yeah it could be thinner and lighter. but at cost, which is gettin higher every day.And getting more expensive to work( OSHA lowered the permissable exposure limit for hexavalent chromium( key ingredient in S.S.that is EXTREMELY CARCINOGENIC in the lungs) to an insanely low PPM.Which is driving up the cost of manufacturing and working it. Too bad I wasn't into this 15 yrs. ago, I had a job building a huge HIGH OUTPUT VACUUM INDUCED EVAPORATOR.( MAKES 250,000 gallons of fresh water a day out of seawater) The condensation tubes were made of TITANIUM!:D What a buggy that would make, light as aluminum and stronger than steel! I'll gather together some SS materials that I can get.

TITANIUM Buggy

Titanium would be great...let's do that. LOL

But seriously, what metal do you recommend?...and what size?



On another note, the old lady and I will probably be up at Grandview on Saturday morning. Three different weather models are projecting low teens and sub teens throughout the morning AND low tide is around 9:30.

I knew nothing about this sport then:puzzled: But think about how light it coulda been!

hey Clint we could not afford titanium I think it goes for hundreds of dollars a pound!:o Sat sounds great , not sure the wife can make it, but we will see how she feels. If not maybe she will let me go alone. But she gets tired of being in the house all the time. if I have to pull her out in the buggy , I will. Get up with me friday eve. and I will have a better idea what's up. I gotta get some sleep now ,I was not able to sleep very well last night. we will talk about materials sat.

New thread started about light buggies on an appropriate forum.

I'm planning on going to the beach saturday,the wife wants to go fishin. I will pull her in the buggy if She can't make the long walk. 9:29 am low tide that day. sweet! Hope for wind But it doesn't matter I'll be there any way, waiting for it.

The missus and myself will be there too. GFS, NAM, and WFS weather models are all predicting wind in the morning and they rarely agree so that's a good sign. But like you, we'll be there regardless.

I've got a few errands to run before then though. We're gonna do some fishing and we don't have any equipment or a license so I'll probably hit Walmart up tomorrow night to get everything. So now I'll have all my kite crap AND a bunch of fishing crap to lug out there. Luckily, my sis-in-law has a pretty sweet beach cart...gonna have to hit her up for it.

Clint

Yeah we gotta get ya a kart or somethin.

Anyone up for hitting up vabeach today? Winds are lookin ok.

It's a little late for that bro', can't you wait till tommorow?

haha yea I can wait. I have all weekend now, just hope the wind will be on my side. I was just bored today. I got home about 10am and had no plans for the day.

So..... did ya go flyin?

The wind forecast changed for tomorrow...not supposed to pick up until the evening. But then again, it blew around 15 all day, and still is, at Grandview from the North and NNE and it wasn't supposed to do that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'll check the wind early tomorrow morning and if it's blowing we'll be there between 7 and 8, if not we'll probably come around low tide.

Clint

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Originally posted by WELDNGOD So..... did ya go flyin?

Nah I fell asleep

I should have thought about it sooner, I would have asked you if I could borrow your Scrub and I could have practiced while I was down there this weekend. Once again Im a dumb ass and didnt think about it

I'm gonna be there wind or no wind , that place is like heaven to me! I'll bring my revolution 1.5 and if there isn't enough wind for you to kite board we can do tricks with it ,or just practice stunting foils. Practice makes perfect and flyin is flyin!

Make sure you bring the pink kite...Patsy will get a kick out of that.

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Originally posted by WELDNGOD I'm gonna be there wind or no wind , that place is like heaven to me! I'll bring my revolution 1.5 and if there isn't enough wind for you to kite board we can do tricks with it ,or just practice stunting foils. Practice makes perfect and flyin is flyin!

Im headin south this weekend remember? Ill miss you guys

clint I almost always have all my kites w/ me .

Buggys loaded I'll be their. Hopefully earlier then last week

have fun _____, be sure to stop at scud and jump mecca for me! I finished the rear axle assy. Now I gotta make the actual axles.

Im gonna hit it up and hope for some better winds up there for some higher jumps. Im thinking 15-20mph :D Im addicted man. Its such a bad bad thing...lol.

be careful

On the way...wife isn't feeling good so she isn't gonna come. Be there a little after 9:30.

Change of plan...the wife decided to go. Will be there around 10:30, maybe a tad earlier.

Have fun guys!

We did Jason! Hope your havin fun in OBX! We had good N wind at 8:00 this morn, but it started fading as it turned east. And by the time it was east, it was high tide

Clint , I had a great time. Nice to meet your other half finally, the wife really likes her.(she doesn't have any girlfriends that fish or kite) She had a great time and says she's gonna teach Patsy to catch fish! Hope ya'll had a good time. Boy ,I'm tired now !All that scuddin and jumpin this mornin wore me to a frazzle! Hope I didn't get ya hooked on REVS, your gonna have one before you know it. Did you look up those synchronized rev teams? I'm gonna go look at some now, it never gets old. I just don't see how they do it.( bet they went through alot of linesets learning that stuff). Be back in here later dude

_____, Nick brought out some webbing for your bug.I guess I gotta sew now huh? Or do you wanna give it a go?

Nick , had a good time hangin out with you and Clint today. sorry the wind petered out on us, but when the wind and the tide come together it's a blast. Maybe next time bro'

Yeah, we had a great time too. Patsy's already talking about going there next weekend.

Sounds like you guys are having a BLAST. I am living up in Northern Virginia (DC area) and would really like to come down and hang with you guys one day. Dont have any gear yet, but would like to see someone actually doing this and get a feel for where to go, and what to get. Would that be cool?