New Dopero
[Note: entry made on 4-25-2006 and back-dated]
For my birthday, my wife and some other family members pitched in to buy me a new Dopero kite. I ordered it from Jones Airfoils and it was ready to be shipped just about the time we made our trip to Lisa and David's. So I asked Mike Jones to have it shipped there and it was waiting for me when we arrived.
Saturday morning, I decided to try assembling the new kite in their basement. I was a bit puzzled by the longerons because they were made in two segments and I couldn't see how they mated with each other. It turns out the ferrules that allow one to be inserted in the other had slipped inside the longerons. So when I was nearly finished setting up the kite on the floor, I was pushing one of the longerons into place and it slipped at that joint and ripped the fabric. Oh no!
Anyway, I sent Mike and email describing the problem with the longerons and the rip I had made. I asked if he would be able to fix it if I sent it back to him. To my surprise, he emailed back and offered to come by the house to fix both problems that evening! I didn't realize we were in his neighborhood so to speak.
So Mike came out that evening, fixed the longerons, fixed the rip, showed me how to set up the kite and gave me a bunch of good advice on flying it. What great service! And that makes Mike Jones the first KAP personality I've actually met in person.
For my birthday, my wife and some other family members pitched in to buy me a new Dopero kite. I ordered it from Jones Airfoils and it was ready to be shipped just about the time we made our trip to Lisa and David's. So I asked Mike Jones to have it shipped there and it was waiting for me when we arrived.
Saturday morning, I decided to try assembling the new kite in their basement. I was a bit puzzled by the longerons because they were made in two segments and I couldn't see how they mated with each other. It turns out the ferrules that allow one to be inserted in the other had slipped inside the longerons. So when I was nearly finished setting up the kite on the floor, I was pushing one of the longerons into place and it slipped at that joint and ripped the fabric. Oh no!
Anyway, I sent Mike and email describing the problem with the longerons and the rip I had made. I asked if he would be able to fix it if I sent it back to him. To my surprise, he emailed back and offered to come by the house to fix both problems that evening! I didn't realize we were in his neighborhood so to speak.
So Mike came out that evening, fixed the longerons, fixed the rip, showed me how to set up the kite and gave me a bunch of good advice on flying it. What great service! And that makes Mike Jones the first KAP personality I've actually met in person.
posted by Dave at 12:00 PM
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