Four Rokkakus 1992

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Photo Blackheath 10th July 2022

Four Rokkakus 1992
Size: each 195 x 168 cm

Windspeed too much wind for stack 11mph Blackheath 09/10/2022.
Windspeed for stack 7mph Blackheath 21/08/2022.
Windspeed for stack 9mph Portsmouth 30/07/2022.
Windspeed for stack 3mph Blackheath 10/07/2022.
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The Rok and Rev Tour 1992
Starting in Denver, Colorado and ending in Lubbock, Texas with JMH.
This was an experiment in flying JMH kites alongside the Revs with his graphic design.
Photo Denver
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Kite Lines Volume 10 Spring 1993
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Blackheath 10th July 2022

Thanks to Marian Linford for the images.

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There were a couple of false starts but the Roks were certainly ready to fly in the available breeze.
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The lifter kite was really not ready to fly at ground level. Once in the air it sometimes did perform as a lifter but it also worked as a drogue which was good for keeping the stack stable in the marginal conditions.
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Having got the stack in the air the wind shifted and by the time it landed it was at 90 degrees to the launch point.
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Blackheath 3rd July 2022

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Experiment with 2 square metre PL Lifter.
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Blackheath 12th June 2022

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Flying the red sail today. Variable breeze again, often too much really.
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Blackheath 8th May 2022
Images by Marian Linford

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Back to practical matters and a variable easterly breeze. Too much one minute, too little the next.
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The back kite had to be encouraged to stabilise but the angle of attack of the whole set was the real issue it seems...
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We may have to go back to the single kites 'anchored', in the short term
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Cervia 22nd April - 1st May 2022

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The plan was to fly the stack of four Rokkaku kites as a target for the Revs but the wind conditions were not quite right for a tethered launch on 28th April.
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