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kiteguy
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Joined: 16 Sep 2003
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| The Wizard wrote: | HUMPHHH!  One of these days I will get the photos to appear in a message body     |
It is not your fault. Forum program is at fault. YOu can post photos if they are stored on a different server, and not here.
Sad, but true.
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Dorsal
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Joined: 05 Oct 2003
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Location: USA California Tracy - 50 miles to the right of San Francisco
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Dorsal
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| It only works if you don't have any other text in the post. All I did for the post above was copy your exact "img" text, so your form was correct, the server just has a few quirks. |
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The Wizard
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Location: Kingsville, ON, Canada (ex-pat Brit)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip Dave, I will try to remember that and thanks to Dorsal for putting the pic up for me.
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Mike
Joined: 21 Jan 2004
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Location: USA, Illinois, Champaign
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I was wondering how to get photos to work too.
I really like those vulture genkis by the way. Real nice graphics. |
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The Wizard
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Location: Kingsville, ON, Canada (ex-pat Brit)
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| Mike wrote: | | I really like those vulture genkis by the way. Real nice graphics. |
Thanks Mike  . I originally came up with that graphic while working on the development stages of the NPW9b. I went on to build several other kites using the same central panel, I just added different wing styles as required.
Let's see if I can get the pictures to show up now (fingers crossed).
The original NPW9b was first......
The genkis shown earlier were next followed by an 8 foot wide dual-line precision/ballet kite (shown here being flown by one of the Windjammers Kite Team)..........
The final kite (so far) to carry the 'Vulture' graphic was a NPW-HA (a high aspect NPW9b)......
All of the above kites use the same templates for the central panel which speeds up building as we were making five or six head panels at once about eighteen months ago.
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MNKiter
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:15 am Post subject: ok..I'll use my fabric store for my 1st lil genki |
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| imagin wrote: | | Try the cheap stuff on small kites that don't require a lot of work. When I made my Genki, like you, I went with the cheap stuff from the fabric store, thinking "just in case this doesn't work out". It's a great plan, and if you're going big use good fabric. After you've put all of that work into it you won't look back like me and wish you'd used better material. |
I'm taking your advice... I'll use my fabric store stuff for my first lilgenki & pocket kite (these will be my first kites). Then I'll go to real stuff for the Big Dallmer genki. Can I use wood dowels on the bg dallmer genki?
THANKS
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kiteguy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:53 am Post subject: Re: ok..I'll use my fabric store for my 1st lil genki |
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[quote="MNKiter"] | imagin wrote: | I'll use my fabric store stuff for my first lilgenki & pocket kite (these will be my first kites).
THANKS |
The fabric store stuff, and $1 Wally mart stuff is best used on line laundry, and ground bouncers.
IIRC.
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MNKiter
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: Re: ok..I'll use my fabric store for my 1st lil genki |
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[quote="kiteguy"] | MNKiter wrote: | | imagin wrote: | I'll use my fabric store stuff for my first lilgenki & pocket kite (these will be my first kites).
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The fabric store stuff, and $1 Wally mart stuff is best used on line laundry, and ground bouncers.
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Cool... I'll try out a bol/basket with that stuff.
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Cirque
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