| Pages:
1
2
3
..
30 |
doomwheels
Posts: 565
Registered: 2-14-2003
Member Is Offline
Mood: Slap happy!
|
|
Crossing Antarctica With Kite Buggies
Copied from old forum:
January 2 2003 by doomwheels
Two Irishmen will begin the 650-mile journey from the South Pole to the edge of Antarctica using kites and specially designed buggies.
Read the full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/30/offbeat.antarctic...
BC
|
|
|
doomwheels
Posts: 565
Registered: 2-14-2003
Member Is Offline
Mood: Slap happy!
|
|
Copied from old forum:
January 3 2003 by doomwheels
So it appears that the wind gods have frowned upon our Irish friends and they have had to abort the attempt.
Here is the news from their website:
http://www.icekites.com/news.htmhttp://www.icekites.com/news...
Maybe next time!
BC
|
|
|
sunset-Jim
Posts: 866
Registered: 3-10-2004
Location: Sunset Beach OR
Member Is Offline
Mood: always ready.... ta buggy
|
|
give me a call 861-1083 or 503-791-1136
Jim
|
|
|
zloty
Posts: 357
Registered: 9-30-2005
Location: oakland,ca
Member Is Offline
Mood: When doesn\'t blow it sucks
|
|
good advise-buy one,save time and time and time 
|
|
|
Scoopy
Posts: 404
Registered: 3-12-2004
Location: West Virginia
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always Good
|
|
I agree, buy one. I thought about building one before I bought. If you build it right anyway, you will have as much money in it.
Scoop
|
|
|
coreykite
Posts: 568
Registered: 12-23-2003
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Member Is Offline
Mood: Who Moo-ed?
|
|
Howdy,
The issue is not whether or not to build your own buggy,
the real question is: WHY?
Commonly, many think they can build cheaper than those store-bought models.
Truth? Build only because you are a fabricator.
You already know the first one won't be "right" but the second will be closer.
To do an even half-decent job, you'll copy the geometry of the PL buggy.
But your motives probably won't include issues like portability.
Why go to all the trouble to make the buggy dissasemble easily?
Just weld the darn thing up and let's go!
Cutting corners might lead you to believe bicycle parts are a great way to adapt without having to make the complicated bits (like a fork).
But bike components are usually designed to absorb shock vertically, while the buggy generates lots of horizontal energy.
Bike wheels, particularly, can be prone to "taco" under those loads.
So... Know yourself.
Build for the right reasons.
Most home-builders I have met, who are still buggying, ride store-bought now.
Buy a great design once and ride for the rest of your life.
Safen Up! Buggy On!
"I'm often wrong, but never in doubt"
the coreylama
|
|
|
Scoopy
Posts: 404
Registered: 3-12-2004
Location: West Virginia
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always Good
|
|
Sounds like you are doing it for the right reasons then. YOu can buy wheels from just about anyone who sells buggys. Also you can probably buy the
correct size bold hardware to go with them. It may cost you a bit, but like I posted above, you will have good money in it. Wide Flexifoil wheels
with bearings will cost somewhere around $50 each and then shipping. Just something to think about.
Scoop
|
|
|
rrc62
Posts: 56
Registered: 9-23-2005
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by ExtremeAirStore
Just thought i would let you all know that we got pretty big back stock on Flexifoil Sabre's so the prices are marked down to about 10% above cost.
this means something along the lines of a $1300 kite for about $850.
Just lettin ya know, this is only while we still have models in so check us out.
http://www.extremeairstore.com/ |
...And over here on the East coast, we also have some Sabres that need a good home. I have one 9.5 and three 11.5's left. I'll do better than the
web site price. Give a call or email. We'll likely not stock Sabres anymore, so this is it for the Sabre deals.
|
|
|
knots
Posts: 5
Registered: 12-17-2004
Location: PEI
Member Is Offline
Mood: stoked
|
|
Do they come with bar or handles???
|
|
|
KYTE SLINGER
Posts: 430
Registered: 5-7-2003
Member Is Offline
Mood: freestyle tactician
|
|
:rodent: alert
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
Are these kites.
Susan
|
|
|
1oldkid
Posts: 277
Registered: 10-19-2006
Location: Idaho
Member Is Offline
Mood: I gotta get me an avatar...
|
|
Hmmm. This looks phishy. 
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
please put these on e bay not here
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
please put these on e bay not here
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
please put these on e bay not here
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
please put these on e bay not here
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
please put these on e bay not here
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
Do any of the items you listed fly.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
kitemaker4
Posts: 1609
Registered: 10-3-2004
Location: Louisiana
Member Is Offline
Mood: happy when buggying
|
|
How are these kite related.
|
|
|
stevep
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-16-2006
Location: clearwater florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: addicted
|
|
i hope someone gets rid of this guy
|
|
|
Scoopy
Posts: 404
Registered: 3-12-2004
Location: West Virginia
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always Good
|
|
nobody wants to hear this here.
|
|
|
action jackson
Posts: 950
Registered: 5-7-2003
Member Is Offline
Mood: wind-holic
|
|
echo.......aj
Ocean Rodeo Razors 8,10,12
Ocean Rodeo 5\'11 Surf series
PL Arcs 6,15m orange Phantoms 10,19m Venom 16m proto scorp ,synergy 12,
NPW\'s .5,2.8,6.9 and 15m skytex
145x49 crazy fly,Decay 142x42,aboards z- series 135x40
Pl xr+ buggy , Pl Kitecat hull #5
www.kittyhawkkites.com
www.wavesvillage.com
www.thekitexpo.com
\"Holding it down, since 20 knots!\" |
|
|
Kiteboarder2B
Posts: 237
Registered: 12-4-2006
Location: Lost Wages,NV
Member Is Offline
Mood: Feeling like surfin\' the dirt baby! Who\'s coming with me!?
|
|
Nothing against God or anything, but there is a time and place for things like that. Does Jesus like to Kite Buggy? If so it's relevant
If you think it\'s hard explaining HOW something works, try explaining WHY it doesn\'t work.
Sportin\' a Kitewing Monofilm Rage 5.5 (my go to sail), Kitewing Dacron IV8
10m Flysurfer Psycho 2 (incoming and my wallet outgoing), 5m PKD Buster, 4.8 NPW, 3.6m Ballistic Burner, 3m Skytiger, 2.1m Little Devil, 1m IMP
Surfin\' the dirt on a 16\" Flexi Freestyle Dirtsurfer with Hookworms, MBS F3 bindings, Dakine stomppads, and a custom Trampa deck (my go to
board)
20\" GP-X Dirtsurfer
16\" GP Freestyle Dirtsurfer
MBS Atom Longboard
PL Comp ST
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2
3
..
30 |
![[*]](images/perspective/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
