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Jst-4-Fn flight examples

This section shows Jst-4-Fn team flying examples through animations and field videos.

Routines

Section titled "Routines"

Animation with the maneuver Zipper

We discovered this routine at Brouwersdam. It mainly illustrates the "Zipper" maneuver. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the calls you’ll hear: 50% face up, right and fly, zip out, In, turn down, cross turn… Enjoy!

Leader calls: 50% face up, face right and fly, zip out, in, right, turn down, cross turn, zip in, turn down, stop, down to landing.

Animation with maneuver Ball

We came up with this routine by combining our festival experience with the Ball maneuver. Here are some of the leader calls you’ll hear: slow burst, back to ball, fast burst 2 steps, odd 180… Enjoy!

Leader calls: slow burst 2 steps, reverse, fast burst, 180, back to ball, even face out, even fast burst, all 180, odd burst and even back to ball, all 180, odd burst and even back to ball, odd reverse, even 180, rotate, stop, 180, rotate, slide back to ball, fly forward, stop, 180, fly through right in, 180 and fly back to ball, face out.

Split ball animation

Calls from the leader: split ball, 2 columns, ball, burst, reverse, back to split, fly, 180, 180, split burst, 180, fly to split.

Team flying

Section titled "Team flying"

In a team of 8 kitefliers

Section titled "In a team of 8 kitefliers"

9 min of improvised flying with over 130 commands (not counting the Go!). These commands are listed below the video.

Peter Neumann's video

Leader calls

Excluding go.

  1. 0:00 → 0:30
    collecting start, numbers 1 up for cross-turn cascade, 180
  2. 0:30 → 1:00
    stop, face right, slide in line, follow, divide in 2 columns (up 2 columns of 4)
  3. 1:00 → 1:30
    split position (1 and 3 to the right), pairs (change), middle pair, pairs, middle pair, 180
  4. 1:30 → 2:00
    pairs, middle pair, pair, 180, pair, middle pair, pair, middle pair, pair, middle pair, pair, number 1 and 4 180, pinwheel 90 (x2), 180, pinwheel 180
  5. 2:00 → 2:30
    split position, cascade 90, big cascade 90, 2 groups cascade 180, 180
  6. 2:30 → 3:00
    2 groups cascade 180, big cascade 90, 2 groups cascade 90, to the edges, in, pair change, up, in, pair change, stop
  7. 3:00 → 3:30
    step down (x2), face up, small grid, line 1 follow, line 2 follow, up, stop, big ball
  8. 3:30 → 4:00
    numbers 2 180, numbers 1 and 2 pair change, next one (x2), 180, reverse, next one (x2)
  9. 4:00 → 4:30
    all kites fly forward, stop, all kites 180, fast burst, 180, fast burst, 180, outside kites 180, inside kites burst to ball, stop, left tips in
  10. 4:30 → 5:00
    rotate, turn out, slide in during rotation, turn out and rotate, stop, face out, numbers 1 turn up into kisses
  11. 5:00 → 5:30
    back to ball, back to line, face right, slide down, stop, double zipper
  12. 5:30 → 6:00
    in, right, turn out, in, right, zip in, zip out (2 groups), turn down, in, 180
  13. 6:00 → 6:30
    (fly), right, 180, zip in, stop, 1 2 3 4 face down 5 6 7 8 face up, pinwheel 90, to the edges
  14. 6:30 → 7:00
    180, pinwheel 180 and to the edges, turn down, stop in line, split position, 4 pairs
  15. 7:00 → 7:30
    3 pairs, 2 pairs, middle pair, 2 pairs (4 kites in the middle pair), 180
  16. 7:30 → 8:00
    2 pairs (4 kites in the middle), middle pair, 2 pairs (4 kites in the middle), 3 pairs, 4 pairs
  17. 8:00 → 8:30
    180, radar down, stop, 180, radar out, 180, radar in, 180
  18. 8:30 → end
    radar up into kisses, slow break, face out, radar down to landing.

In teams of 4 kitefliers

Section titled "In teams of 4 kitefliers"

Example 1

Section titled "Example 1"

4 minutes of flight, this time without the calls. Can you find them by watching the video? We did an exercise to guess them, listed below the video.

Video of Andy Markus and Yvonne

Leader calls

Guessed calls, since they're absent from the video.

  1. 0:00 → 0:30
    collecting start, in grid 2 2, cross turn (x2), to the edges, turn down (x2)
  2. 0:30 → 1:00
    pair change, up, in, pair change, turn up, stop in line, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, 180, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90
  3. 1:00 → 1:30
    face up, follow, split diamonds
  4. 1:30 → 2:00
    follow, zip out, in, left, in, right, zip in, stop, face up, ball
  5. 2:00 → 2:30
    kisses, 1 and 4 reverse turn up to ball, burst, reverse, kisses, ball, half burst, 180
  6. 2:30 → 3:00
    passing through left tip in, 180, back, reverse to ball, to line, face right, follow, split position
  7. 3:00 → 3:30
    cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, 180
  8. 3:30 → end
    pair change, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, face up, slide rotate 180 ?, back, follow

Example 2

Section titled "Example 2"

4-kite flight with very advanced maneuvers: crazy change, crazy cascade, crazy u-turn! You can read the commands on the video.

Video by Peter Neumann

Leader calls

Excluding go.

  1. 0:00 → 0:30
    follow, turn out, in, cascade 90, turn down, crazy change, turn down, back
  2. 0:30 → 1:00
    turn up, crazy u-turn, turn down, back, turn up, crazy cascade, back
  3. 1:00 → 1:30
    split pinwheel, 180, back, stop, radar down, radar in, cascade complete, 180, back, fly
  4. 1:30 → 2:00
    turn up, cascade 90, reverse down
  5. 2:00 → end
    (replay of previous sequences)

Other resources

Section titled "Other resources"

Move from watching to training

Section titled "Move from watching to training"

Choose a short sequence from these examples, then use the team training methods to break it down, simulate it and rehearse it with a precise goal.

Last updated: — switched leader-call transcripts to the clickable video timeline