In a message dated 1/30/2008 7:43:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, cory@... writes: http://www.allsopphhttp://wwhttp://wwwhttp://www.a&id_pag=5 Cory, the...
Frankly, for the money, you wouldn't go far wrong to get some $10 Costco delta kites. These are cloth and very durable. They are "sticky" kites (have sticks)...
Thanks Dave It looks like I have some work to do with all this information. I can't tell you the payload yet. If it works it will be more interesting than...
... I believe Allsopp once manufactured for Keith Stewart, who used to research and sell kites from his base in Dorset, England. Dave Culp here on the list and...
As a child we (or rather my father) made brilliant disposable kites for us. They could fly in the lightest breeze though sometimes suffered structural failure....
... http://raumschot.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/weltrekord-kitesurfer-tilmann- heinig/ ... reach 50,9kn with ... this. Well, assuming he met all the WSSRC...
As I recall, there were some pretty shallow records set at Fuerta Ventura (6-8"?) once upon a time, and even the inshore course at Weymouth is a good bit...
Sure they are. As water skis have been for nearly a hundred years (top speed record above 130 mph). I'm not sure if "supercavitating" is the right term, since...
When is a foil not a foil? In my book, when the leading edge is not immersed; which means that the same piece of hardware could be a foil one moment, and a...
... -heinig/ ... Word from the WSSRC is that, unfortunately, Hr Heinig's record attempt was "not WSSR supervised, nor was it timed on a system in accordance ...
I have two questions. What is the highest practical altitude that kites can be flown? And, do they experience greater wind speed as the altitude increases? ...
Dear all, The dates for the AYRS week at the Castle Cove Sailing Club are 19th to the 23rd of May. This is the Mondasy to Friday daily meet at the clubhouse...
I don't know the answer to (a) though I suspect it depends on where you stand (If you stand on the top of Everest ...) If we're talking about altitude...
... It depends what you mean by practical. A quick internet search gives records around 7000 meters over ground by professionals (meteorologists backed by...
I stumbled across an interesting paper by Nigel Irens, originally presented at the HISWA conference in 2004. It compares the performance and features of...
Hello all, My name is Guy Capra and I would like to play with you a little bit around some strange ideas and - why not - some good ideas about yachting, said...
An ad has appeared in the last couple of editions of New Scientist (an established and respected UK popular science journal) for a job at the technical...
Hello, ... Thanks a lot for these texts Emmanuel, and please, as I'm not so fluent with English language all the French resources will also be welcome... ......
... Well yes, but we've lost about three decades. I was offered *two* professional kiting jobs around 1980, one as a research student for the Cranfield...
... Presumably, the answer is "quickly", so there's some apparent wind to stabilize the kite. Cheers, Dave...
Dave Howorth
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... The problem is that as you winch in the kites in low or zero wind, they overfly and would crash unless you can circle or fly figures of eight. This is...
... [..] What do you think about using a kite as a traditional rig (for instance a CrabClaw one) for low or zero wind, then launch it as kite system when the...
... At that point, perhaps you can use traditional spinnaker handling techniques? Release all the lines except one, making a large reduction in the forces, and...
