"The smaller the deca the touchier they are....and so the smallest decas have handles that are 4" long....the bigger decas like the indoor have handles that are about 14" long....they need a much more stable hand....

Fast flying kites that are hard to break....they do everything that a rev can do in the hands of some one used to one....."

"This is one kite that I've never flown. How are they? Little touchy?"

"you can see how hard back these fold back if you zoom into this pic...pretty sharp!"

";)"

"it will create a hard fold area..so yes it would be a more natural area...."

"yeah...that goes back into Carrington stretches like mad....so you do want to use that to your advantage!"

"2mm fiberglass...."

"No I don't think you told me.  But it makes sense and I would have tried it.  Easy enough to add."

"Maybe the two piece construction relates to twist avoidance!  Creating the seam there - with the extra fabric - may help it fold on itself a little more naturally.  

Then again maybe not.  The Yakko Stakk kites seem to do fine with a one piece construction."

"I have a paper pattern of the half based on the head.  Just need to modify it for the bottom center.  Given that Martin was very careful with all the grain orientation - the design was not based on maximum fabric use or scraps.  It could have been based on the width of the available fabric - but as I have it at about 36" that doesn't seem a limit."

"No problem.  That's very easy to add."

"This is a high angle stack....this pic is from below and to the side of it....
In my experience Yakkos are all high angle flyers.."

"sorry, thought i had told you that one before! yes..there should be one..."

"i agree that a single piece skin would probably be stronger, but until we know the shape of the "halves" that would be speculation as to why...could have been that Martin was using odd sized scraps left over from other projects..."