Revolution Reflex: see how it adds stability by Revolution Kites

Transcript

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   How the Reflex works

   0:00

   Hi, I'm Joe Hadzicki, inventor of the Revolution, and today we're flying in winds of about zero to six, and they're variable, so they're a little unsteady. What I would normally fly in these conditions is an XX, but today I have the EXP, and let's talk about the Reflex design. The Reflex of the Revolution causes the wing, when it's about to stall, to actually recover and fly up rather than fall down. Let me show you what that looks like. We're set up without the Reflex right now, and let's see how it floats. Okay, that wasn't a great recovery. Now let's engage the Reflex and see if you can see the wing rise up as it gets to that stall point. Here we go. See how that wing comes up? Let's see how that affects the rest of your flying.

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   Hand launch

   0:55

   We're flying in light variable winds, and we're flying on 30-foot lines. What I like about 30-foot lines is that I like to hand launch. The Reflex causes a floating action, which makes the hand launch really easy. One of my favorite moves. Check this out.

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   Edge of the window without Reflex

   1:18

   I disengaged the Reflex, and the thing we're looking at is the edge of the window. That's where the stress is, so we're going to fly out to the edge and watch the non-Reflex Rev fall out. I'm not saying it's impossible to recover from those situations. What I'm saying is that the edge of the window is stressful, and the Reflex takes that stress away.

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   Edge of the window with Reflex

   1:41

   Let's do it this time with the Reflex. The wind's dropped to about zero, but I've re-engaged the Reflex. Let's fly it out to the edge and see what happens. See how it just floats there? It's kind of floating down, but it's floating, and it gives me lots of time. So it's those edge conditions that are difficult to deal with. The Reflex makes it much more comfortable.

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   Directly overhead without Reflex

   2:18

   Another edge-of-the-window condition is directly overhead. You run out of window up there. I disengage the Reflex, and let's see what happens when we take it up there. It's falling out of the air straight down. There's really no recovery from that. A lot of pilots like that because they do a catch and throw, so they actually pull it out on purpose, catch it, and then do a throw again. But if you're not that experienced, you totally lose control at that point. Let's do it again with the Reflex.

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   Overhead with Reflex

   2:53

   All right, we've got the Reflex re-engaged. Let's take it overhead and see what happens. Did you see what happens? It takes it, and remember, it flows back up. It turns back and flies back into the wind. We call that autopilot, and it makes it really comfortable and really easy to recover. The Reflex is amazing that way.

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   Reverse flight and patent

   3:22

   One other problem the Reflex fixes is the reverse wing flip. Now watch as I fly backwards; watch the wing flip. I've re-engaged the Reflex. Now watch how far and how fast it flies in reverse, and it won't flip. The Reflex design is patented and only available on Revolution kites, but it comes on every Revolution kite. If by chance you want to fly old school, you can disengage it in just seconds and fly old school, or you can fly either way. It's the best of both worlds. I'll see you on the field.