me and a buddy of mine just took my little girls' elmo kite i got for her out for a spin tonight at about midnight.... we then had the wild idea of
putting some LEDs on the bridle, and seeing what it would look like.
needless to say, it looked pretty damn cool. i had a spool that was 300 yards of some 50lb test string, and we used that as the flying line.
there was a truck that passed by while we were flyin, and they stopped at the stopsign for about 3 minutes or so watching us... lol
Suspend one of those blinking, color-changing micro LED/keychain lights in one of those old Shanti Cube kites (or the 3 sided Prism Triads).
These kites will spaz around a lot on their own and put on quite a show (use a tail in heavier winds).
Send a kite train of these up one breezy night (and keep an eye out for another set of lights - Red and blue ones! :rolleyes.
Watch for mine at Wildwood and Ocean City soon!
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Another cool item - the tiny Thil "battery replacement" LED fishing bobber lites. They are the size and weight of a matchstick and come in red,
yellow and green. They are very bright, last for 20 hours, and you could possibly tape them along your lines, bridles, or even inside your cell
openings for an errie glow.
yay 4 spam! but in other news and to ignore the above and albiet the vido is after this post iQuad has put on some great night fly for many years at
wsikf
Does anyone know a good source for magnetic led's? (Aside from a cr32, magnet, led and tape :D )
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ran into a company a month ago that makes one line kites with led strips in the kite. they are working on a 2 line kite with the same lite source.
they are Nocturnal Sports .com
was looking for the vid of the kites but .......still looking.
But night flying with lites on the kite is always a sight to see.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
Arkay - I see the magnetic LEDs all the time on eBay but they are overseas and I just can't commit in case of duties. customs etc. They are listed as
"Kite Lights".
On last WBB I have LED bike lights attached to my Psycho4 , blinking red on left and blinking white on right ...... It was visible from motel 2 block
away .....
On my prism tensor I have christmas LED lights inside the kite and battery inclosure on center of TE .... Kite looks fantastic in the sky ....
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MG Supra ......... pulling KiteTrike
I use "Glow Sticks" The kind you snap to activate. They come in thin strips, circles and many other shapes. Usually find them at my Dollar Store. Drop
them in a cell and you are good to go.
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Flexifoil bullets 2.5- 3.5 mine, can\'t have it!
Pansh ACE 4.0- for sale $75
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Naish Aero 10.0
Naish Aero 12.0
Rockville Kite Trike
took some cheapie glo-sticks from wally world and hooked 'em to the bridals of my twister and it was really cool looking! Kamikuza has a sweet pic of
an arc with some LEDs in it.... I think it may be my synergy i bought from him actually :shocked2:
night flying ftw!
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HQ: Montana 4 12.5m, Apex 3 5m
Flexi: Blade ViP, Rage 1.8m \"lil Pepi!\"
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My most perfect days have been on Jekyll
In the late nineties I started using "Glo Wire" (electroluminescent wire) for all kinds of fun applications. EL Wire is light weight and easy to use.
I've used it on my kites, kite buggy, Bagpipes, RC Aircraft, my helmet and lately my son's baby stroller.
Now, even REI carries an easy version called"bike glow wire" which instead of using rechargeable LiPo batteries it uses two AA Batteries. You can use
AA lithium batteries for the "bike glow wire" since they are lighter.
EL wire is pretty cool. You can buy the wire, controller and battery pack pre made or make a set yourself. Home made sets can be really light weight
using a rechargeable LiPo battery. However, then you will need a LiPo charger that you can buy at any RC Hobby Store.
I like to zip tie them to my Rev Super Blast (2-4) onto the spars, write my name on the face of a Rokaku or run some lines all the way down the kite
line of parafoil or other lifter
Just Google Glo Wire or EL Wire...cool stuff eh?
-NAPKA US67
-American Kitefliers Association Member
took some cheapie glo-sticks from wally world and hooked 'em to the bridals of my twister and it was really cool looking! Kamikuza has a sweet pic of
an arc with some LEDs in it.... I think it may be my synergy i bought from him actually
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