Andrew_Butchart Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 http://www.coastalwindsports.com/NABX08.html Man - I wish I had that much flat ground around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt jake Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 That would be a kick in the keester (sp?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Find a parking lot and go for it. Make it a big parking lot, as these things are fast (15 knots of wind, 40 - 50 MPH). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Butchart Posted November 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7735242.stm#id7730000/7735400/7735439 Here's something else for brave souls with paid up insurance and good medical care .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I converted a few iceboats I've built to land sailers, and also sailed a kite car. They're awesome. You just need free room. I can't remember the size of the kite we sailed. I do know it lifted me off the ground about a foot several times, and I'm 6'-2", 197 lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt jake Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wow Andrew, that is a great video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeStevenson Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Andrew, Thanks for the thread. Sorry I missed it at the time it came out. I'm in Zurich right now, and my wife has been tempting me with photos of the wide beaches around Normandy (she'd taken shots of kite-cars ther a few years ago). It'd be REALLY fun to do the Vector II for those beaches...Hmmm. (I just need to find a shop space somewhere here...) Paul's shot of hte windsurfer-like rig is close to what I'd like to try out. So many fun new materials and components since we did our last sailcar. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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