From Steffen: It's a single skin depower kite with a one-hand control, without additional lines. Ideal for street kiting. It will be available from
August in the sizes 2.0m, 4.0m and 6.0m.
I absolutely love how Steffen continues to innovate. I'm a huge fan of his NS3s and LS2s and it appears that he has created another most interesting
kite, purpose built for a unique application.
I'm speechless. This looks like an amazing street kite engine. The larger window and landing features are big enhancements to to the ns3 imo. You
can tell it has to be very maneuverable when flown off of what looks like a regular handle. Very cool.
Someone needs to buy one of those and send it to me for a few days. I'm starting a new company called "Air Piracy Kite Designs". I'll return it
quickly and never fly it......
Someone needs to buy one of those and send it to me for a few days. I'm starting a new company called "Air Piracy Kite Designs". I'll return it
quickly and never fly it......
Haha! Not serious. I would imagine it is very hard, if not impossible, to copy ribs and panel shapes without taking the whole thing apart. I have
used the "Single Skin" program for a few prototypes now. It is fairly easy to use and create templates. Now that the wind is taking the summer off I
might try to do something like Ian's "Little Hammer" using the program.
Someone needs to buy one of those and send it to me for a few days. I'm starting a new company called "Air Piracy Kite Designs". I'll return it
quickly and never fly it......
Someone needs to buy one of those and send it to me for a few days. I'm starting a new company called "Air Piracy Kite Designs". I'll return it
quickly and never fly it......
:puzzled:
Deleted. I see Randy replied :D
This would be a great challenge for you Randy
I agree with the good Mr. Sayre. I'd love to see some of your designs up close and in flight.
I wonder if that bar would work on a NS3... could be interesting...
Steffen teases us for about 5 seconds in his first-peek video starting at 1:50 with a look at the bridling and bar setup. It would appear that the
kite gets some continuous support coming from bridle lines originating from the center of the bar and then separate and unique bridle sets at both bar
ends. There is a DP action to the rigging that seems to work by pivoting the bar from the center such that flexing your wrist one way puts the kite
into a power position and flexing it the other way "depowers" the kite.
Pretty cool design from what limited info I can glean from the same video we are all looking at. At first blush I'm thinking the bridling looks
highly purpose-built for this specific kite/bar combo and I for one would suspect you'd encounter issues trying to retrofit the bar to existing NS
bridling. Someone like Randy or others with actual NPW kite building experience (I've got zilch in that department) may be better able to speculate.
In case you didn't know this, I love this sort of stuff!
I wonder if that bar would work on a NS3... could be interesting...
NPW's like the NS3 don't really have a useful depower capability. Normally depower works by changing the angle of attack of the kite which isn't very
effective for NPW's. The NS3 kites "scrunch down" the nose of the kite to reduce the area and lift of the kite. You don't need a fancy bar to do
that - a simple 3 line bar works fine. However, that method is not particularly useful in limiting power. It's been discussed (and debated) in other
threads, but no one really seems to use the NS3 (or NS2) kites as depower and mainly uses the 3rd line as a kite killer.
Someone needs to buy one of those and send it to me for a few days. I'm starting a new company called "Air Piracy Kite Designs". I'll return it
quickly and never fly it......
:puzzled:
Deleted. I see Randy replied :D
This would be a great challenge for you Randy
I agree with the good Mr. Sayre. I'd love to see some of your designs up close and in flight.
Well, Steve, you asked for it. Here are my latest prototypes.
So Randy, that was a super cool video. I felt like I was getting a stealth look at an original Twilight Zone episode. Very nice designs indeed. That
must be a fun hobby to go from start to finish with all the various designs and then get to actually fly them. Thanks for the share buddy.
Thanks Steve. I decided to make the pictures B&W and then saved it in low resolution to give the grainy look x-files theme seemed like a perfect
fit. The first one (with several pictures) is the kite I made using the single skin program. I made another but later, but I don't seem to have any
pictures or video of it. The second didn't fly as well anyway. The others are all variations on other plans.
with acres of empty parking lots around here, this is VERY interesting!
Agreed. Steffen let me know via email that there is a street kiting scene of sorts emerging with young folks in Europe and that the StreetStar was
designed in response to that.
Be the first on your block!* Said to be available in August. :karate:
Id love to get one, but my vacation and sons bday are coming in 6 weeks, plus i think my wife will literally kneecap me if i buy another kite before
replacing a window or two on the house, lol.
HQ: Symphony Beach 1.3, 2.2.4, Crossfire II 5m, Apex II 5m
Peter Lynn: Pepper II 3m, Venom II 13M
Born: NS3 4m, 7m. NS2 5.5m
With a longboard and some slide gloves, a one handed control system could allow for some nice hand-down power slides. I'll be keeping an eye on this
one. Thanks for sharing.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
It looks like he has the front bridles middle bridle and back separated with the middle going to the middle of the handle? This is how I think he has
redesigned the Paraskiflex bar? Perhaps Paraskiflex also uses a 3 line set up? I may live in Canada but have never actually seen one. I don't see any
pulleys but you must get some form of depower separating the middle like that?
With a longboard and some slide gloves, a one handed control system could allow for some nice hand-down power slides. I'll be keeping an eye on this
one. Thanks for sharing.
One handed control is already easily achieved on the nasa stars. With more skill, I'm sure I could have made that happen with the nasa's. I never
bought protective gear or gloves so I never tried, but with your equipment and skill, it should be a breeze on a star or possibly this new kite.
Yet more StreetStar Born-Porn! Now showing all three sizes (2, 4, and 6m). This video is a set of stills that allows for clear views of the bridling.
Everything a growing boy needs Randy!
Pretty clever for sure and nice to see the continuous innovation in this niche area. I struggle to accept that kite as a depowerable when it seems
all that really happens is traditional FB braking. I don't see the AoA or wing profile changing. But that's just semantics. One of the limitations
of this is that the kite seems to be designed to act more like a sail than a power kite meaning you can't fly super powered with only one hand so
that may make hill work a bit more challenging if flown on trails or open roads or sloped parking lots. Again, no big deal for the niche market, just
an observation.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
Rides: Ground Industries
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