I bought a 3.5 bullet last week. Since then there has been no wind and I mean flat calm. It is my first real kite and I am going mad to use
it:ticking:, but working full time and 2 small kids limits my play time to some evenings and every now and then at a weekend.
I have negociated with the wife to get this saturday free and I need to find somewhere with a breeze to get this kite off the ground.
I live in Yorkshire which is pretty central so can anyone recommend do I go East coast or West to find a decent open beach to fly on.?
Cheers.......Robraycapp1 - 29-9-2006 at 01:07 PM
they buggy on the nolfolk coast alot but any beach that is quite (thats most now) ya can fly kites on any beach, bugging is a diffent stroy there are
rule and regspea - 30-9-2006 at 01:02 AM
No wind in Yorkshire? ó.0raycapp1 - 30-9-2006 at 01:39 AM
ya joking every time i come up there its blowing its arse off
here try this gives ya a good idea were to get some wind http://www.xcweather.co.uk/Isilduir - 30-9-2006 at 01:38 PM
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Originally posted by raycapp1
ya joking every time i come up there its blowing its arse off
Cool link, thats the kind of info I need. Cheers Raycapp1.
I managed to get my first air time today. Highest point near by was a fallow farmers field t the top of the hill I live on.
Only a slight breeze and wasn't having much luck launching at first untill I tried launching a directly down wind instead of at the edge of the
window.
Much better, the kite sat up on it's brakes untill I got back to my staked out handles and given the low wind conditions really pulled form the word
go.
I am 6'3'' and 16st and the kite instantly pulled me up the field, which I was not quite prepared for at that moment given how lifeless it had been
earlier.
Well impressed, bags of pull in next to no wind. Can;t wait to get
some proper wind to really see what it can do.
It was a good start though, got some good practise in the conditions turning and reverse landing. I was especially proud of the reverse take off for
my first time.
Cool link, thats the kind of info I need. Cheers Raycapp1.
Well impressed, bags of pull in next to no wind. Can;t wait to get
some proper wind to really see what it can do.