not kites but interesting nonethless.
i stumbled onto this Dynamic Soaring topic when they were trying to break 400 MPH. now it looks like they are going for 500 MPH.
wow. no links but plenty of you tube stuff.
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-
Wasn't quite sure what you meant by "dynamic soaring"
- large, motorless R/C model gliders on those windy western hillsides!
I went to a local (flat field) meet up years ago for those things - launched by a wench slingshot thingie. They weren't doing anywhere near those
speeds. But when one passed overhead, you KNEW it! :o Those things could kill you!
(You can see the plane much better in this nearer, slower speed one than in the distant, faster shots.)
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