Power Kite Forum - smallest location

jimerke

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posted on 20-10-2011 at 09:04 AM

smallest location

hallo,

I am wondering about the minimum size of a field for powerkiting... is a soccerfield big enough (50mx110m)

i wanna kite this weekend....

greetz

ps sorry about my english, i'm a belgian kid...

Tibi

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posted on 20-10-2011 at 09:44 AM

Yeah... that's enough for static flying... but it depends also on what's around it. If you have buildings or trees obstructing the wind... that's not a good situation... you can have a lot of turbulence and it's not fun anymore.

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posted on 20-10-2011 at 08:36 PM

Yes a soccer field is big enough to get a ride.

Trick is .... Wind flows like water. It will be terrible for flying for about TEN times the distance downwind as an object upwind is high.

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