How fast is a kite flying let's say in a loop? Does anyone know?

Hi Ganja,

It would depend on the wind strength, atmospheric conditions, size, make and model of the kite if you wanted to get really accurate but I would hazard a guess and say just a little slower than the forward speed you were riding at when you initiated the loop.

The average rider rides at about 30-40km/h so I'd be guessing around 35 km/hr for an average rider and then varies accordingly with the above considerations.

I'd be happy to be corrected if I am way off the mark.

Cheers,

KH

Yo Rowdy - Yo mama rides at 20kph or less...

Shoot me down bro...

You go girlfriend - loop it fast then send it high...

That'll help you climb on

Based on your reasonable calculation, 100km/h would be a bit high because the kite won't fly a full 180 degrees across the window, maybe only 160 degrees.
You can probably throw a criketball/baseball about 60-80 km/h and this seems like a similar speed to me. So I reckon anywhere around that number would be close to the maximum speed of the kite.

Depending on what you are trying to calculate, I don't think it will really matter if you use a number between 30km/h and 90 km/h. This is for two reasons, 1) the kite will not travel at a constant speed in the loop, it may only max out at, say, 80 km/h for a tenth of a second. So the average speed is much harder to determine. 2) You mention Reynolds number which tells me you are interested in the friction and whether the flow is laminar or turbulent. The type of flow and amount of friction is relative to the logarithm of Reynolds number, so an estimate of 30 or 90 km/h will probably give similar results for a thumb-in-air approximation.

No worries
So, what are you trying to calculate other than Reynolds number?

won't the outside tip be going wayyyy faster than the inside tip?

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