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[*] posted on 1-2-2010 at 04:43 PM


I'll have my newest tandem trailer w/ me at WW . I'm still painting it so I got no pics yet.:ninja:



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[*] posted on 1-2-2010 at 07:56 PM


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Originally posted by kteguru
I'm not sure if you pick up any efficiency with 2 kites 2 buggies,,,,,,, it seems it would be the same as 1 kite 1 buggy :dunno: maybe some of the other guys can comment on it.


I'm thinking that the faster you go, the big hindrance to acceleration is wind drag on the buggy and pilot. The rear flyer is slipping through the (apparent) wind behind the front pilot but still has the added power of his kite. Possibly a gain there IMHO.



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[*] posted on 1-2-2010 at 10:04 PM


Could be Bob. I wonder if anyone has gotten some measurements on this? The efficiency with 2 kites one buggy seemed pretty clear after we tried it. I'm assuming most of the benefit comes from the weight savings of not having the second 40+ lb buggy. All you guys going to NABX should convince Ozzy and friends to get a buggy train up into the 60's and beyond:smilegrin:
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[*] posted on 4-2-2010 at 12:59 PM


Cool pictures but I have no idea what the captions were :frog:



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[*] posted on 4-2-2010 at 03:32 PM


it's all Dutch to me, like chinese arithmatic. :crazy: ( no offense Rip)



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[*] posted on 4-2-2010 at 10:12 PM


I don't know what they said but that side car rig looked #@%$#!in:evil:.
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[*] posted on 14-2-2010 at 04:20 PM


I'm about done testing this rig now ,works great. And I'm not so sure you can go any faster w/ two bugs and two kites . But you will get up to speed much quicker. Me and my bro have been workin on tandem w/ 2 kites.

I still need to get those blingin rims and some big foots for it ,then it will be proper.
I still haven't shown pics of all the parts. I made long and short siderails and 3 different axle lengths . So I can make it a longer race buggy w/ wide alxes or shorter siderails and narrow axle width like a freestyle buggy. Also have 2 sets of forks ,1 for bigfoot tires and 1 for barrows tires. Axles are also interchangeable w/ trailer ,so it can be wide or narrow.

I will bring all the parts to WW this spring, as I know some of you want to see my worx.

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[*] posted on 14-2-2010 at 04:27 PM


Sweet.



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[*] posted on 15-2-2010 at 11:06 AM


Very cool looking ride WG. Can't wait to see some time and speed results.



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