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andy666
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Wow. This thread is really over thinking things a lot and giving a name to everything. I would of simply called that a down turn and left it at that.
It's just one that you do with a bit more speed and loose a bit more ground down wind with. But now that we have giving it a name, suddenly that's one
more manoeuvre that I'll say I can do.
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markite
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MDK
LOL! I was making the maneuvers in my office chair and because our office had an open house today some of the nursing staff walked in on me.....how
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all depends on what you were using for a bar:wow:
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MDK
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the rated G version was embarrassing enough
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I think the difference between what BBob is doing and a simple downturn is the speed...
You are faster than wind speed and fly the kite overhead heading with the wind (for a while) the only thing keeping the kite inflated is your speed
being greater than the wind speed at the time.
If you try this move without heading into the wind it's an OBE at speed...
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BeamerBob
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Andy the reason I sought to get the correct name of the turn is for communication with others. It makes it alot easier if there is a name for a
maneuver, so you don't have to do the MDK kite dance   every time you try to discuss it with someone.
Maybe the speed isn't apparent to some in the video. This turn doesn't work if you are only going the speed of the wind or less. This isn't
something that's hard to do, but it is really hard to convince yourself to try it, unlike just trying a simple downturn at 5 mph.
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MDK
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I don't think I am the only one guilty of that dance
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BeamerBob
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I've giggled a half dozen times imagining you in the office waving your arms over your head!
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don't forget rolling in the chair too actually works really well but you look pretty silly if you get caught by someone that has no idea what you are
doing
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I had to show them a video then I was cool again
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| Quote: | Originally posted by markite
sorry for the stick buggy drawing - if i had more time I'd make it beautiful. And keep in mind this kite is not in front of you doing the down turn -
the kite is going up to the zenith and coming down on the other side all the time pointing forward so the middle two drawing the kite would be going
up overhead looking to the driver like it's sliding sideways, you wouldn't see it out front turning down. The drawing doesn't show it relative to the
full 3D wind window. It just shows why the lines twist. |
Mark superb illustration, well done
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