Pinwheel
150 posts
Mar 05, 2010
7:05 PM
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A clip of some more portable stuff. Nothing too fancy. Landings, take offs, some flying, no kitting, perhaps a few tumbles. business is slow
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donnie james
949 posts
Mar 05, 2010
7:34 PM
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hay pinwhell,
it looks like your doing every thing right and i want to wish all the best with your portable loft flying ----
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Donny James
"Fly The Best And Cull The Rest"
"Saying One Thing;Doing Its Another"
"Keep Your Head Planted In The Sky And Wings Spanned Wide"
1996 Piedmont Roller Club Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Portsmouth Roller Club Participation Award System Recipient 1994 '96 '97 And 2000
2001 Limestone,Ohio Sportsman's Club Lifetime Member Recipient
2002Portsmouth Roller Club Certified Judge
2004Portsmouth Roller Club Lifetime Member Recipient
"Miss Portsmouth"NBRC/90/J311 Rusty Dun Check Self Hen First Bird To Get Certified In Portsmouth Roller Club History With A Score Of 53 Judge By Joe Roe The 1993 World Cup Winner And John Bender The 1994 World Cup Winner
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TheGame
688 posts
Mar 05, 2010
8:37 PM
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Very cool Pinwheel. Why did you go portable?? Looks like that parking lot is nice and open tho. Good luck with your flying!
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TheGame
689 posts
Mar 05, 2010
8:37 PM
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Very cool Pinwheel. Why did you go portable?? Looks like that parking lot is nice and open tho. Good luck with your flying!
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cv rollers
540 posts
Mar 05, 2010
8:47 PM
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looks like alot of fun,keep up the good work,like the fantails as droppers,whats the key to flying portable?? do you lose alot of birds???
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Rick Flores
www.coachellavalleyrollers.net
Last Edited by on Mar 05, 2010 8:49 PM
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Pogohawk
40 posts
Mar 05, 2010
9:13 PM
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Thats really cool man. I like the Fantails too. Looks like a challange, something I'd like to maybe try in the future. Congratulations and the best of luck.
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Squabby*32
205 posts
Mar 05, 2010
10:39 PM
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Nice Pinwheel. How nmuch time did you have to dedicate to the birds before they were fully trained? I might try this one day after I retire for kicks.
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DJJeffman Spinners
ATAPWGIYAHTLY
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Pinwheel
151 posts
Mar 06, 2010
3:42 AM
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I am on top of a 4 story parking garage. Seems to be the best place for teaching them to do this. I go on the weekends only for now, when there are no cars or parking enforcement. My training going into this I feel is very limited. People say start young but I usually dont get them flying until they are 3 months. Not on purpose though, just has happened that way. THe key is o give the birds the best opportunity to succeed. Meaning when they are learning at least they should know how to trap, be comfortable around you, and come when called. You should also do in a place where the only place they can land is maybe on the ground or at the level of the kit box. The parking garage works great for that. Otherwise I had them land on top of a stadium when I did it on a parking lot and they stayed out all night. So conditioning them pre flight, and making them robotic to trapping and feeding when called is probably the biggest hump Ive experienced. So far working with these non squeekers that have never been out still works ok. I would prefer to work with squeekers but oh well. TO be honest I feel the hardest part also is finding a nice portable contraption. The only birds Ive lost where ones that I had not trained/conditioned that were a little spooky themselves. I have only had 2 just fly off for whatever reason in the few months I been doing this.
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Flying in someone else's backyard: Portable Kits
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Pinwheel
152 posts
Mar 06, 2010
3:56 AM
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BTW. I would not considered these guys fully trained as I am sure If I took them to a more distracting environment they wouldnt handle well I feel. SO not sure how long it takes. I would assume once they are consistent with taking off flying together for a good amount of time and landing when called. You can take them anywhere. There are some gentlemen on here that have been flying for years. They know lots more then I.
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Flying in someone else's backyard: Portable Kits
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steve49
447 posts
Mar 06, 2010
11:49 AM
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i flew portable many years ago, and it was a lot of fun. i had issues where i lived, so i couldn't fly there, so portable was the best and only way. i didn't know too much about training, but i did get my birds to recognize the trailer and i flew them for about 6 months til i had an overfly, and lost them all.
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
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