Power Kite Forum

Speed Bumps

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 1-12-2015 at 06:57 PM

I love the "Speed Bumps" (as I call them)when i'm flying! It feels like shooting a machine gun. Micro bursts? Jankey wind? I am an inland kiter. My experience has been good wind after this . :cool:

RedSky - 2-12-2015 at 06:40 AM

Wheres all the landboarders on this?

I can't leave you hanging, so I'll hazard a guess and say either that wheel wobble thingy and/or rough ground.

PHREERIDER - 2-12-2015 at 08:46 AM

i am missing something here ,
whats the question?

PHREERIDER - 2-12-2015 at 09:29 AM

or is this your experience for comparison?

RedSky - 2-12-2015 at 09:31 AM

Quote: Originally posted by PHREERIDER  
i am missing something here ,
whats the question?


The question is micro bursts or jankey wind ?

Personally I'd have to go with jankey wind.
I think a micro burst is a powerful downdraft that can cause a aeroplane to lose altitude.



^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 2-12-2015 at 09:58 AM

I was talking about the wind. It's just short fast burst of wind.Usually before i get lit up! It feels like a machine gun in your handles. Just a cool feeling!

PHREERIDER - 2-12-2015 at 10:09 AM

definitely janky! thats anything thats not smooth .

microburst... this would ruin your day!, 15-20 goes nuclear to 75mph suddenly and far bigger and more sustained than just a big gust

acampbell - 2-12-2015 at 10:51 AM

My speed bumps are tidal rivlets and alligators

Windstruck - 2-12-2015 at 11:47 AM

Mine are children, dogs, and an occasional Lacrosse goal.

All time best (worst?) I ever heard about came from Down Under on the XK Forum. Some dude ran over a large patch of Man-O-War on the beach with his buggy. He was wearing nothing but swim trunks and the shrapnel coming up from his front wheel plastered him.

Quote: Originally posted by acampbell  
My speed bumps are tidal rivlets and alligators

ssayre - 2-12-2015 at 12:54 PM

my speed bumps are actual speed bumps on longboard :)

RedSky - 2-12-2015 at 01:19 PM

You know what I keep thinking ?

This - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs

abkayak - 2-12-2015 at 01:23 PM

rivlets and piping plovers

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 2-12-2015 at 02:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck  
Mine are children, dogs, and an occasional Lacrosse goal.


Lmao! Has anyone ever caught a bird in the cell of a kite? Really this never happened lol.

volock - 2-12-2015 at 02:57 PM

Buggy/Snow/Static sure, I don't mind the gusts while in low wind, to help get up to speed...

Any of them on a mountainboard can just be a cluster#@%$#!. Have I mentioned I lack all balance and coordination?

rectifier - 2-12-2015 at 03:02 PM

When I was in Calgary, microbursts were common. I was fortunate enough to never experience one while kiting.
They usually came as a result of downbursts where the wind blows at gale force straight down for 1-2 seconds. All regions around the burst experience wind blowing away from the center. Bow-tied kite would be the best case scenario, I think.

Sounds like some janky wind or perhaps, some sort of partial collapse or flapping of the sail. Doesn't sound like fun to me!