I watched the first 500, then we got to 1000 and now 1500. Time really does fly when you are doing something you enjoy. Thanks for all the pleasure your kite videos bring and of course the rare occasions we have shared some sky together. Looking forward to even more when we are soon allowed out to play.
My grandma used to make box kites for us kids when we were young. She used balsa sticks and newspaper. They always flew ... much easier to launch and keep aloft than regular kites. 👍
I hear your lockdown is going on a lot longer. Here we are moving today to a slightly more relaxed lockdown, which means I should be able to get out and fly. Of course, we're heading into winter now, so the weather is a crucial factor.
I have found many Gomberg kited to be of exceptionally cheap construction, despite their high asking price. It’s too bad as they have some unique designs, but little effort was made to use quality materials or reinforce weak points. Thanks for sharing your box collection. I like especially like the ones with tails, not something I often see on a box kite
Gomberg's kites were always made without prioritizing quality, and I've often pointed out their shortcomings in my videos. Often the flying characteristics weren't great either. But a lot of their products were interesting, as you say, and we shall miss them now the company is closing down. Their tails and line laundry in particular are items not available elsewhere.
I love the collection you select in this #1500 vid. As mentioned, the music is perfect. I don't own a box, but may add one in time~ Very nicely done, Jim!
You'll certainly have plenty to choose from if you decide to buy a box, Mark. I'd recommend something fairly simple and easy to fly, as some of the more complex ones look good but are not such good performers.
Thank you for all the videos. This help me to stay at home. We have spring in Germany and I cant go fly a kite. This year all my kites still stay in storage and wait for better times. All festivals and meetings up to october are canceld. I still wait for your next 1500 videos. Stay healthy!
I'm glad you enjoy the videos. If I live until October I shall be 80 years old, so I don't think I shall make 1,500 more videos, but I shall try to add a few more before I finish.
Thanks, Dewey. The Cody is a nice kite, but a bit over-rated simply because of its history, I think. I sold my Treczok's one because I almost never flew it.
Thanks, Michael. I'd have preferred to get out and put on a display, but the lockdown came at the wrong time. With luck I'll have a kite or two in the air this coming week.
Great video as always. I've had my eye on that red 10 diamond kite but couldn't tell if it would be a good flyer. You've convinced me to add it to the fleet!
Congratulations! Those were some swell looking boxes. And it was not too long..loved your choice of music with it..some spots looked very well in sync with the waltz. Very nice..
Congratulations on the 1500 milestone. I have a treczok cody, one of my favorites. I have made box kites oit of Polystyrene ceiling tiles, tbey flew reasonably well but were very fragile. Keep safe, keep filming.
That's an interesting use of materials - the only kites I've seen made of that were ones utilising the Magnus effect (of which the Prism Flip is a more conventional example - see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oJBUsAXba5w.html ).
Wow theres some great examples there, I really like the revolver 6 sided kites. I just received my 30" rainbow box from skydog kites it is my first box kite and looks great in the sky 😃
One of my favorite box kites that I didn't make is a Tri-D Box that was made by Sam Houston for the silent auction at the Junction (Texas) Kite Workshop & it's features are there is not a single stitch on the rip-stop as it's totally taped together which was all the craze in the 90's & it has the Junction Campus Origami Hummingbird logo on it also made in the "NoSew" technique! Back then I paid $300 for it & I was bidding against Martin Lester, Jose Sainz and many others!
That's some competition! The Tri-D is a good design - I have two Chinese versions which fly brilliantly in very light wind. See: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m6SKNh8QDRU.html .
Nowadays Turkey is better than,at the weekends there are forbidden go out in Turkey,we are staying at the home...We are okey Kite making is very problem now for me,but at the evenings I am flying my kites on a windy days.I have a free place near the my home.I am going kiting alone,only my self. I hope we will back normal days soon and I will go on kite days Stay healty...
What a beautiful ballet of box kites. I'm a newbie, so am wondering if they take more time to assemble and disassemble than other types of kites. I hope that you have a crew of experienced people helping you with that! Congrats on your 1,500th video. I'm hooked on watching them! (from Teresa in northern California)
Hi Teresa, Yes, box kites usually have more spars and take a little more time to assemble and to pack away. That's one reason why I don't often fly them. I almost never have any help flying my kites, which is partly bad but also partly good, as it means I've no-one else to blame if things go wrong or bits are lost or broken! I'm now on my 1,612th video, so you have a lot to catch up on! I hope you have a lot of fun with your kite-flying - that's what it's all about.
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@@JimNicholls I haven't watched them all, close though. I enjoyed this one, kept expecting to see Clark's Crystal, but I did see some I own, like the cheap Cody, a great little kite, wings flap a bit if the wind is big. I also have a set of Go Fly a Kite Mission Box kites, great deal that was! I like the looks of the Sojourn, very handsome kite, looked at that but bought Hoffman's sparkling box instead, the jury is still out on that decision. Lets see I have three Prism Triads, they are a box kite as well wouldn't you say?
I knew 1500 would be a great video! Loved the music which added to the grandeur of the flights! Thanks for your contributions to kite flying all around the world!
