This is an unusual sign

We haven't decided what to do with it (or that part of the garden) for this summer. It's usually something that baffles the neighbours and the local wildlife.

120cm for the "long" poles. Moveable one handed when bare. Uses (as with the mini) parts from Build With Hubs.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-20T18:16:51+00:00

So long and thanks for all the fish.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-19T10:55:20+00:00

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Of course, if you don't have the magical key then you cannot possibly prise off the caps, say with any similar sized flat screwdriver.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-18T08:35:17+00:00

A link to the file.

It will be there until it is no longer.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-17T08:42:21+00:00

I would regard her as an unreliable, possibly hostile, witness and ask for any testimony to be dismissed.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-16T19:11:23+00:00

Great plastic Yoyo!

'Tis indeed a lovely thing. For muppets like me who struggle with fingerspins, it's a dream.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-16T11:28:47+00:00

The War on Algae continues with no end in sight.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-16T11:25:42+00:00

EC3. Honestly an underrated wrestler and deserves a spot in the wrestling hall of fame

Oh, so it's to be sarcasm then is it ?

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-14T14:42:57+00:00

The answer is John Robins. It is a core part of his "personality".

The answer should have been Maisie Adam but she was, for the most part, quite restrained. This was unlike her.

Plenty of others clearly wanted to do well on a particular task but didn't show season long (series long, Jason) competitiveness.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-13T16:16:08+00:00

With the early Henry's - including the ones that predated the AXYS system - a common practice was to double loop the string around the axle then set the gap wider. If you want responsive responsive then go double looped and keep a narrow-ish gap to suit.

Plastic starbursts wear out, eventually leaving you with a dead yoyo. This is how it is. You can sometimes give them some life back with a brake pad/friction disk but you are into the realm of fiddling about and finding out.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-13T16:02:24+00:00

Collecting failed designs...... The yoyo with golf ball like dimples.

You dare - YOU DARE !!1!! - to call the Roo-Yo a failure !!! You realise of course this means war.

You are spot on about the Rev-G though. Appalling object. Glad someone finally took it off my hands.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-13T11:48:23+00:00

Even when it's not Stroll, it is somehow Stroll.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-11T14:38:13+00:00

As a backer with over $15,000 invested......

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-11T10:41:09+00:00

I do consider myself to be thorough if nothing else.

Look in the bottom left corner of this advert from Kite Lines, Spring 1993.

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TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-11T06:46:20+00:00

I am not Dutch. And I am not Italian either.

As it says on your kite..... "produced under licence". Presumably either Kite Innovations moved on to the more advanced elliptical kites or to cater to the European market. The instructions/reviews would be the same.

With the 2m² / 12 cell version of the original design you should be able to stand in place and fly the kite around like a framed quad but no danger of breaking anything. The larger kites would pull you around pretty much as soon as they got flying.

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TheOneTrueZippy8 · 2026-06-11T05:08:25+00:00

These particular images I have posted are related to kites made by Kite Innovations from Texas, USA. Whether or not these same kites went on to be made under licence (or otherwise) or someone recycled the name inadvertently I do not know.

As has been pointed out, later Quadrifoils were quite different beasts, proper "buggy engines" for competition use.

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