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Rev Mastery, Episode 2: The Tumbleweed by Revolution Kites

The tumbleweed flown at several levels, from sloppy to mastered, to show that an advanced pilot is recognised by the precision of their control rather than the difficulty of their tricks.

From the series Spins, hover and reverse. Transcript by QuadKites.org.

Rev Mastery, Episode 2: The Tumbleweed by Revolution Kites

Key takeaways from this video

  • An advanced pilot is defined not by the difficulty of the tricks they can do, but by how precisely they control their Revolution.
  • The tumbleweed, an advanced figure, is shown from basic level up to mastery.
  • Precise angle control, combined with precise speed control, moves you towards Rev mastery.

Transcript

  1. Advanced skills and mastery

    0:00

    Hi, I'm Joe Hadzicki, inventor of the Revolution. We have a lot of videos on basic and intermediate skills. Let's take it up a notch and explore some of the advanced possibilities of your Revolution design. For these advanced skills, I'm assuming you have an intermediate level of control of your Revolution.

  2. What makes an advanced pilot

    0:23

    What makes an advanced Rev pilot? As I said before, it's not how difficult the skill is that you can do. It's how precisely you can control your Revolution. For example, the tumbleweed is considered an advanced Rev skill.

  3. The tumbleweed in four levels

    0:51

    Let's explore the tumbleweed from basic to advanced levels of mastery. Cool, but sloppy. Let's look at a few of the details. Now let's take it up a notch, adding more precise control. Now let's see if we can add even more precision, which is the definition of Rev mastery. Excellent. Exploring precise angular control while maintaining precise speed control will raise your skill level toward Rev mastery.

Keep going

In the series Spins, hover and reverse — Revolution Kites tutorials

  1. Revolution 3-D Toss and 3-D Flying
  2. Revolution Reflex 3-D Catch and Throw
  3. Club 38 Member Seth Learns the Reflex Catch and Throw
  4. New Revolution Fly and Glide Skill: The Revolution Reflex 360
  5. Revolution Next Level Skill: Follow the Leader
  6. Reflex Skills Are Possible for Everyone
  7. Rev Mastery, Episode 2: The Tumbleweed — you are here

See the 24 videos of the series

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