Worlds biggest kite

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Bertus
Bertus
QLD
50 posts
QLD, 50 posts
10 Dec 2007 8:32pm
I saw the theory some time ago but this the real thing.

www.enn.com/articles/26772

Jimmyz
Jimmyz
NSW
446 posts
NSW, 446 posts
10 Dec 2007 9:41pm
Sweeeeet, now all I have to do is to become a stowaway... then one day when noone onboard is looking, I hook into it's ultra large chicken-loop and get a 100+ meter jump.

Its MASSIF, do you know the actual size in meters?
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
10 Dec 2007 9:42pm
Jimmyz said...

Sweeeeet, now all I have to do is to become a stowaway... then one day when noone onboard is looking, I hook into it's ultra large chicken-loop and get a 100+ meter jump.

Its MASSIF, do you know the actual size in meters?


dude its a foil... your ambitions for hight are futile
in all seriousness foils dangle just as good as any other kite.
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
11 Dec 2007 12:30am
captain

set course to gain speed........... bear away, bear away, thats it

now 30 degrees to windward helm and send that sucker backwards.

bloody hell first mate how the hell are we gunna land it.........AAAAAAARRRGH
Bertus
Bertus
QLD
50 posts
QLD, 50 posts
11 Dec 2007 12:30am
I'm not sure how big a football field is but a rugby field is 100m long and probably 50m wide.

But it is flying 1000 feet whats that about 330m high. Thats 10 times our line length. I like the 50% more wind.
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
WA
1991 posts
WA, 1991 posts
10 Dec 2007 11:36pm
Imagine a tangle. That would suck big time.
How would the get it in the air?
They would have to have a winch of some sort to get the rope in and out, but how would it actually get flying. I think the thumbs up is a little out of its league.
How mad would it look watching one of those cruise down the coast.
MagicMike
MagicMike
WA
210 posts
WA, 210 posts
11 Dec 2007 12:27am
there is a vid (type skysail on youtube) showing the ship releasing the kite cables
wonder what would happen if a storm hit? would we see another episode of eric ship style?
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
WA
1991 posts
WA, 1991 posts
11 Dec 2007 11:20am
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
11 Dec 2007 11:28am
anyone going to invited them down to kitestock?
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