Jst-4-Fn flight examples

This section shows Jst-4-Fn team flying examples through animations and field videos.

9 min of improvised flying with over 130 commands (not counting the Go!). These commands are listed below the video.

Calls from the leader (excluding goes)

• 0:00 → 0:30: collecting start, numbers 1 up for cross-turn cascade, 180
• 0:30 → 1:00: stop, face right, slide in line, follow, divide in 2 columns (up 2 columns of 4)
• 1:00 → 1:30: split position (1 and 3 to the right), pairs (change), middle pair, pairs, middle pair, 180
• 1:30 → 2:00: pairs, middle pair, pair, 180, pair, middle pair, pair, middle pair, pair, middle pair, pair, number 1 and 4 180, pinwheel 90 (x2), 180, pinwheel 180
• 2:00 → 2:30: split position, cascade 90, big cascade 90, 2 groups cascade 180, 180
• 2:30 → 3:00: 2 groups cascade 180, big cascade 90, 2 groups cascade 90, to the edges, in, pair change, up, in, pair change, stop
• 3:00 → 3:30: step down (x2), face up, small grid, line 1 follow, line 2 follow, up, stop, big ball
• 3:30 → 4:00: numbers 2 180, numbers 1 and 2 pair change, next one (x2), 180, reverse, next one (x2)
• 4:00 → 4:30: all kites fly forward, stop, all kites 180, fast burst, 180, fast burst, 180, outside kites 180, inside kites burst to ball, stop, left tips in
• 4:30 → 5:00: rotate, turn out, slide in during rotation, turn out and rotate, stop, face out, numbers 1 turn up into kisses
• 5:00 → 5:30: back to ball, back to line, face right, slide down, stop, double zipper
• 5:30 → 6:00: in, right, turn out, in, right, zip in, zip out (2 groups), turn down, in, 180
• 6:00 → 6:30: (fly), right, 180, zip in, stop, 1 2 3 4 face down 5 6 7 8 face up, pinwheel 90, to the edges
• 6:30 → 7:00: 180, pinwheel 180 and to the edges, turn down, stop in line, split position, 4 pairs
• 7:00 → 7:30: 3 pairs, 2 pairs, middle pair, 2 pairs (4 kites in the middle pair), 180
• 7:30 → 8:00: 2 pairs (4 kites in the middle), middle pair, 2 pairs (4 kites in the middle), 3 pairs, 4 pairs
• 8:00 → 8:30: 180, radar down, stop, 180, radar out, 180, radar in, 180
• 8:30 at the end : radar up into kisses, slow break, face out, radar down to landing.

4 minutes of flight, this time without the calls. Can you find them by watching the video? We did an exercise to guess them, see the video below.

Leader calls (guessed because absent from video):

• 0:00 → 0:30: collecting start, in grid 2 2, cross turn (x2), to the edges, turn down (x2)
• 0:30 → 1:00: pair change, up, in, pair change, turn up, stop in line, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, 180, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90
• 1:00 → 1:30: face up, follow, split diamonds
• 1:30 → 2:00: follow, zip out, in, left in, right, zip in, stop, face up, ball
• 2:00 → 2:30: kisses, 1 and 4 reverse turn up to ball, burst, reverse, kisses, ball, half burst, 180,
• 2:30 → 3:00: passing through left tip in, 180, back, reverse to ball, to line, face right, follow, split position
• 3:00 → 3:30 cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, pair change, 180
• 3:30 at end: pair change, cascade 90, pair change, cascade 90, face up, slide rotate 180 ?, back, follow

4-kite flight with very advanced maneuvers: crazy change, crazy cascade, crazy u-turn! You can read the commands on the video.

Leader calls (excluding Go)

• 0:00 → 0:30: follow, turn out, in, cascade 90, turn down, crazy change, turn down, back
• 0:30 → 1:00: turn up, crazy u-turn, turn down, back, turn up, crazy cascade, back
• 1:00 → 1:30: split pinwheel, 180, back, stop, radar down, radar in, cascade complete, 180, back, fly
• 1:30 → 2:00: turn up, cascade 90, reverse down
• 2:00 at the end : (rediffusion des séquences précédentes)

• Andreas Schiebler videos
• Various quad line videos

Last updated Jul 17, 2026