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Blue Moon's Mojo (left) and Mamba (right)
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Blue Moon's Mojo (left) and Mamba (right)
Forever Flying, L.L.C.
2528 Spring Ave, SW
Decatur, AL 35601-6345
(beside Whitt's BBQ)
Phone: (256) 308-0988
Fax: (256) 308-0658
Email: info@foreverflying.com
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday / 10am-6pm CST
Manager: Shawn E. Donahoo
Member Merchant
Feel welcome to email me (info@foreverflying.com) with questions or comments.
Blue Moon is Ken
McNeil's small studio located in Lenoir, North Carolina. His kites are hand-crafted
with no
expense spared in design, materials or construction. Design and Production ideals
are described here.
Red/Purple/Gray
(IN STOCK - 10/15/02)
Yellow/Gray Fade
(IN STOCK - 10/15/02)
Style: Ballet/Precision
Wingspan: 94in
Height: 47in
Windrange: 2-18mph
Sail: .6oz Polyester (laminate reinforced)
Frame: Skyshark Wrapped Tubes
Bridle: Turbo
Line: 75 to 100lb
List $299.95
Sale $279.95
Custom colors available at no extra charge. Link here for a Mamba colorizer.
In the 10 Years that Ken's been building kites, he can't remember a design that's surprised him as much as the Mamba. What he set out to build was a hard-core precision kite. Medium speed, wide wind range, big window. What he hadn't planned on was the freestyle capabilities the Mamba has shown him! While it will cut a precision figure with the best of them, not many kites will transition from square cuts into a fruit roll-up or 540 without missing a beat.
Here are some colorizer musings to get you started if you wish:
Aqua/Purple/Gray
Orange/Purple/Black
Purple/Yellow
Red/Gray
Purple/Gray
Style: Freestyle/Ballet
Winspan: 90in
Height: 46in
Windrange: 2-16 mph
Sail: .6 Polyester (laminate reinforced)
Frame: Skyshark
Bridle: Turbo
Line: 75lb/75ft -140lb/100ft
List $309.95
Sale $259.95
Custom colors available at no extra charge. Link here for a Mojo colorizer.
Based on a design model of three dimensional sail shaping Ken pioneered several years ago, the Mojo takes the technology to the next level. The Mojo was developed as a solo or aggressive pairs kite. The speed is medium fast and the pull is medium strong.
One of the things that surprises people about the Mojo is how little wind the standard model needs to fly well. This is due in great part to the use of a sailmaker's technique called broadseaming. Broadseaming is the painstaking process of adding shape to an otherwise flat piece of fabric. It's more expensive to build kites this way because they demand to be built one at a time, not in large batches. In my experience, shaped sails, like the Mojo's fly "smoother". The power is more fluid, and almost always on, even coming out of a turn.
The Mojo's frame is a mix of SkyShark tubes selected to provide the best blend of flex, stiffness, weight and durability. For '01, Ken has done a slight sail re-cut to give the kite a little more "attitude". He has also reworked the bridle to improve slack line handling.
Purple/Blue/Hot Yellow
Style: Freestyle/Ballet
Wingspan: 85in
Height: 43in
Windrange: 3-20mph
Sail: .6oz Polyester (laminate reinforced)
Frame: 6mm Pultruded Carbon w/SkyShark Spreaders
Bridle: Active
Line: 75lb/50ft - 140lb/100ft
List $199.95
Sale $179.95
Fade, flapjack, backspin, slot machine, axel, coin toss, lazy Susan, flic-flac. Let the games begin!
Last Updated 3/26/2005