Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:11:42 -1000
From:	Dave Chapman <73747.1640@CompuServe.COM>
Message-Id: <3kcmte$2et$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>
Organization: via CompuServe Information Service
Subject: Weldon's Synchro

Due to some UUCP/rnews problems with our provider I'm tossing 
this for the second time (from another source) not knowing if it 
ever made it to all here at rec.kites 

I've come across a new kite from Weldon Aero Labs, the Synchro.  
I'd heard good things about it from the folks at Wind Wizards 
here in K.C. so I had to try it out.  I'll start at the end and 
work backwards, the final conclusion is I LOVED it!  With as 
little as a .5 win it jumps off of the ground.  There was NO wind 
here in K.C. when I did my test fly yesterday and it flew as 
though there were a 5 to 8 mph wind.  It is precise yet fluid and 
the tracking was straight as could be.  Opinion is of course 
subjective but in mine (opinion), this will be my new low wind, 
no wind indoor/outdoor kite. 

I called Herb to get some specs to toss so here's what I know 
about the kite itself.  The kite I flew, #5, weight comes in at 
137.4 gm and as all Synchros' have, it was equiped with one of 
Herb's extensively researched cross bridles.  Overall the Synchro 
is 86 inches tip to tip by 48 inches tall with cambered leading 
edges.  Herb framed the Synchro with skinny tapered rods, and the 
sail weight is in the 46 to 50 gm range.  Sorry I don't have any 
sail loading tech. specs. to pass along.  The wind range is a 
strict 0-6 mmph.  You can address any other detail info to 
myself, dchapman@ptinfo.com or wizard@ptinfo.com      Dave   


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