Just curious if anyone has tried using a radio flyer sled as a kite sled. It seems like it would work as you would be able to steer with your feet.
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Yeah, I know it would have some issues, but overall I think it would work. I did a search for it on here and I didn't see anything on it. I thought
for sure someone would have beet me to it.
Hell, If I had some snow here, I'd go buy one myself. Nothing else, you will have some fun at least. We all often get too hung up in "technical"
flying. Be a kid again every once in awhile. Good for the soul!!!!
Cross Kites Sonic 3, 5m
Ozone Flow 2, 3, 4, 5m
Ace II 4, 5m
NAPKA-US24
4, 5, 6m ATB landsurfer. Custom longboard deck
Buggy: VTT Black Widow v2.0
Yeah, I know it would have some issues, but overall I think it would work. I did a search for it on here and I didn't see anything on it. I thought
for sure someone would have beet me to it.
Not sure anyone has tried a Flexible Flyer. I expect in turns the thin front runners would try to dig in.
Stuff like that is probably what led Pat to build his Snow Spider. FWIW: KiteNH said he tried a Mad River Rocket Killer B (knee sled), but the ride
position wasn't particularly well suited for kites.
Yup- I tried one a few years ago! Got myself a nice 1970 something Flyer sled- made the rails razor sharp and tried it on my lake- found the sled was
too short for my 6'6" lanky As* to be balanced and had many tip overs and OOS dumps!
It can be done but I think you need the 6 foot Cadillac sled for balance of weight
now I think about I still have that sled in my shed...hhhhmmmm???
HQ Beamer II 1.8-
Flexifoil bullets 2.5- 3.5 mine, can\'t have it!
Pansh ACE 4.0- for sale $75
Peter Lynn Viper- 3.9
Naish Aero 10.0
Naish Aero 12.0
Rockville Kite Trike
I was looking for better pics of the snowspider and lo and behold some great pics are posted!
I thought the front ski touched, like my buddy's "ski bike" but I guess o nly one pair of skis is required neat design
Shocks even me to see them all glossy and ready for action. Thanks Sam! God I miss KiteStorm. Hard to see it but those hinges are not parellel to
seatdeck and skis they are in there slightly diagonal, big big difference in how the skis respond to turning action. Where the levers mount to the ski
is kind of a design flaw , I would at times rip the skis apart at that spot. the lever really needs to be mounted over a longer more secure plate to
spread out the cranking forces. (or just dont get out of controll sideways). 49.9mph easy peasey lemon squeezy on the flower child one!
2.6 , 3.9 , 5.3 , 6.8 PL Vipers
5 , 7.5 HQ Apex II
14m HQ Montana VII
5m naish element
7m ss turbo diesel
10m pansh blaze
5m beamer dearly departed into a tree
3 "snowspider" homebuilt kite sleds
3 homebuilt buggies
1 skate board with seat on wheels or blades (the c0ckroach)
Ziggy rebuilt his buggy and decided to give snowboards a go instead of the ski set up he had on the buggy. He put it together with 3 cheap used boards
and has fittings with skate blades mounted underneath. So far after two test runs it's been performing way better than the ski set up. Here is a bit
of video from Saturday, winds varied but around 20kmh (12 mph) most of the time
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
Great video markite. It got me looking for more snow kite buggy videos. I found one that they were using standard wheels. I wouldn't have thought
that would work.
I don't know if someone on here made this video or if it has been posted in the past but I stumbled upon it when I searched for kite buggy on snow.
It's a pretty good video.
this photo and caption was posted last weekend on a local forum:
"These 2 hosers blew into kite weekend from upwind. They were just out for a rip on the space rocket!. Ironically they didn't even know we were
hosting a kite festival... Classic!"
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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