So I got up at eight and whether that’s early is up to you, but anyway I was on the beach as the clock turned nine-thirty in the morning! I was not alone on the beach, Nope, I had a handful of Rokkakus in my … hand! And one of them was the brand new one I made yesterday, More on that kite a little later in another post.

Because this post is all about the Big, Red and Shiny rokkaku I built, was it a couple of weeks ago? Yeah, I think so. The wind was coming in from the water from a north-westerly direction. Reasonably steady and I’d say about 3-4m/sec (7-9mph). More than enough to keep the big one in the air.

I was already flying three or four other Roks, and they were all sitting happily up there. Judging from those kites, the wind was nice and stable up in the air too so the conditions should be good and not (too) gusty for the much larger Rokkaku.

So I rolled out some 30 meters of flying line, assembled the kite and hooked it onto the line, ready to fly. I had to do some adjusting of the angle of attack before it was steady, and then it was up, up and away! No, not away, but, up, up, up!

And off course I’ve got the video to prove it! I hope you’ll like it!