Six tails, ready for tangling!

Recently, I got myself a black Peter Powell kite with orange stripes, which we flew together with the black Peter Powell kite with flo-green stripes we already had. They look well when flown together, I think, but I felt more could be done to increase the spectacle. Specifically, both kites could be expanded to a triple-stack by the addition of two entirely black kites. Black tails on the front and back kite, with the middle kite in each stack having either a green or an orange tail. Should look really good in the sky!

Now to be clear, we've never flown two Peter Powell triple-stacks, with tails, together .... It will certainly pose a challenge for us: two triple-stacks means six tails that can get tangled up, with each other or with the many stacking lines!

Each of the stacks on their own look great on the ground as well as in the sky.

But what happens when we put them together?

Here goes ...

The key was to keep all moves big and be very aware of where the tails are in 3-dimensional space. We did have a few 'catches', though, I must admit ....

And of course, there is the inevitable aftermath of flying six tails ....