HENGDA KITE-Upgrade Star Rhyme 48 Inch Dual Line Stunt Kite for Kids and Adults,Outdoor Sports,Beach and Fun Sport Kite,Handle,Line,and Bag Included

I gave this kite a price adjusted 5-stars. However, this is not the kite that I would recommend for a first stunt kite. The kite is flyable and might be suitable if you already fly stunt kites or have someone to help you learn.I have been flying stunt kites since I bought my first Peter Powell at Klig's in Myrtle Beach. I wanted to find out how bad this kite was for the price. If you consider the price it is not that bad and is flyable. The biggest problem is that there is a big learning curve when learning how to fly a stunt kite. You would have the same learning curve if you spent the money for a better kite. It is hard to fly until you figure out how to do it. After you figure out how to fly, it is relatively easy and relaxing.Here are some points on learning to fly:1. The big deal is to move your arms in and out instead of up and down like a steering wheel.2. Expect to over control and crash.3. Search the internet on how to attach the line to the kite using a larks head knot.Here are some points on this kite:1. Build quality was not impressive, but it was adequate for the price. The spare parts were nice.2. The bridal is not adjustable. You want to adjust the bridal forward in light winds. However, you could wrap the forward bridal line around the front spar once and it did the job.3. This is not a light wind kite. You do not need a hurricane, but you do need a good breeze.4. The lines are basic polyester lines. Higher quality kites use Spectra or Dyneema lines which have much smaller diameter and less stretch per unit of strength. The lower friction of the Spectra or Dyneema lines also allow you to still fly the kite after many more twists from spinning hte kite. This makes a big difference.

Arrived with broken poles that gave me splinters while putting it together. I got it put together and went to fly it. The strings are not even and make it extremely hard to fly. After less than 5 minutes the kite was useless as one of the bands used to hold it together broke and one of the poles fully broke. It didn't crash hard as it never got more than 10 feet off the ground. Don't waste your money.

Packaging and assembly were good... The handles and string were surprisingly high quality. For a beginner, it is likely this will be crashed quite a few times. In a hard crash, the spine rod will push through the tail pocket breaking the kite... This area should be reinforced before use. The construction and materials are comparable to much more expensive kites. My beginner was able to learn to fly this thing within about 10 minutes.

To be fair, I'm not making use of this kite in the traditional sense. On that note, it's cheap, but it's beautiful for my needs.I'm guessing she's crafted from some sort of ripstop nylon, though a propeller makes short work of that regardless. Not the point of course. If it's used as it's intended, she's as durable as any kite needs to be.In my application, I removed the strings, and custom built a gondola for it.It handles remarkably well, and looks relatively realistic when at altitude.It's also unbearably easy to assemble/disassemble. Yank two struts and she folds up for transport.On that note, I would be quite apt to recommend it. Whether you're using it as a traditional kite, or as a wing for an RC project, it should handle pretty much anything one throws at it.

The product seems good it's a lightweight little kite it seems like it's decent for the price though the poles were kind of crushed at the ends and I got fiberglass in my hand from it other than that stitching looks all right there's a couple of questionable spots on the spine of the kite with the stitching but we'll fly it and see if it's going to be a return or not cuz it's questionable

Takes quite a bit of wind to fly, and some time to master, but it's a great kite for the price! Super fun, super fast, and quite durable. I've crashed it hard several times, with no damage.

Not sure if the lines that were factory installed were correct lengths, but even holding both lines equal length and together, it only uncontrollably spins left and crashes. Tried in different winds, and even with a small tail, i couldnt get it to get up and not crash.

As far as stunt kites go you can't beat the price on these. You do need a pretty heavy wind to be able to maneuver them but in the right conditions these fly very well. Putting them together is a little time consuming with having to feed the shafts through the kite but having bought 4 of them, that I is to be expected.