Le_Crabe - 18-6-2005 at 05:06 AM
The Crab-Buggy is a new concept in which the pilot faces his wing, and the buggy is bi-directionnal in the way mountain-boards or flysurfs are.
After a big tour from the Mediterranean up to England, the crab-buggy site is proud to bring you a new video compiling pics and videos shot in various
great spots !
We seaze the occasion to thank all the friendly people we met along our trip !
Thanks for the advice and encouragements.
Cheers !
The Crab-Buggy team
coreykite - 18-6-2005 at 10:33 AM
OK.
I visited the site.
All in French.
(But the drawings are in english)
Now I want to know... How does one turn the Crab?
Seems this design might be evolved from the narrow beaches common on the coast there.
Long run out, a 180 degree turn and a long run back.
Is that all one needs to be happy on a buggy?
Not this boy.
I go places.
Not just out and back.
I wonder what David (Blue Boy) Sabalino could do on it?
Safen Up! Buggy On!
"I am often wrong, but never in doubt."
the coreylama
Le_Crabe - 18-6-2005 at 02:53 PM
Hi Coreykite,
The site is in English as well : press the union jack icon and you will be surprised !
The Crab turns, all right : click on the item "the crab" in the menu bar, and you will find sketches explaining how.
I go places too you know 
Cheers
RMV - 19-6-2005 at 01:50 AM
Finally, data tech, pics and videos.
Thank you.
:singing::singing::singing:
Le_Crabe - 19-6-2005 at 04:59 AM
Oops, forgot the links again :
High res. : (29 Mb)
http://www.crab-community.com/videos/Video_Crab-Buggy_Tour_M...
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Low res. : (5 Mb)
http://www.crab-community.com/videos/Video_Crab-Buggy_Tour_M...
Cheers !
CrashLama - 19-6-2005 at 02:52 PM
Yeah, it's a new concept all right. In certain enviornments and applications it could work ok, maybe. If going in a nearly straight line, stopping
and reversing direction is all a pilot requires, this "crab" would be adequate.
I saw nothing in the specifications regarding turning radius. Judging by the pictures, diagrams and video it has an extremely wide turning radius.
This would be impractical for nearly everything I do with a buggy.
How would this "crab" fare in a race, around a tringular course for example? Kites need to be flown from both sides of a buggy in racing situations.
Upwind visibility would be very difficult at best. Do you have rear-view mirrors as an option? In the desert with strong gusts of wind this design
would be dangerous!
This "crab" is unique, to be sure. It will definitely turn heads.
Le_Crabe - 20-6-2005 at 01:09 PM
Hi CrashLama,
the Crab doesn't need to have a small turning radius (even though it could) because it sails using a different technique where you don't have to
perform a downwind loop when tacking.
Mountain boards and kitesurfs use the same and I never heard of a need for rear-mirrors
The position of the pilot on the Crab is also the same as on a windsurf or a race catamaran. If there was a major problem with visibility, I suppose
all these activities would not be so popular...
Cheers
Le_Crabe - 20-6-2005 at 01:34 PM
Oh, and I forgot KiteSnow...
Le_Crabe - 14-7-2005 at 08:09 AM
The crab-buggy website has been updated :
-New photos with double pilot action
-FAQ
-Newsletter
-New design
See you soon !
Ardsranger - 1-11-2006 at 02:13 PM
Concept is nice. but how would you jibe it and maintains you speed though out the trun... you would have your back to the sail.
I could see that on a long beach run it would be great but on a small field with lots of jibes how well does it work.
But it is great to see a new ideal. Aslo it looks like it would be very easy to mod for shocks on it just hing the seating area.
God bless bob
ps vedios would not run maybe later.. they may answer my questions
Ardsranger - 2-11-2006 at 03:37 PM
Vedio worked to day. I have to say it is very cool looking on the road. I think it would be a ball to have a tandum one for my son to ride with me.
Much safter than my lap or on a trandum trail i made. Just like to know about the jibing of it. i did not see one on the vedio of a jibe that
maintains speed though a turn.
bob