Man you are bored, maybe you can help me work on my nonwind kite/wakeboard simulator.
So far i've figure if we get a 'flowrider' wave machine and maybe cut the wave part out so we have a flat area of moving water. then if we make some sorta super bungy kite bar and lines hanging down off a pole overhead. kinda like cable ski but without a lake and more like the pull/lift from a kite then a cable, it would allow you to do/practice either wakestyle or dangle tricks or whatever you wanted. The water would be shallow so we might need to use a 'special designed board' to allow you to still edge really hard. You would be able to make the surface that the water travels over soft for those bad landings. Now this will be quite expensive so now comes the hard part.....doin it cheap & backyard style....hmmm anyone got a hose i can borrow

Cliff,

I don't but am looking to make a heavy duty one like this

www.altrec.com/moved

Come and wash my car.

I will pay you $19.95 and you can go to a camping store and get a fully manfuctured pump (with a warranty).

This will save you a heap of hours and money on bits from Bunnings.

Have plenty of other housework to be done too if you are still bored :)

Find another hobby dude, there is no future in pump making.

But if you increase the diameter... you'll decrease the pressure that you can pump up to.. As most kites these days are on the taking pressures that are on the edge already (of what a 3-4inch diameter pump can put out) what's the point? Buy one of the new electric pumps and sort out your lines while pump fills the kite... Having a slingshot one pump helps there

Or just buy a foil and don't pump at all!

Good winds

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Originally posted by sinbad

Tape two pumps together and then tape a bar across the handles put both hoses into the 2 valves in the leading edge (if your lucky enough to have your kites like that LF's are)
Then pump like crazy leading edge goes up twice as fast and it costs you next to nothing.

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Thats a great option. 1 improvement: Make the hose go from the 2 pumps to 1 hose. all you need is a 2 into 1 attachment. Probably get it from bunnings or plumbing supplies. This way you only need one valve.