Konrad Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Not long ago, someone (I can't remember who) posted something about traction kites and buggies. I looked for that thread, couldn't find it. I found some photos of the last time we had my buddy's traction kite out. Taken by a local photographer, Gary Mayo. It's a hell of a lot of work, but it's really fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Bosch232/Kiting/skid2.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Potts Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 It looks like it would be more fun with a cart... I think this is the thread you mentioned - http://www.messing-about.com/forums/index.php?topic=7116.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palolo Hawaii Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Konrad, That field you were in looked familiar. :shock: Why didn't the photographer use a wide angle lens? Aloha, pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 That is freakin' AWESOME... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Kershaw Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Flying mushroom? :shock: We spent a week on Bradenton Beach years ago. At sunset, a couple guys came out with kite cars. They were three wheeled with baloon tires that were big enough that I think the carts would actually float. The kites were rectangular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 As a kid a friend of mine got a parachute from his father who was in the Navy. We used to use it to pull us across the sports fields at school in a wagon. Stopping did prove amusing some times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted December 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 My friend who owns the kite I was flying in those photos also has a 3 wheeled buggy. But we haven't found many good spots around here to really use it and learn how to run them. All of the soccer fields are fenced & locked, or in use. It's a wierd combinationn of keeping your heading correct while keeping the kite in the power zone. (I guess that's pretty much like sailing, though, huh?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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