Stacy
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What was the name of it???
I am not a kite enthusiast but living at the beach I see a lot of kite surfing. Last week I saw a fella' with a kite like you guys/gals use and he was
seated in some sort of contraption with a fan behind him propelling him forward, left, right, etc. This motor was NOT keeping the kite up, the wind
was. He was about 50 feet up off the ground, sustained. I haven't seen this before but I want one and don't know what it's called or where to find
one. Can anyone help me?
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BeamerBob
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http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=10415&p...
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sunset-Jim
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sounds like what you are describing is powered paragliding.
If you are in Oregon/Washington there is a good school for paragliding that can get you started in that direction... www.discoverparagliding.com
Good luck
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bigkid
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sounds like a powered paraglider. same thing you jump off the mountain with but with a motor. there are also powered paragliders with 3 wheeled
buggys.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
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Scudley
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It is also called a paramotor.
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Is it possible to design for strength, if the designer doesn't really understand what strength is?
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On this forum its called "cheating" 
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