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Has everyone seen this???!!!

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Created by tomasjoad > 9 months ago, 29 Mar 2014
tomasjoad
46 posts
29 Mar 2014 7:43PM
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A friend just posted this on Facebook. Have people seen this already??? Holy f@&king sh1tballs!!!!

www.iksurfmag.com/kitesurfing-news/2014/03/k2-kitefoiler-in-san-francisco-bay-2013/

wishy
WA, 1501 posts
29 Mar 2014 7:56PM
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Just don't let a Kitesurfer fly it or they'll try to boost!

kitcho207
NSW, 865 posts
29 Mar 2014 10:58PM
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Hey. Cant listen to it with the sound up...
How fast do it go?

Olliefly
QLD, 63 posts
30 Mar 2014 12:34AM
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring. try a triple back roll and get back to me lol

Kazan
QLD, 699 posts
1 Apr 2014 10:10AM
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That is definetely cool (the video), but a very expensive way to enjoy the winds and not to mention the time to setup, rig up, load, unload, prepare, check lines, etc etc etc. You would need all day just to get going for a couple of hours of wind time.
Interesting the size of the kite looked no bigger than a 15mt or 17mt kite and yet it pulled a lot of weight plus some.

Puetz
NT, 2185 posts
1 Apr 2014 10:10AM
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... I wonder if its testing for America's Cup style of boats, the next level so to speak to mast/wing??? What speeds were they doing btw, anyone know?

Robbie

timmybuddhadude
WA, 862 posts
2 Apr 2014 4:20AM
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Wo !

all boats ships..trains..traffic; cars going round roundabouts etc should do this when man runs out oil& of gas

coastflyer
SA, 600 posts
2 Apr 2014 11:35AM
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timmybuddhadude said..

Wo !

all boats ships..trains..traffic; cars going round roundabouts etc should do this when man runs out oil& of gas


They have been using kites for years to propel very large ships!

skysails-group.com/

timmybuddhadude
WA, 862 posts
2 Apr 2014 1:15PM
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coastflyer said...


They have been using kites for years to propel very large ships!

skysails-group.com/


Jesus Christ! Had no idea! Thanks for that !..totally enlightened..! ..thats brilliant

Glug
WA, 106 posts
3 Apr 2014 6:31AM
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timmybuddhadude said..

coastflyer said...


They have been using kites for years to propel very large ships!

skysails-group.com/


Jesus Christ! Had no idea! Thanks for that !..totally enlightened..! ..thats brilliant



Thats just a prototype which never got off the ground for obvious reasons.

We trialled a kite on an offshore yacht years ago. At best completely impractical and at worst dangerous. It worked fine by itself, but with the mainsail up there was too much of a vacuum and we couldn't launch it without a huge mess around. Mind you the design of the thing was a bag of ****.



Rolls
VIC, 48 posts
3 Apr 2014 2:24PM
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Ah life's good! How lucky are we....



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