up your kites when I'm
flying them!)
Team MEAN GREEN
http://www.kiteplace.com/power_kiteplace.htm
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1.4M Beamer III, 2M Beamer IV, 2M
Toxic HQ Rush IV 300 Pro,HQ 7.5MApex III, HQ 11M Neo II, Quadrifoil XXXL (9.66M), NPW5 2.4, 4.8m, NPW9 3.4M(HQ),NPW9 7M (RASTA\'S FURY), NPW9 7.6M (BIG SISTAH)(km4), P L Comp ST buggy, Atomic Alibi Snowboard,
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kitemaker4
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Thanks guys for the complements. I am sewing my logo on the kites now.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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bigkid
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I used a fine tip sharpie to size, date, and autograph the kite for you Susan.
Jeff,
LIBRE buggies-kites, FLEXBOARDZ atb\'s, PKD kites. and lots and lots of other stuff
Skype - bigkidkites
NAPKA-US52
NABSA-us20nw
Big kids are nothing more than little kids that know how to act in public...er.. so I have been told.
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kitemaker4
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Thanks Jeff.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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kitemaker4
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Got Green
This is what I have been working on this week. It is a 7 meter nasa wing.
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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kitemaker4
Posts: 1455
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While some of yall were out playing in the desert I was home sewing up a new nasa wing. Below is a picture of the npw9 10 meter in blue and orange.
npw9 10 meter blue and orange by kitemaker42002, on Flickr
Susan (npw goddess)
PKD Brooza\'s 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 meter
Libre Bora\'s 6 and 7 meter
Libre stainless full race with standard and big foot light wheels
Nasa wings: npw5 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1, 3.9, 4.8, 5.8, 6.9 meters
npw9 3.4, 5.3, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 15.0 meters
Quadrifoil xm for sale
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bigE123
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Latest build and first test flight, it's a NPW21 although as it's got a wider body than standard it could be a NPW 23 
It's 3.1m2 with a "Z" bridle fitted, grabbed this photo so that I could use it to check bridle tensions etc.
You can see the "Z" bridle better on this one along with the cascade bridle
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