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[*] posted on 22-5-2013 at 03:05 AM
buggy with level one thor hammer 2 lines kite?


I'am just asking myself why not?
It's a giant freestyle two line kite.
With a wrist safety leach.
Yes / No / why?

Because there's no break lines? Is the good answer?



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[*] posted on 22-5-2013 at 05:12 AM


It's not ideal, but no reason why you couldn't give it a go !

Stranger kites have been used....
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[*] posted on 22-5-2013 at 07:55 AM


Quote: Originally posted by elfasa  

Stranger kites have been used....


Don't know exactly why, but that's one of my longtime favorite videos. If you view it on the YouTube site and read the comments.... "the kite is a single PL excalibur (wingspan of 1.2 meter)".

The Thor's Hammer has been dragged around by 2 Audis, so it's probably up to the stresses of dragging around a buggy and pilot.

However, any crashes at speed are probably going to be Hindenburg horrific.



Because of the flight conditions, the actual kite that was used in the commercial was a special vented version of the Thor's Hammer. The vents and color were digitally removed for the commercial in post production. They destroyed 70-80 Thor's Hammers during the making of the Audi commercial. Rewind to Hindenburg reference: "Oh The Humanity"...

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[*] posted on 22-5-2013 at 10:41 AM


I have buggied with my Thor's hammer, it works. I have also buggied with my NSR and my team Hawaiians. One of our local guys buggied with a Rev 1.5.

In the right winds, anything will work. In 30+ you don't even need a kite, just open up your jacket or hold up a trash bag. :)



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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 02:21 PM


My avatar was in a Corsair QAR and a beach blanket at JIBE 2012. Winds we were well above 20mph lol

Anything works in the right wind :lol:



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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 07:51 PM


I crashed A few times at XBAN this year. The wind was howling and I did not have anything smaller than a 3m.

I grabbed my Prism Quantum and it pulled me at over 20 mph.

I got a lot of thumbs-up from the other buggiers as they flew past me.

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[*] posted on 4-6-2013 at 08:50 PM


Wow, 70-80? That may be more than are in existence currently. ;)

Still, that would be cool to see someone being pulled by that beast.

Hmmm.... :lol:

I almost pulled out my Lycos 2.5 @ XBAN this year that one day winds were fairly nukin' that Jeepers referred to. I wimped out though 'cause no brakes.

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Quote: Originally posted by indigo_wolf  

Because of the flight conditions, the actual kite that was used in the commercial was a special vented version of the Thor's Hammer. The vents and color were digitally removed for the commercial in post production. They destroyed 70-80 Thor's Hammers during the making of the Audi commercial. Rewind to Hindenburg reference: "Oh The Humanity"...





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[*] posted on 8-6-2013 at 02:37 PM


My avatar was in a Corsair QAR and a beach blanket at JIBE 2012. Winds we were well above 20mph lol

Anything works in the right wind :lol:



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