silviu, crossing port phillip bay, solo, across 4 shipping lanes, is never ever going to be safe, i dont care how much experience you have or how many gadgets.

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Originally posted by stamp

silviu, crossing port phillip bay, solo, across 4 shipping lanes, is never ever going to be safe, i dont care how much experience you have or how many gadgets.

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Stamp,

I do not disagree with you. But look at this, driving on a highway is never ever going to be safe, i dont care how much experience you have or how many gadgets in the car.
But we are still driving cars or riding motorcycles.
And you know what, my accident happened on the beach, not on the water!
And one more thing, when you are on a colision course with a shipping vessel or a ferry... gee they are big and scary enough to notice them and give them the way
And to be honest, it never happened to me to be on a colision course even not with a speed boat or a surfsky.
However, I will not recommend anybudy to do what I am doing, unless a good knowlkedge of the area and the layout of the shipping channels.
And one more think, am doing it on the weekends, when navigation channels are not that bussy, if not deserted.

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Originally posted by poor relative

Hope you have a fashionable quick release silvu.....and contribute substantially to the local sea rescue services.

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O yes, and the guys from Middle Brighton Life Saving Club, all know me very well.
As about the quick release... after my mishap in December, when all happened in less than 3 - 5 secs, I did not stand a chance to reach the QR, nor to release it.
So be aware, those thinks happen so fast if you blink you may miss them
So rehearse and know your equipment without thinking.
Cheers

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Originally posted by stnkygoat

Right, just when you though this subject was dead.....

The answer, in one line is; Arcs auto zenith primarily because the centre of of pressure is foward of the centre of gravity. Where most LEI kites have a heavy leading edge tube, arc kites have their center of mass further back. There are other factors at work also, for example, tip choke makes kites inherently unstable steering-wise, this can however improve response time at the expense of requiring continual active steering.

From the horse's mouth. Thanks, horse.

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Cool....thanks for that

gee i'd hate to see this thread die before we knew if a PL kite could fly upside down from a cherry picker.

Cool I've been away for 2 weeks and had little access to computers, basically because there was too much wind and I was too busy kiting, or doing other more important things, and I come back to insane weather and this thread still on the front page!!!
Cool!!!
I have not bothere to read the pages that were posted in my absence, but I bet a gazillion that Slave has still not posted the identity of his mythical auto zenithing inflato?

And Hawaii was excellent, thanks for asking.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

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Originally posted by Kitegrom


Death to foils!

Sorry, is this the right forum? ah **** sorry dudes wrong forum. Catch y'all later.

PS
Death to foils

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What foils?
Do you mean folliages, 'couse I don't think you know what foils are
Did they let again the gate open at your kinder?

Now you wouldn't want that now would ya slave .maybe your relaunch theory is a litlle of the mark and you "relaunch issue "is still the issue that you say it is .

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Originally posted by waveslave

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Originally posted by Kitepower Australia

I have not bothere to read the pages that were posted in my absence, but I bet a gazillion that Slave has still not posted the identity of his mythical auto zenithing inflato?

And Hawaii was excellent, thanks for asking.

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Apparently,
Rumour has it that some of these new batwing style kites can auto-zen.
Something about centre of effort being shifted in relation to centre of gravity.
Dig ?

So you see Steve,
I was right,
in a funny kind of way.
lol.

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lMAO....this is the most entertaining the foum has been since the seabreezes left