Power Kite Forum - DIY kite land proa

lad

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posted on 31-1-2009 at 10:19 PM

DIY kite land proa

Pretty funky
http://www.instructables.com/id/Kite-Powered-Land-Proa/

furbowski

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posted on 31-1-2009 at 10:32 PM

saw this a long time ago when i was first getting into kiting, there's a more developed design kicking around as well, based on the same principle of facing the kite on a reach...

this is nice and simple, I likey...:Ange09:

fixed bridles, flying static, been two years now... ??? folks must be wondering....

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posted on 1-2-2009 at 09:13 AM

This french company has been developing the Crab Buggy for what seems like forever:

http://www.crab-buggy.com/

Kind of cool. Looks like they are trying to patent a number of elements of the design. Production seems to always be "just around the corner."

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