Pansh Ace 5.0 X2
North Husky 6.0
PL Guerilla 13, 18
PL C-Quad 2.3, 3.2, 4.2
Home made Rat Buggy
Libre V Max on barrow Plus wider taller sand tires & bigfoot front end
Blades Of Death, \"thanks Fran\"
just watch the "Professsional" buggy riders (racers) videos and you'll see nearly 90% or more FBs.
BTW my go to kite in the winds here is a 3m Beamer III then the 12m Pulse 2. those two kites probably accounted for 80% of time in seat.
PKD-0.7m Buster, 1.4m Buster, 1.8m Century
HQ-Beamer III 3m
PL-Reactor 3.8m, Reactor II 6.9m
Ozone-IGNITION 1.6m, Little Devil 4.5m, 7.3m Frenzy
Pansh-Sprint Ltd Ed 5m, 7m Ace
Flexifoil-Blurr 5m
FS- Pulse2 12m, Speed 1.5 17m, lots of Revs and dual line stunters
Sirocco Sprint 4.2, 5.2 -SIROCCOx 5.2-
\"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always
long to return.\" Leonardo da Vinci
Originally posted by revpaul
just watch the "Professsional" buggy riders (racers) videos and you'll see nearly 90% or more FBs.
90% or more of the buggy riders in North America have NEVER entered nor ever will in a " Professional " race. Makes me wonder why so many think that
FB race kites are the only way to go? :puzzled:
Originally posted by revpaul
just watch the "Professsional" buggy riders (racers) videos and you'll see nearly 90% or more FBs.
90% or more of the buggy riders in North America have NEVER entered nor ever will in a " Professional " race. Makes me wonder why so many think that
FB race kites are the only way to go? :puzzled:
i never said "race" kites. i said FBs.
being that 'racers' are a group of people whom buggy way way way way way way way way more than i do (and most people i'd guess do) I take into account
that the type of gear they choose to use is a very well educated choice and best suited to their activity which is kite buggying. they are very
experienced and knowledgable (and i assume they have the options and choices to use kites other than fixed bridals if they wish) and use fixed
bridles.
inland gusty winds i hear is what an ARC is good for. i do not have an ARC and haven't had the pleasure to fly one. i think it would be foolish to
even try to discount others opinions of an ARCs flight characteristics and ideal purposes.
i use depower a lot when buggying but do not recommend hooking a newbie (and or an experienced but very rusty buggier ) into a kite for traction purpose until a newbie has enough general kiting experience
and then some with depower (or hooked in QR with FB).
PKD-0.7m Buster, 1.4m Buster, 1.8m Century
HQ-Beamer III 3m
PL-Reactor 3.8m, Reactor II 6.9m
Ozone-IGNITION 1.6m, Little Devil 4.5m, 7.3m Frenzy
Pansh-Sprint Ltd Ed 5m, 7m Ace
Flexifoil-Blurr 5m
FS- Pulse2 12m, Speed 1.5 17m, lots of Revs and dual line stunters
Sirocco Sprint 4.2, 5.2 -SIROCCOx 5.2-
Interesting discussion bringing up what the "racers" use. Fixed bridle kites are more efficient in their specific wind range. Depowers have a larger
wind range. If the race was going to last a "long" period of time where the wind might change speed, then a depower might make sense to use. However,
I got the impression that these races are pretty quick (I might be totally wrong on this point). So that would enable the racers to pick the "best
sized" kite for that wind speed and take off with that.
I have seen a couple depower kites in the races. I could not tell you what they were, but I remember recognizing them.
Another possible reason for fixed-bridles is they are generally cheaper than the depower that would work in the same range.
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) into a kite for traction purpose until a newbie has enough general kiting experience
and then some with depower (or hooked in QR with FB).