Tips to overcome basic Rev challenges by Revolution Kites

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   Breaking bad habits

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   I'm Joe Hadzicki, inventor of the Revolution, and there are four main challenges for new Rev pilots. Let's take a look at them and consider some solutions. Challenge number one: breaking bad habits. The number one bad habit is pulling to control your Rev. Break this bad habit by practicing these three tips. Tip number one: launch your Rev, stop, and back it down to land. Notice how my hands stay together during this process.

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   Hover and rotation drills

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   Tip number two: practice stopping and hovering at different locations. Tip number three: from a hover position, practice rotating slightly to the right, then to the left, then regain your hover, then repeat. The goal is not to do this once. We're trying to replace bad habits with good habits. Keep repeating this until it becomes a habit, until it becomes your natural response.

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   Spending time in the air

   1:57

   Challenge number two for new pilots: wasting your time on the ground and not in the air flying. Although your Rev can easily reverse launch from a crash, this is a terrible way to learn. First of all, you're beating your Rev up, and second, you're not getting any time in the air. You're much better off replacing this crash sequence with the five-second-in-the-air rule. Every second in the air is gaining experience, learning skills and building confidence.

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   Over-control and confidence

   2:50

   Challenge number three for new Rev pilots: over-controlling your Rev. After you've developed your basic skills, your next goal is to control your Revolution precisely. Here's an example of pattern number one from Club 38. Now let's tame that over-control with speed control. A slight rotation of the thumbs will help slow down your Rev and keep it under control, to avoid over-turning on your turns and to help pull your flight path into a straight line. Challenge number four for new pilots is building confidence. Club 38 is the perfect place to build that confidence. At Club 38, we build those basic skills that will quickly lead to intermediate and advanced skills.