So the good folks at Canada Post say my buggy has arrived in Edmonton. With any luck it'll be sitting proudly in my garage Monday morning! (And I'll be out there sitting in it dreaming of Sunset Beaches and Ivanpah lake beds :lol

SO EXCITING! I wonder if the same curse applies that hits when you get a new kite.......

1st mod ........ Snow Blades, EH! ;-)

If I had a nickel for every time my brain has started thinking about that one I'd be able to buy another buggy by now ; )

There will be attempts. I'll be sure to well document successes and failures.

put the Limited Edition 5mSprint up today. more yellow in color than green. not enough wind but had to anyways. couldn't even get the 8m Ace to scud us an teency-weency bit:flaming:
did not see where the AAA adjustment is.
Paul

Good wind snow days are so few and far between that I would suggest you just keep that in the planning stages this year. I have a strong feeling this is going to be YOUR year on the skis :evil: I firmly believe in going with your strong points to have the best of times. Master the snowkiting this winter while working on the buggy skills. The kite and skis are your strong points right now. Next year you can have a set of buggy blades made up and will have the skills to use them proper . Just my 2 cents !
Wolfwolfee AKA Saint used to have all sorts of fun just riding regular barrows in the snow around Edmonton ! He said it was excellent for learning spins !

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Originally posted by macboy If I had a nickel for every time my brain has started thinking about that one I'd be able to buy another buggy by now ; ) There will be attempts. I'll be sure to well document successes and failures.

I wondered why the standard wheels wouldn't suffice....perhaps they start sucking when the stuff gets too deep? Perhaps they really cant hold upwind on the snow?

You know I'm gonna try it......but I hear ya on the skis. I'm kinda praying for wind in Oahu in November so I can get proper lessons in and bring that water knowledge back to the snow. Regardless, Im gonna adjust my "rational thought" levels a bit this winter and REALLY convince myself that snow is soft enough to push some skills ; )

PL has a snow buggy with some kind of fangled bendable skiis/runners.

If these guys can do it, surely I'll be able to :singing:

there is this: http://canadianwindrider.com/products/wintercraft/kitesled.h...

and another system where you can change out your tires for skis ... its not cheap either. cant find picture of it right now.

I'm working on mine still, trick is to make sure you tilt the skis, if you leave them flat you can't hold an edge.

i'd love to get my fingers on one of the winter sleds.
do you have a link for the ski change out system?
paul

So, I was thinking....with the deep snow we get here why wouldn't you be able to build a ski with a "keel" that runs the length of it? Kinda like a long "T" in cross section. I bet you could make it about 1.5-2" tall, and if you make the ski wide enough to help stay on top of the snow (maybe 6" or so) shouldn't that do the trick?

Really, in all my thinking about it I think the hardest part is engineering the piece that actually attaches the ski to the axle allowing it to maintain ride height but not be all flippy floppy around. It also helps to forget that Peter Lynn himself has probably tried it all before and the result is his kite sled. There's nothing wrong with reinventing the wheel....even if you don't achieve success. There are many worse ways to spend your time ; )

Like this:


Bolt skis onto angle iron, and use square stock to make arms to attach it to the wheel attachment points. It is key the front one is longer, so it doesn't rotate.


I can help, as well as popeye, and weldngod, and im sure a few others.