kite, help needed

[Tonza]

guys i am introducing my falcon to the kite, i have never kite trained before can u give me any pointers on how to go about this





CHEERS

[UKJay74]

great topic tonza sory i cant reply but this will be use to me with my young psycho:D:D

[Harrisii]

fly your kite in strong winds.
fly your falcon in equally strong winds.
fly your kite or your falcon. dont try both at once.
good luck with that, let me know how ye go.
thats if you dont get blown accross the the country tomorrow.

[ScotsFalconer]

get it used to feeding under the kite then catch a lure from the kite and just keep increasing the height until its at the height u want it at.

[JB29]

Worth looking at www.falconersemporium.co.uk/kites

[Coedhirion]

You don't say how far advanced the bird's training is. We normally start flying a kite around with a young bird still on the creance. The bird then gets used to it flapping around. the bird sits on its block while we put the kite up, we fly the bird, then bird is put back on block while kite is taken down. that way we know that there is no chance of the bird suddenly finding a big noisy flapping thing above its head and b...ring off. Failing that put it up a little way on a calmish day and judge the birds reaction. When the bird takes no notice of the kite but is responding instantly to the lure (swung kite lure is useful) Add the lure. For a start put the kite up quite high with the lure (well garnished) low, may have to only be swung lure height to start. If the bird takes no notice, try pulling the lure nearer to your gloved hand or kinda waving the glove at it. Some birds zoom straight in to the kite lure without all the above fuss, some never seem to take to the idea at all. When the bird hits the lure for the first time, grab the kite cord and assist in flooring the lure, as some birds will try to fly off sideways carrying it, which means it wont come down the string properly and you dont want to put the bird off by it having to let go. Hope that covers some of the problems you can get...tho make sure the release isn't too stiff and the lure slides easily.
Good luck... Oh and you need a CAA licence to put the thing in the air!!!

[Tonza]

what is a caa ?, cheers for the info .












prepare for liftoff :D

[Talon]

(Civil Aviation Authority) Licence
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you learn somthing new every day.i didnt know you needed one to fly a kite
i thought maybe if you fly it over a certain height.yes

[SakerYZF]

Ok man, well, I’ve never had a problem with entering a falcon to the lure (on the kite)
Get the kite ready, have the lure ready attached to the kite line at say..20 ft the bird will notice it. Don’t worry let the falcon take it, from here its easy increase the height day by day, .. Once the falcon is climbing 100ft it will change tactics, it will start to ring up, once it starts to ring up to the lure its easy as pie. Increase as desired, not too quickly though!

[Falconry Equipment International]

(Civil Aviation Authority) Licence
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you learn somthing new every day.i didnt know you needed one to fly a kite
i thought maybe if you fly it over a certain height.yes
Yes like 200' or 60metres!

[Falconry Equipment International]

Tonza
I am the author of that original article ( and svereal others since) re legals aspects it may interest you that I wrote an article for last years IBR directory that covers nearly all aspects of this. HTH

[Shaun Byrne]

Worth looking at www.falconersemporium.co.uk/kites (http://www.falconersemporium.co.uk/kites)

Alternatively have a word with Screaming Jay:supz: :lol:

[Coedhirion]

It is worth noting that some one brought over a 2yr old peregrine that had been hunted etc and we put the kite up. It had never seen a kite, we put the lure on real low, with a very large very obvious lump of chic on it. The bird was the correct weight, didn't take much notice of the kite going up, definitely spotted the lure and headed off fast in the opposite direction. It didn't need to go off to make height and woudn't return even to its swung lure. The moment the owner had headed off 2 fields away from the kite, the bird came in to the swung lure no problems. He tried 5 or 6 times over the next few weeks, but the bird would have nothing to do with the kite. May be that is a one off, but the bird was dropped even just below hunting weight, but refused to fly any where near to the kite. Recon you could have put a whole rabbit or bird on the lure and it would have made no difference.
CAA licences are quite easy to get it is just that they will restrict your height if you live in areas of jets or airports. Fly a kite without permission above 200ft and you will soon get noticed, around here the flippin jets waggle their wings at you permission or not, also they usualy ring and tell you if they are having low aircraft or helicopters over which is useful if you are flying falcons at 1000ft.

[Falconry Equipment International]

Alternatively have a word with Screaming Jay:supz: :lol:
Sean:lol: