first off hello there to yall. well chuffed to have found this site, second thanx a million for your newbies guide scoop, answered half a dozen questions in one hit.

ok here goes, i have been introduced to buggying by a friend of mine who has very kindly given me his old buggy and is teaching me to buggy properly. i now want to get myself a kite. and having flown a 3.2 mtr peter lynn c-quad found it very comfortable to fly. would this be a good first buggying kite and if so where is a good place to find second hand ones (money bit tight at moment ). also whats a good cheapish buggy for a beginner, as my other half wants my buggy now (she's hooked too). good excuse to get myself new (ish) buggy. :singing:. thanx in advance for any help advice offered.

C Quads ( if they are the kite I'm thinking of ) are a unique type of kite. Very much like the very 1st kite ( kiteski kites) They use a spar to support the shape. No bridles or inflation. If you like them then stick with them but they don't compare with anything else out there. They won't be easy to find, used.
Sorry I don't know what's available in the U.K. for cheap buggies or the best second hand sites. Maybe Ebay ! .

I flew C-quads for many years when I first started in the buggying. Awesome kites for buggies. Excellent upwind control and incredible power compared to fixed bridled ram-air foil kites. For the money, I don't think you can find a more powerful kite for the size than the C-quad.

Because they are single skinned with a very tiny leading edge, they get awesome speed and the complex bridle with a rigid frame give them excellent control. The kite they compare to would be the Revolution Power Blast series kites. Very good control, instantaneous power when you want, awesome depower when you need it.

Only two downsides is trying to pack those babies up when your done. They take up a huge amount of room compared to todays foils and unfortunatly, most leading edge breakage comes from trying to pack them away. The other is the leading edge can be broken when crashing into the ground and it is quite a job changing it out. Something you don't have to worry about on foils.

We do have some C-quads left in stock that are being blown out, shipping these large disk kites overseas would cost a small fortune and probably put the price more than what you could buy a newer foil kite for.

If you got em, use em. They're great buggy engines.

Hope that helps.

thanx for that guys. think im now on the hunt for a 3.2 c-quad. anyone got any ideas what the rs buggies are like. seem pretty reasonably priced for new?

I LOVE the idea of going about things a bit different if they work for you. I applaud your choice to try and find C-quads ! It may not be easy but not being normal never is !
Peter Lynn is a visionary and ANYTHING he does is done well ! Another similar and FAR more available option for you are NASA kites. I don't know a lot about them but am guessing they share a lot of characteristics. Some folks on here like NASA wings a lot !!!

Yup, a NASA wing will get it done, had the chance to ride on in Nevada, different, wicked control, good power for the size.

Having said that, I still like the speed and convenience of a modern foil, but it's the different people that keep the world interesting.