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By Al Hargus IIIIntroduction by Cris BatdorffSome years ago, shortly off er I hadtaken my first tentative steps intothe area of dual-line stunt flying, Iwas approached by a significantlymore advanced flier who thrustinto my hand a small booklet,saying, "I think that the Dragonwould like you to have this ." It wasentitled, The Easy "No Secrets"Handbook for Dual Line StuntKites, by AI Hargus III and dis-good tips and simple explanations of thingsthat were, at the time . . and areoccasionally still, quite befuddling .It was good information backthen, and with more and morestunters in the air today, it's betterinformation now .tributed by Stanton Hobby Shop ofChicago . No, I didn't study it for sixmonths and go on to win a nationaltitle . . . what I did pick upwere a whole bunch ofTROUBLESHOOTING- The kite nosedives immediatelyafter launching .- Over control- Bridle may be adjusted too low- set bridle lighter (up ortowards the nose)- Kite flies left when you pull theright handle or vice-versa .- the flying lines are reversed .- If the kite doesn't fly straight withthe handles held together :- Check the length of the flyinglines, they may be unequal orhave stretched out inrepeated usage .- The kite turns tighter in one directionthan it does in the other.- One bridle line clip is fartherfrom the nose than the otherclip . Hover the kite anddetermine which line is tighter,then move the clip on that