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buggying with co-pilot

jantie - 3-4-2012 at 01:38 PM

last sunday was a perfect day for buggying here in
holland at Brouwersdam.
it has been a while since used the side-extention on my buggy.
fun-factor was 10+
speed was just over 40Mph.


enjoy the movie..!!:wee:

click here

mougl - 3-4-2012 at 01:50 PM

Awesome Video! I loved the ending :lol:

John Holgate - 3-4-2012 at 02:43 PM

Great video. Enjoyed it!

WELDNGOD - 3-4-2012 at 05:07 PM

:thumbup:Myself and my kiting buddy do the same,but with a tandem trailer instead. Nice vid, I love that beach!

airin - 3-4-2012 at 05:55 PM

Looks like big fun for sure!

How do you decide what size the second kite needs to be?

WELDNGOD - 3-4-2012 at 06:03 PM

We used a 4.7 and a 2.5, the trick was keeping the faster one in the back, and the slower one out front. Worked well for us. I would like to hear from Jantie as well ,to hear how they went about it.

Beaudryjoel - 3-4-2012 at 07:15 PM

looks like the buddy is bigger than the car!

dumonstre - 3-4-2012 at 07:21 PM

This must need a good syncro between the 2 pilots.
Very nice to look at.
:wee

jantie - 4-4-2012 at 11:12 AM

@ Weldngod:
As seen on THIS and THIS video
i always use the biggest and fastest kite in de front.
It is obvious that a smaller kite reacts faster but in reality is the performance (for instance
the Libre Vampir Race Pro in the front in comparisment to the Pkd Joy at the rear) much better.
If its the side-buggy or the tandem or the tridem buggy, i want to be able to slide sideways/brake with
it as good as i can slide/brake riding single.
This means that in the side-buggy i use a 50% smaller size for the co-pilot.
but in the tandem(buggy-towing-buggy) it is most of the time one size smaller in the back.
being the record-holder according to Popeye's site i can tell you that's the way to do it..

@dumonstre:
it doesnt really matter to me what te pilot does being the co-pilot most of the time..
i see it as a challenge to follow no matter what he does or doesn't do
in the tandem or side-buggy..


side-buggy goal for this year is 50MPH.
tandem-buggy goal for this year is 55MPH

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