Power Kite Forum - Scudding in tall grass

power

Posting Freak

Posts: 1023
Registered: 12-7-2009
Member Is Offline

Mood: Arcy

posted on 8-8-2009 at 10:21 PM

Scudding in tall grass

How hard is it to scud with a 4m twister 2 in grass that is 4 inches tall?

furbowski

Posting Freak

Posts: 1470
Registered: 1-5-2008
Location: hong kong
Member Is Offline

Mood: stuck on a small island with big trees and tiny beaches...

posted on 9-8-2009 at 01:01 AM

for guy of average weight (160#) you'd probably pull your first longer scuds in 8-10 mph. You'd also need to be able to fly the kite in a fully powered and fully controlled figure 8 right down wind of you.

wet grass and smooth-soled shoes vs boots on dry grass is a huge difference.

fixed bridles, flying static, been two years now... ??? folks must be wondering....

sting 1.7, dp power 2.5, crossfire 3.2, ace 5, blade iv 6.5, ace 8, ace 12...

also a couple of arcs, 12 syn and 12 phanny, but i\'m not yet up to speed on them.

(13.11.09)

Bladerunner

Posting Freak

Posts: 9679
Registered: 17-10-2006
Location: Vancouver
Member Is Offline

posted on 9-8-2009 at 09:21 AM

The soles of your shoes will be key.

Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.

Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .

Ken (K2)

shehatesmyhobbies

Posting Freak

Posts: 3670
Registered: 23-2-2009
Location: Clayton, DE
Member Is Offline

Mood: Serious Buggy withdraws!

posted on 13-8-2009 at 04:29 PM

If you wear skate shoes you significantly increase the odds of doing nice scuds in tall grass!

Rich
NAPKA President
US 66
www.napka.org

302 480 6008

Phantoms!
My ride: GT Rapide
Check out the Wildwood Buggy Bash Facebook page!

kitejumper

Senior Member

Posts: 540
Registered: 8-5-2009
Member Is Offline

posted on 15-8-2009 at 09:16 PM

just make sure there are no obstructions--one time i was scudding and i hit a piece of rebar some idiot threw in the field......and YES, it hurt

furbowski

Posting Freak

Posts: 1470
Registered: 1-5-2008
Location: hong kong
Member Is Offline

Mood: stuck on a small island with big trees and tiny beaches...

posted on 4-10-2009 at 09:04 PM

wow, I fell for xoxobaby on another thread... reported.

Houston AirHead

Posting Freak

Posts: 1165
Registered: 10-6-2009
Location: Houston
Member Is Offline

Mood: Smooth winds

posted on 5-10-2009 at 07:34 AM

who the math wiz of this forum. sounds like a cool little formula to play with.

factor in grass blade length, width, moisture content, and angle of leaf to ground ratio :karate:

dont forget scudder weight , shoe type, kite size, barometric pressure:D

2011 17 Best Taboo
2008 Caution Mayhem 9m
Flysurfer Speed 5 15m
Legend 3
Ace II 8 - for sale rarely used....

furbowski

Posting Freak

Posts: 1470
Registered: 1-5-2008
Location: hong kong
Member Is Offline

Mood: stuck on a small island with big trees and tiny beaches...

posted on 5-10-2009 at 07:37 AM

there's a bit of body english involved too... keeping your weight on toes vs heels makes a big difference.

one-legged scuds are the next step up....

:frog: