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Postby Pump me up » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:47 pm
Despite the LIES of ram lovers, ram air kites have innumerable problems caused by a lack of internal rigidity. One of these is a tendency to flop, twist, and invert, leading to DISASTERS like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td4ZjgKXp4M
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Postby rogue_kiteboarder » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:46 pm
Not sure I see a "disaster" here.
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Postby Slappysan » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:30 am
Either way the video is from 2013 ...
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Postby jakemoore » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:36 am
On a scale of 1-10, that is a 0.68 disaster. Definitely a LOWER CASE disaster.
The upside is if PMU has woken from hibernation maybe we get to see more of the SOUL soon?
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Postby edt » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:43 am
complete disaster. the kite is wet and he will have to dry it out.
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Postby Hardwater Kiter » Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:08 am
A little more effort on the pilot's behalf (an over bar yank the left leader at 1:22) would go a long way towards avoiding such horrible, horrible disasters.
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Postby LiquidXtasy » Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:54 am
Please... Go dry your kite out, try again, and stop crying like a little baby
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Postby fernmanus » Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:37 am
Ranks right up there with the Titanic as a monumental disaster. That poor kiter, his life will never be the same. Oh the horror.
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Postby dejavu » Sat Mar 10, 2018 6:51 am
The wind looks very light. I am guessing about 10kn. Aren't most kites struggling with LIFT at this wind speed?
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Postby dejavu » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:14 am
Wind looks very marginal and most kites would be unstable.
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