Demoknight
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Things are going to be different this year!
I won't have to cross state lines or drive for 18 hours to get there this year! I test fitted the buggy to the hitch I just installed on my Impreza,
and it works a treat!
Here is the test fit:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3gQgp1NkqThV3wZE8
NAPKA US8008
Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
Ride:
GT-Race Code:R6
Weird Beard VTT Custom
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Windstruck
Posts: 3338
Registered: 5-16-2015
Location: St George, UT, USA
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Mood: Get in my buggy!
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I know there is some foreshortening in the photo, but the buggy almost looks bigger than the car!
Born-Kites:
RaceStar+ (3.0m, 5.0m, 7.0m, 9.0m, 14.0m)
RaceStar (9.0m, 11.0m)
NasaStar-4 (2.5m, 4.0m, 5.5m, 7.0m)
NasaStar-3 (custom 3.2m)
Flysurfer Kites:
Peak-5 (2.5m)
Buggy:
Peter Lynn BigFoot+ nose & tail; midsection VTT rail & seat kit; home-brewed AQR
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SWATK Member UT0003
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soliver
Posts: 3913
Registered: 12-15-2011
Location: somewhere, far, far away
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Mood: sleepy
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Whoop whoop!... Time to roll!!!
I'm going to take a nap now
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eric67m
Posts: 543
Registered: 9-11-2015
Location: Monroe, Washington
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I also have an impreza and it is the full width of the car. I need to measure the height. It's a much quicker load load than going onto the roof
with my flexifoil.
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Flying A mixed quiver of Flysurfer Peak kites.
Rollin in the Popeye The Welder Playa buggy.
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mougl
Posts: 2907
Registered: 5-12-2009
Location: Naples, FL
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Mood: Stoked for JIBE!!!
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Where are you guys getting the racks to fit into a hitch receiver???
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PB: 53.1 mph
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jeepersjoey
Posts: 454
Registered: 1-1-2012
Location: Denvah Dahlin'
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I designed mine and then went to a local welder. It took way too long and then the guy wigg'd out on me. I think I paid him $200.
Van would not make one that was for a 1.25" hitch.
I once made one out of wood. It was like a cross or a T. The wheels sat on the ends of the T and the front wheel on the bottom. I then mounted it
on the roof rack. Never really used it because I sold that small buggy.
I should take some pics, eh?
Peter Lynn - Resurrected Vapors (thanks to Tenacious Tape): 3.2, 3.8, 4.5, 5.4m. Size 2.3m (dead) - all internal bellows shredded
Pansh - Cerberus - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.5, 9m. (red)
Peter Lynn - Viper - 2.6m
Flexifoil - Rage - Rasta 1.8, 2.5 (dead), 3.5 (dead), 4.7 (v2). New backup of 2.5m and 3.5m.
Ozone - Method 6.5m (w/ Ozone Turbo Bar)
Libre - Bora - Yellow 3.0 & 4.5 (both on their last breath of life)
Peter Lynn - C-Quad - 6.3
HQ - NPW9: 3.4 & 5.3. NPW5: 1.0
Buggies (Kite and Land)
#1 Buggy: Libre Full-Race
#2 Buggy: Peter Lynn Suspension buggy
#3 Sailer: Homemade Land Sailer
#4 Buggy: Windspeed Pro Ivanpah Buggy named Bruce (because he weighs 130 lbs!!)
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eric67m
Posts: 543
Registered: 9-11-2015
Location: Monroe, Washington
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I described mine here. (Home made)
http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=34245#pid32...
Flying A mixed quiver of Flysurfer Peak kites.
Rollin in the Popeye The Welder Playa buggy.
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Demoknight
Posts: 1150
Registered: 6-7-2013
Location: Atlanta, GA
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My rack is meant as a bike rack I think. It was just some trailer attachment that Anna's dad had lying around one of his barns. He said I could try it
out and it turned out to be a perfect fit if I lash the front wheel on top of it and the rear axle lashed to the bottom to keep it from flopping
around.
NAPKA US8008
Kites:
Ozone R1 V3 7m
Flysurfer Sonic v3 15m
Flysurfer Speed 3 Deluxe 19m
Peter Lynn Charger 2 12m
Ozone Access Reride 6m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 5.5m
Peter Lynn 2013 Reactor 8.6m
Prism Tensor 5.0m
Ride:
GT-Race Code:R6
Weird Beard VTT Custom
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pbc
Posts: 830
Registered: 5-9-2009
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Mood: Updated, edited, and published
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The two-horizontal-prong style bike racks are very effective for carrying buggies. I contemplated a custom buggy rack for my new car, but in the end I
ordered another bike rack. For price and convenience they are hard to beat.
I'm getting one of these in the mail this week: https://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Bike-Racks/Swagman/S63360.html
I fly: Charger II 6.5m * Charger II 8m * Charger II 10m * Scorpion 10 (for sale) * Phantom II 12m * F-Arc 1200 * Venom 13m
I ride: Peter Lynn XR+ on Midis * Flexifoil Midi/Barrow * Peter Lynn Comp on Barrows * Peter Lynn XR+ (needs a fork)
I build: Custom bars for buggy pilots
I write about kite stuff: at http://philipbchase.com
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cheezycheese
Posts: 3760
Registered: 8-18-2009
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mood: Ready for action !!!
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Do the straps fit around buggy frame...? Or do you bungee..?
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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BeamerBob
Posts: 8308
Registered: 5-11-2007
Location: Down on the bayou
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That has a 70 LB limit. I could carry the back half of my buggy. Something to consider
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider
Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore
IvanpahBuggyExpo.com
Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
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pbc
Posts: 830
Registered: 5-9-2009
Location: Gainesville, FL
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On my CR-V I used a yakima bike rack that attached to the rear-mount spare tire. I sleeved some bicycle inner tube over the plastic coated steel
pipe. Otherwise the pipes were bare an featureless--no clamps. I hung the first buggy from the right side tubes. I'd rotate the second one so the
wheels wouldn't interfere with the first. Then I used a single line about 12 feet long to go from the top of one side of the rack, around the backside
of the buggies, down to the vertical, then back up again on the backside to the buggies to the other side of the rack. Finish it off with a truckers
hitch and pull tight. This rig pulls the buggies forward and down on the rack.
I used to try to use the bike tie downs, but I achieved nirvana when the last one fell off. The bare steel pipes make it easier to load the buggies.
Figuring out the rope pattern for your buggies and rack is hard initially, but once you get it right, just leave the rope attached the rack and it's
ready for the next adventure.
The same rig works for loading bikes. Those rubber tie downs are just marketing crap. They can never match rope and knot skills.
I looked for a picture of this, but I have none. I'll post one this week when I test out the new rack. I expect I'll pull the bike tie downs off from
the get-go. Rope rocks!
Philip
I fly: Charger II 6.5m * Charger II 8m * Charger II 10m * Scorpion 10 (for sale) * Phantom II 12m * F-Arc 1200 * Venom 13m
I ride: Peter Lynn XR+ on Midis * Flexifoil Midi/Barrow * Peter Lynn Comp on Barrows * Peter Lynn XR+ (needs a fork)
I build: Custom bars for buggy pilots
I write about kite stuff: at http://philipbchase.com
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pbc
Posts: 830
Registered: 5-9-2009
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Mental note: do not offer Bobby a ride to the beach.
I fly: Charger II 6.5m * Charger II 8m * Charger II 10m * Scorpion 10 (for sale) * Phantom II 12m * F-Arc 1200 * Venom 13m
I ride: Peter Lynn XR+ on Midis * Flexifoil Midi/Barrow * Peter Lynn Comp on Barrows * Peter Lynn XR+ (needs a fork)
I build: Custom bars for buggy pilots
I write about kite stuff: at http://philipbchase.com
Philip Chase |
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BeamerBob
Posts: 8308
Registered: 5-11-2007
Location: Down on the bayou
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And there is another buggy too. So there is that. I can be towed pretty easy if it came to that! 
Mougl just got a large buggy so didn't want him to not have enough rack and tear something up.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider
Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore
IvanpahBuggyExpo.com
Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
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D Cheek
Posts: 84
Registered: 4-27-2017
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Mood: Still addicted
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Buggy Tote Rack
Here's a trailer hitch buggy rack I built a few years ago. The buggy was a Kite Trike. Now it carries my Ivanpah. I did have to add internal structure
and gussets to support the extra buggy weight. Works great. Comes apart. I can still make them up and powder coat them any color if ordered.
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NAPKA US 47
Too much stuff.
Ivanpah with Big Kid mods and AQR.
1.8m Beamer 2.5m Beamer
3.5m ZebraZ 2, 4.3m Zebra Z2, 6m Zebra Z2,
Zebra 4.0m Checka, 10m Zebra Z1 on the way.
4.0m Ozone Access DP foil prototype
Wipeka 5.6m DP
8.6m PL Reactor
A- 9-12-16m DP's not flown yet. Like foils better
Other junk and stuff for kite fun and RC.
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D Cheek
Posts: 84
Registered: 4-27-2017
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Mood: Still addicted
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Quote: Originally posted by D Cheek  | Buggy Tote Rack
posted on 2-6-2016 at 02:53 PM
Here's a trailer hitch buggy rack I built a few years ago. The buggy was a Kite Trike. Now it carries my Ivanpah. I did have to add internal structure
and gussets to support the extra buggy weight. Works great. Comes apart. I can still make them up and powder coat them any color if ordered.
Photo Library - 209.JPG - 166kB Photo Library - 208.JPG - 150kB Photo Library - 207.JPG - 173kB Photo Library - 206.JPG - 126kB Photo Library -
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Wasn't able to get the pics to cut and paste. In full color there.
NAPKA US 47
Too much stuff.
Ivanpah with Big Kid mods and AQR.
1.8m Beamer 2.5m Beamer
3.5m ZebraZ 2, 4.3m Zebra Z2, 6m Zebra Z2,
Zebra 4.0m Checka, 10m Zebra Z1 on the way.
4.0m Ozone Access DP foil prototype
Wipeka 5.6m DP
8.6m PL Reactor
A- 9-12-16m DP's not flown yet. Like foils better
Other junk and stuff for kite fun and RC.
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acampbell
Posts: 3879
Registered: 7-26-2006
Location: Las Cruces, NM. Sometimes
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Mood: Digging Deserts and Mts.
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Rack
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