Was anyone else a bit creeped out by the Sade?

i think someone should have got some of those anti fog strips for his gopro

how was the extended claim?

Bloody awesome vid, big respect to these guys

wholley crap. That is incredible. i would be ****ting myself at that speed.

djdojo said...

Was anyone else a bit creeped out by the Sade?

I was more creeped out by the girly man screams of celebration at the end of the run... with the Sade back track... <shivers>

Sweet vid! Could you give some details on the kite and how it was setup?

gorilla said...

Sweet vid! Could you give some details on the kite and how it was setup?

The kite was a slightly modified Griffin kite optimized for speed with less front to back curve and smaller LE, swept wing tips and a negative reverse profile on the wing tips , its the first attempt at building a speed kite for course racing and speed runs. Im fairly happy with the result of 106km per hour on the first attempt because there are a few things I can do to make it go faster. The size is a 8m with a pulley bar that the rider rigged up himself. Pulley bars have some advantages, and disadvantages.

I am talking with some buggy racers about making speed kites for buggies. I am working on some tweaks to make the kite faster from feed back. Designing a speed kite for top speed and maximum upwind is something I am doing for a bit of fun, for now they are only made to order. I might get some in for Australia to send down to the buggy racers in Victoria for a bit of fun.

BennyB12 said...

how was the extended claim?

Extended claimage for cheating death?

Nice work on the kite design, rider's skills and resulting speed but in a channel that narrow it's just a matter of time till it really hurts...

^^^ like down a highway

high speed stacks are cool

Mr float said...

djdojo said...

Was anyone else a bit creeped out by the Sade?

look speed kiting is where "yesterdays news" kiters go and do their stuff and for some of them Sade is the music that they loved when they were growin up . If it was me riding in the gutter with my arse 2 inches off the gravel at ballistic speed it'd have to be Barnsey smashin out 'you got nothin I want" or the oils 'wedding cake island " (well maybe not, too cruisy,better suited to a wave riding clip ) ,perhaps "the power and the passion " or back on the borderline "would be better (OMG I'm showin my age, that was when we all believed in Peter Garrett) >

"Highway to Hell" AC/DC maybe

Thanks for these clips! this is intense, huge respect to the speed racers