If you want to see several Vigilante Helikits in action, click on the video below. This device comes from Allsopp Helikites Ltd (England). Go to: http://www.allsopp.co.uk/index.php?mod=page&id_pag=11 for more info.
In the second scene, you will see a Helikite, a JacKite and hear in the background a squawker - three concurrent devices.
The Helikite comes with five 38" Mylar balloons, one kite and accessories, some spare items. The five balloons should provide the grower between 3-5 years of use. The kite itself is ripstop nylon and should give you at least 5-years. Cost is around $250-$275 US.
It is easy to assemble, takes about 1/2 hour.
As to the helium, you can go 2 ways: take it into town and have it both filled and later topped off at like a grocery store; or, rent a small helium tank with dispenser valve, so you can do all this in the field. I did the first approach last year -- a hassle. Am doing the second this year -- sweet and convenient. A "40" tank costs about $40 for rental and gas for a 2-month period. This will fill up a bunch of balloons and have enough for topping off.
CS
REMEMBER: The villain is the Starling. It is not the grower.
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