BeamerBob
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Buggy run on Google maps from Recon GPS goggles
Ok, the geek in me is about to blow a fuse. The goggles were nice to wear, with a wide field of view. They are the photochromic lenses and they did
a good job at cutting glare and brightness. It was so so nice to be able to glance down in the corner of the goggles any time I wanted to see my
current speed. I just can't divert my attention enough to glance at the downtube mounted gps very much when going fast.
Loading the run into the software and then sharing it was so easy and worked the first time like you would hope it would. I will do better in the
future with the titles and location as I figure it out.
Nothing much exciting after the first run unless you just want to follow along to satisfy the geek in you. I was surprised at the speed because the
winds were very light and I wanted to put in time on the Vapor 4.5m. This speedy run was right after pulling away from the parking area and I ended
up in the soft stuff which is rough riding and not fast, then the wind eased up. This run did boost my confidence that I can get away from the power
of the wind by controlling my direction to the wind. Learn something every time. Bigger kites might not be so bad. 
GPS track
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tridude
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Mood: Semper in excretum sum sed alta variat................alwayz in the crap but the depth varys.........
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nice....................demoing or did you buy them?
17m Ozone Zephyr (2012)
15m Flysurfer Silver Arrow 2
12m Ozone Catalyst (2013)
10m Ozone Catalyst (2012)
4m (Mac Para Bego 400 & Flexifoil Blade IV for sale)
142 Wainman Joke/135 Dimitri Pro Skywalker
11'6 Naish Nalu
6' Davo Fish
I am not a Phoenix however,
I am Don Leech
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arkay
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now if the web site didn't error when i tried to load the tracks... :/
US503 - Manzanita, Oregon
Fixed Bridal: Flexifoil Sting 1.2, 1.7; Rage Acid 2.5m, 3.5m, 4.7m, 6m | Peter Lynn Vapor 11.2m, 16.1m | NPW 7m
Depower : Peter Lynn Venom 2 13m | Peter Lynn Phantom 15m | Flysurfer 2.5 SA 19m
LEI : Flexifoil Atom 7m, 9m, 12m
Land rides : Libre Hardcore; Libre v-max; Peter Lynn XR+W | Rollerblade Coyotes! | Ground Industries AK Pro
Water rides : Slingshot Misfit 134; Ocean Rodeo Mako 150; North WAM! 5\'10
4 Sale/Trade: HQ M1 5m, Flysurfer Pulse 10, PL Venom 2 16m, PL Venom 19m
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BeamerBob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tridude
nice....................demoing or did you buy them? |
Don, I bought real quick before I changed my mind. I was thinking it was frivolous till I used them and was able to share the run data like that.
I'm interested in the speed readout but it can give you elevation change and other things that would be more of interest to snow skiers.
| Quote: | Originally posted by arkay
now if the web site didn't error when i tried to load the tracks... :/ |
Arkay, I hope its working for people other than me. It shows several views already.
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Bigbear97e
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Mood: Don\'t go quietly to the grave in a well preserved body, skid in sideways, bagged, shouting \"what a ride\"
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That is way cool ... looked at Ivanpah on google earth lots wondering where/what part the buggy's use .... now I know ... cool to be able to follow
your trip on satellite image background and see speed changes .... gotta admit ... sometimes geek is cool
- PL Vibe II 1.9 (the one that got me hooked)
- PL Hornet 2.0
- PL ViperS 3.9
- Pansh: Blaze 3.0, Ace 4.5, Flux 6.0, First Proto 6.1, Blaze 7.0
- PL Reactor 8.3
- PL Guerilla 13
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- NAPKA KC97 - BMK Frankenbuggy
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markite
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Nice to see the runs Bobby - I'm trying to figure the wind direction from your top speeds and it seems like many times you were angling higher upwind
as your speed built.
Mark
Mark Groshens
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn: Charger2 18, Scorp 16, Charger2 15, Phantom II 12, Scorp 10, Phantom II 9, Phantom 9, Charger2 8, Syn 8, Charger 6, F 1200, 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5, Rise 13, 10, 7 Razor 6
Foils: Full set of PL Lynx, Airea Raptors, PL Reactor IIs, PL Cores, Libre Spirits, Ozone Flow
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 5-11, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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BeamerBob
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Bear glad I could share a little more with you about riding here!
Mark, the wind actually changed within 180 degrees while I was there which made for the stopping/starting of the wind. It was predominantly out of
the NE, and you can see I was running almost dead downwind as I coasted and slowed down, even the blip of a right turn testing the wind to see if it
would let me turn. But some of those odd angles of travel would be when the wind would shift from North to East or something in between. My initial
roll out from the car was indicating the common wind angle.
This was fun to play with when I got home, and fun to share too. I hope to share many more and will cut them down to just exciting parts from now on
unless the whole ride is somehow interesting.
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PHREERIDER
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Mood: chilled....but ready to RAGE
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premium hardware! very cool are they waterproof or marine app.?
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BeamerBob
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Phree it says "water resistant enclosure". To me that means a splash is ok, but don't dunk em in the drink. They are really well ventilated. You
can feel them heat you up if you sit still and then woosh, instant coolness when you get your breeze going again.
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ripsessionkites
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Commercial break : we have tons of these left instock
Hehehe
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Cerebite
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Mood: \"Is he using the same wind we are?\"
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Cool toy Bob, what caught my eye was the pocket of cold air at the end of that first run [oh and props for "going metric"]
2.5m, 4.8m, 6.5m NPW5; 1, 3, 6, 9, & 12m KM4 NPW9
2.4 m Flexifoil Sting; 2.8 m Prism Stylus P3
3m, 5m PL Hornet; 6.8m PL Viper; 8.6 m Reactor II
Rev PowerBlast 4-8
PL XR+; VTT Stinger on Midis
a couple of Revs, a bag of dual lines and a bag of single lines
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BeamerBob
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I imagine the temp is affected by the goggles heating up in the sun or building up heat from my helmeted head sitting still. That cool temp also
could've been caused by all the wind hitting the goggles and evaporating moisture. Annnnndd the side of the goggles with the sensor went into the
shade at that angle. I hadn't even given much attention to the temp readout till you mentioned it.
And yes, cool toy for sure. I could get by without it and would always run a standalone gps along with it, but I must say i enjoyed using it and then
being able to share the ride. Next, I'll look into linking video to the gps track, then it will be info overload for all of us.
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Cheddarhead
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Very nice Bobby! Couldn't help but think of a two-year-old with a red crayon when I first saw the resulting map.
Ozone Frenzy 7m
PL Viper S 6.8m
HQ beamer 4m
Rev 1.5 SLE
What I ride:
Home brew buggy
Volkl race tiger DH 210
Volkl race carvers 198
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WELDNGOD
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Nice Bob. For the folks who don't have one,if you have an Etrex,you can download "Basecamp" from Garmin. It will lay your tracks on a map,chart how
fast and where. And more info than I can describe. I tried it with my Wildwood tracks,WOW! you can see every litte turn and stop or acceleration.
Tech is so sweet nowadays... Yes ,I too am a techno -kiter geek
PKD
Combat 2.4/4.2
Century 5.5
Century II 2.8/8.0/10.0
Buster Soulfly 1.5/2.2/3.3
Buster Soulfly Pro 4.4
Flexifoil
Sting 1.7
Rage 2.5/3.5/4.7
Revolution 1.5 SLE
17 ply Custom TRAMPA w/ verTIGo trucks & titanium kingpins
2 homebrew buggies,1 homebrew KYTBYK,1 homebrew tandem trailer
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BeamerBob
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That's true WG. We used "basecamp" to verify Brian Holgate's record run from my etrex.
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