At http://www.endlessflyers.com/images/videos/didiercostes.mpg there are some videos of the blimp/hapa combination with which Didier Costes was involved....
... Wow, thank you very much for this fantastic link, Robert! I'm amazed how much Didier did! Are you here, Didier? ... The video seems to be a MPEG type, one...
Theo Schmidt
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Jan 2, 2006 8:49 pm
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Simon's suggestion of using Quicktime already fixed the problem. Some of the videos stop rather suddenly, but it's still interesting stuff. I hope Didier can...
I put two pictures of the canoe with stabilising foils into the Files section. I don't think I will use the foils again on this boat, because that extra third...
... It's OK, I've held long harangues on both windsurf and multihull forums about wether kite-powered craft--any kite-powered craft--are sailboats at all! ...
... Dave, I don't want to get involved in long harangues, and think that kite powered craft are sailing craft. However, playing devil's advocate somewhat, I...
Jake Frith
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Jan 6, 2006 12:13 pm
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<snip> I'm aware that power can be temporarily ... across ... once ... position ... <snip> This is not a temporary increase in power, it can be sustained since...
... I'm so happy you've written, Jake! I don't like harangues either, and certainly don't want to impugn you, the ISAF or especially the WSSRC, but you have...
Jake has a very good point. Having kite-sailed 37+ knots on the official 500m course at Leucate, and 41+ at home with my GPS, I concur that the slingshot...
Hi Jake, Again, thank you for your comments. John is exactly right, "working" a kite is not a take-and-give-back energy exchange; neither is it akin to...
Thanks Dave, that was a very full and informative response. As I said, I have never been on a kiteboard, and make no claims to understand the processes at...
Jake Frith
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Jan 9, 2006 2:26 am
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With modern GPS hardware it would actually be rather straightforward to prove a kite-propelled record. You'd have to address the lead/lag issue and the issue...
A thought occurred to me. For all I know this has been done, but... North Sails builds a "molded" sail product called 3DL. This is a laminated whole sail,...
What follows is an open letter, specifically to the AYRS Committee, who meet for our annual meeting this Sunday. It is my hope that Committee members may be...
OK, I haven't done the calculations, and but in here with only the meagre authority of a very amateur kitesurfer with a simple gut feeling for the situation. ...
... Hear, hear! ... I think, yes and no. Certainly with electronic publishing, we can widen the circulation tremendously. On the other hand, until really ...
Theo Schmidt
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Jan 21, 2006 6:03 pm
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... This is even more difficult to measure than the first part of the boat. There's no way an observer or even an instrument can determine the location of the...
... I agree with this point. People can print their own copies of an electronically-delivered newsletter, though. ... I think this starts to miss the point of...
Dave Howorth
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Jan 21, 2006 10:16 pm
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... printed version of Catalyst. ----- X%] If you maintain a printed version then any electronic representation should, perhaps, follow at least one issue...
Paul E. Bennett
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Jan 21, 2006 10:45 pm
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Dave Howorth schrieb: ... If the print run is a few hundred or less, one doesn't "print" but rather "photocopies", in large automatic photocopiers. Therefore...
Theo Schmidt
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Jan 23, 2006 4:48 pm
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Paul E. Bennett schrieb: ... Good idea! ... I'm not in favour of this line of reasoning because it means restricting access to the information. We want to...
Theo Schmidt
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Jan 23, 2006 4:54 pm
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I am already overloaded with electronic information of all sorts, some of which should be printed and bound but is not for reasons of time and convenience and ...
My views on the future plans for Catalyst are: 1. This is not a question of whether to drop, or even phase out, printed copies at this stage. This may well one...
