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Cold Cold and Cold

Ruudje - 20-12-2010 at 12:22 AM

Yesterday 12-19-2010 we went on the ice again :wee:
there was about 2 cm snow on the surface , to have a smooth run Ive made higher blades to cut the snow
( they worked out really well )
The wind was about 3 or 4 knots and the max. speed of the day was again for :yes: Ozzy 62.8 km/h flying the Vapor 13.4



For more pict. http://www.h52.nl/ijsbuggy/index.htm
Big thanxx for Jort to use his camera in this cold weather :thumbup:
( XXtreme movie will follow shortly )

Have Fun
Ruudje

Chook - 20-12-2010 at 02:55 AM

For the life of me I just can't get my head round snow in December.

31 degrees C, here today.

Even more frightening is, it was 46 years before I even saw snow.

By ice, do you mean frozen lakes???

Chook (On the sunny, south eastern coast of Western Australia)

Ruudje - 20-12-2010 at 05:28 AM

Hi Chook
Yes I mean frozen lakes , The best thing about this is we now can use very large places to ride on :wink2:
The beaches in The Netherlands Ar small and crowded and on the frozen lake we got plenty of space !
Okay it was a bit cold -6 cell during the day and light wind maybe a chill factor - 12 cell.?
But to warm ower selfs we had a big tent whit heating :eureka:

We have a lot of Fun
Ruudje

snowspider - 20-12-2010 at 09:49 AM

So much speed and so little wind ... you guys are like SUPER HEROS!

BeamerBob - 20-12-2010 at 09:54 AM

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Originally posted by snowspider
So much speed and so little wind ... you guys are like SUPER HEROS!


Exactly what I was thinking. That's 10 times the speed of your wind!

Is the ground resistance even less than Ivanpah?
The vapors would rule at this since they pull so far forward in the window.

Ruudje - 20-12-2010 at 12:59 PM

The ice has so little friction and the big kites Ar very efficient that we could make these kinds of speeds .
We did not measured the wind but the forecast give the 3-4 knots wind .
Next stop XXmas weekend !!!! :smilegrin:

Going to Have Fun
Ruudje

rocfighter - 20-12-2010 at 01:59 PM

I can't wait for our lakes to freeze. Still warm here. 20's & 30's f.

nocando - 20-12-2010 at 05:55 PM

Hey Chook over on the East Coast we had a big cold snap snow in the hills

Chook - 20-12-2010 at 06:02 PM

Are you high enough up from the flood waters Glenn???
Poor buggers best crops after 10 years of drought and all washed away, or weather damaged.
Boy do I feel for them.

Chook, the ex grain #@%$#!y.

Kamikuza - 20-12-2010 at 06:04 PM

I saw a frozen lake once as a kid, way up in the mountains ... then someone fell through the ice and the day was over :o