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Gday. This is main beach . Iluka, New South Wales. A few hours south of the Queensland border. Population about 1000.

Hi CJ, I will pull some out over the next few days and measure for you. What sort are yours ? Lightweight standard or vented ?

Gday Nigel. Good to see you still breathing too.. we moved up the coast almost back to the Stone Age. It’s awesome. BobM has seen it your ALL welcome up here anytime.

Hello to old members and new. i haven't posted here for a very long time and figured id send a wave and say im not dead yet.

Hope you guys get a good run, I will have to have a go at Iluka this weekend.

That’s a shame about the flood, I hope the owners are ok. Thanks for the heads up

Contact Peter Lynn Kites in ashburton, you may be able to buy some offcuts from them to save cutting up anyone’s kites.

I have to add that I fly mainly in the clean winds of the beach. So that is better for fixed bridle as opposed to the gusty (lumpy) winds inland where depower kites would ride out the bumps more.. I have no real hands on with depower kites, other than a few years back. I do know that they can handle the gusts quite a bit better while just sitting in the air. Whereas with fixed bridle I would be moving the kite around to find the best spot. there are kiters everywhere. We just have to connect you with them this forum used to be very active however Facebook groups have now taken over or all us old kites are just dead but there is a wealth of knowledge here going back many years and I know a few old blokes are still lurking so post as many questions as you want

In my opinion, learning a fixed bridle kite will give you the skills to control the kite more. However I cannot make depower fly so ignore what say out of the three kites… the 5m Beamer would be the best to learn in approximate wind. It will be slower and easier to control than the smaller kites.fiving you more time to react. i do know though that fixed bridle kites require a high amount of finessing to jump and usually end up deflating and landing you on your head so stick to getting know your board before launching it skyward. I primarily fly buggy fixed bridle kites. never really tried a land board. But there are tons of people here that have.. have you got anyone around that you can share tips ? I

Hello Ray, welcome to the page mate and Thankyou for birthing these beauties. Of all my kites, these MEFM give me the best time out. I don’t know how you came across the design, but you hit the nail on the head. it is a great design, and the construction is first class /) congratulations my friend. And thanks for bringing these wonderfull kites to life.

Gday @Dick Pahle the ones I have are the Australian ones, they use beman spars for the top spreader. beman carbon light 14 at 545 mm beman carbon strong 14 at 575 mm seems weird the strong/light combo, I would swap the weights but yeah that’s one kite that I know came out of warrens hands to myself. lovely old kites…

Its the next big trip. Anyone that hasn't been or has been. try and get to Kingston, I heard a rumour that the godfather of kite buggy will be gracing us with his presence. Kingston is located 6 hours west of Melbourne and 3 hours from Adelaide. Great beaches. the beach from Kingston to goolwa is approx 150klm. When it is dry, there is a gypsum dry lake just out of town. the main week is the week leading up to and including Australia Day. but most are heading from the 13th Jan onwards. 2 weeks of buggy and kiting fun. see you there ?

Let me know how much it sells for I’d be keen to offload a few of mine. good luck with the sale.

Here is a few I prepared earlier.. how much do you want for yours @Tj ha ? please post up a price when selling:)

@Angus Johnstone I wonder if you are into American version ?