Yesterday we got rather wet and salty filming with Channel 9 for a segment on tonights news at 6pm. Looking forward to seeing what came of all the filiming.
Paul

Yeah! And what about Down Under Down Under??

How did the new masheen go??
Ron

sorry fellas, the eagles and the dockers had first round wins,so they made the news as well as the "sports' section. we got bumped.
presumably tommorrow night.
we spent the day packing and repacking the tiny crate that it all has to fit in.
thank you so much to Rob Carr who came and did some last minute machining that i didnt have time to do.
thank you george for all the lifting.. in the end we had to leave out 1 26" wheel,and a special trolley that converts to a table and workbench

looks like we got our 20secs.monday night.WA only 4.30 bulletin , then 20sec national at 6.00

tried to find a link to the story but couldnt, got a good couple of minutes at 4.30 but 6.00pm was a no go

Thanks me Ol' Son.. Pity
Ron

Chook2 said...

Glad I dobbed you in mate. Thought the exposure would be of benefit to us all.[}:)]

Had a crack at the beaches in Yeppoon QLD for 18 days kite buggying.
I even did some Kms in a Blokart, I talked a bloke into lending me.
Just so I could say I have sailed on both sides of Aus.
Loved the 219 mtr (measured with the GPS) wide beaches at low tide and fantastic winds the whole time I was there. Only one day we didn't get a kite out as it rained and we missed the tides.

The humidity almost totalled me, the first week though.

The very best of luck overseas Paul.

you dont get off that easy chook , Ive stated building those special wheels so you and john can start designing an extreme speed buggy

Traitorous Swine Chook.. Looks good though
The Front tires that5 briskites sell, the narrow ones.. Are they any different to Barrow tires??
Ron

Not sure what you mean Ron????

All the tires are ribbed. Except for the smooth ones on the trailer with the girls in.
On my Sysmic S2 (I used in Yeppoon) they are "Midi XLS" 180mm wide and 430mm high on Sysmic 4" x 8" wide rims.

Not sure the mast step would work Paul.
It would need to be much further back, as with more power on a yacht there is increasing down pressure.
On a kite buggy, more power is less traction. So the centre off effort becomes really critical. I mucked about for a few hours adjusting the buggy to get all 3 wheels to break loose together. (Seat forward, swan neck out, foot pegs in a good position etc.)
It won't run the same with another person in it. Which is handy as no one steals your buggy when you're not looking as it won't handle well.
Will give it some thought though.
Cheers

Putting that footage up on this page, Chook Nah! Just have a dig at you is all[}:)] You know, the way I think I think these days.. I was thinking the std 480 x4 x 8's. Are they also Kenda or just the cheapy Barrow tires.. I love their wheels and I know there is something going with the plastics but I think the Sysmic Rims are nicer and I've had no prob's with popping a bead..
Ron
PS: I think you've learned that Qld is no place for proper Humans, to bleedin' hot and humid.. There are only so many cloths you can remove before the coppers start looking askance at you