Ok guys i know my last topic started a land slide but i promiss this one won't:singing:

I need a suggestion for a ground peg. The problem is i want/need to bring a kite with me when i fly[i travel for a living] and have to put the peg in my luggage. I have no need to raise the "red flag" when my luggage is XRay'd with a spike in the suitcase.....ideas??

Any metallic object that long could get flagged, simplest thing to do is to check in your luggage, if they dont charge for that, if they do try to go into a hardware store at your destination, and just buy a spike from there.

Personally for my stakes, i just bought a giant nail / spike from Menards, and covered the tip with orange duct tape.

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Originally posted by Tonka Ok guys i know my last topic started a land slide but i promiss this one won't:singing:

don't worry about it, I wish i could start a land slide like that!!!!!

its a good discussion, nice and civil this time around, comes around every couple months, but yeah really high tide on that one!

this one should do ok as well, we haven't had a chance to sound off on pegs for a while.

me? I hardly ever use them. but that's just my location... (read carefully though, that's not the topic, really...)

how about plastic? I understand there are some nice ones in home depot and the like.

I've only flown in the US once since 9/11, that once was enough to tell me TSA was a good reason to stay away from american airports for a while, but I carry ice screws, ice axes, survival knives, and other interesting gear in check on baggage on the time.

carry on? ummm, yeah, that might be a problem.

plastic tent pegs work good

Hardware stores sell heavy duty pegs very cheap. They are plastic and not too threatening. HQ's pegs are plastic. ( OOPS ! I thought they had a cheap plastic version ? )

You don't NEED a peg ?

I have used my water bottle. Set the kite at the edge flagged out and the bottle on the folded over upwind wing. Side launch and go.

Landing I either back the kite against a car or fence. That or go back to flagging it out.

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Originally posted by Krohn1999 plastic tent pegs work good

ditto

Do they really not complain about plastic tent pegs going through security? That'd surprise me. Be nice if it's true though.

really, whatever you check should be fine... but i think the plastic ones would be a little more forgiving, and they would get you through the airport a little faster with fewer questions asked

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Originally posted by Drewculous really, whatever you check should be fine... but i think the plastic ones would be a little more forgiving, and they would get you through the airport a little faster with fewer questions asked

I didn't mean checked security. I meant carry on. That was why I was surprised.

here in the states... anything pointy will cause you grief... if you have your kite as carry on tho, you can usually put 2 and 2 together for them, but you'll have some 'splannin' to do.

you might just grab a carabiner, and hook to a fence or other object... may be easier than dealing with security...

or carry a big tube sock... and fill it with dirt/sand when you find a spot. And anchor an edge with that like Bladerunner was saying (a little more weight than a water bottle)

HQ pegs are steel with a rounded tip. I have recently flown with a kite in carry-on and an HQ style stake. The object was flagged by x-ray and examined by hand. when I explained what it was and noted that it was blunt, it was allowed. On the return flight it was not even questioned.

I really like these pegs and so do my customers, as I sell so many. They go into any density sand or soil just as easily.

The plastic pegs like PL and common camping pegs do not go into wet sand or dense soil as easily, I have found

In checked luggage, I definitely prefer the HQ stake.


HQ Kite Stake

In carry on luggage, the blunt end, orange cap, and the fact that the sheath is actually marked "HQ Powerkites" generally pass muster.

If the winds are moderate and you are flying on grass, this will get through carry-on without an issue.


Carey Quick Stake

Folks seem to have a rough time confiscating Elmer Fudd's kite state.

On the train, you can get 50 pounds of kites, pads, stakes, carabiners, and Jeep parts on as one of your two carry-ons without issue.

They have K-9s in DC, but that's only an issue if you are carrying meat products.

ATB,
Sam

Great info guys...thanks

If you plan on using a stake on the beach and not on a grassy field. They have those plastic screw in umbrella holders that screw right into the sand. I tie a piece of rope around it and put a stainless carabiner on it and hook my brake loops onto the carabiner.

haha that is an interesting problem, i use a huge screw driver usaually.

Maybe you could use a coat hanger?.. man i dunno