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| posted on 25/8/04 at 02:33 AM |
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Anybody else like flying kites?
I have always had a kite kicking about but now have the disposable to buy some more interesting stuff. Just got a new
Cody 30 for my birthday (33, Sunday just gone) and greatly enjoyed giving it it's
first outing Monday evening. Anyone else like to relax this way?
As a footnote, I found out tonight (I'd never bothered to check before) that there is an absolute limit of 60 metres (200ft) on kite flying in
the UK, with a limit of 30 metres if you live 3 miles from an airfield, because the Civil Aviation Authority class kites as aircraft!
Eek emoticon is there 'cos I got wifey to order me 200 metres of line with the kite, I attached it all and let it all out during the first
flight. As I have a glider club on me doorstep I'd better limit how high I go in future. And also living under one of the many flightlines to
R.A.F. Wittering it'd probably be a good idea to keep the altitude down as I don't want to end up at 1000ft and 500 knots bobbing along
behind a Brylcreem boy in a Harrier on final approach!
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Cita
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 04:26 AM |
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it's the first time i hear that kites fall under regulations(other than the obvious "near airport rules" .
Dont worry about those Harrier guys though cause when he hit a kite line he will be in more deep s"#t than the guy holding that line
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 07:08 AM |
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hi,
I fly a blade 3 5.9 and yes it is scary as hell. to be more acurate it flys me first time I did a big jump I needed some clean underware
Blake
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locoboy
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 07:51 AM |
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have always fancied a go with one and if i enjoyed it i would sefinately get myself a smallish starter sized one secondhand and progress from there.
Was in Scotland a few weeks back and there were about 10 of them on off road skate boards razzing up and down the beach/seafront, looke like great
fun.
ATB
Locoboy
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 08:02 AM |
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you wernt newr st andrews where you if so thay do day coures ther on the beach to have a bash and see what you think. also ther are lots of pepol
flying evry wekend and if you pic a windy day look out for the kite sufers that is inpresive to watch. I would recomend buying the kite second hand
cos thay can be a bit steap other wise
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Bob da builder
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 08:07 AM |
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yep i have been known to play around with a few kites, dam good fun.
my mate has a 10` and 8` flexfoil kite which we stack to make one powerfull beast!! will pull my 13st of arse down a beach face first!!! yes that
is the voice of experiance!!!!
maybe we should organise a kite / locost spin out to west kirby!!??
bob
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 09:24 AM |
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I've not got anything like that, just a couple of little kites like you use on the beach but I still like to fly them, it's just fun. I
like the wing kite as it just goes up and stays there. I watch these on winamp livestream tv and they have a load of video on their website.
http://www.radicool.net/videos/
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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andyps
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 12:04 PM |
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Love flying Kites but don't have anything fancy as SWMBO says I never fly the ones I have!
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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kingr
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 05:36 PM |
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You guys may be interested to know that there's a big (as far as I know) kite festival in Bristol coming up (04+05 September).
Kingr
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chriscook
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 05:49 PM |
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I started with a small delta many years ago, progressed to a 6' flexifoil and now have a 3m2 Blade II. Great fun when i get the chance to fly it
- which is not very often at all. I've also got a homemade buggy I bought off one of the guys in the machine shop at work but i've only
ever tried it a couple of times when i've been down to devon. Have also ben meaning to have a go at kite surfing but not got round to it yet.
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Benzine
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 05:52 PM |
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I've flown a Blade II 4.0, a Blade III 4.0 and a Blade 7.2. V scary, all of them. Pulled my and 2 friends across a whole field 
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Browser
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 10:55 PM |
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I'm more into the fun flying type, though I'd like a powerful quad liner at some point. I like the idea of a train of Codys' and me
in a basket travelling up the suspended line
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ReMan
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 11:01 PM |
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yep!
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dogwood
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 06:10 AM |
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Yup I was into kites in a big way a few years ago.
My favs were power kites. my biggest was a 7mtr. God did I get into some trouble with that.
Used to go kite buggying down on Camber sands.
I still fly my trick kites and Flexies.
Helps me relax if I've had a bad day..
David
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 06:54 AM |
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Yep, got some Flexifoils (3.3 and 4.9 blades) sitting at home.
Great fun
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 07:21 AM |
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I can't remember the mak/model of my quad line because it's been in the attic ever since it dragged me all the way across the field near
me (it's a big field, and I'm not small!)... 
Amazing thing and had loads of hours flying/jumping, but gonna sell it when I get the balls to bring it down!
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trogdor
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 07:41 AM |
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A good starting kite if you want to land board is a beamer 2.5 this is pretty cheap but will be able to pull you along easily.
This is what I learnt on and still have. When i was at uni me and 2 of my house mates clubbed together to buy a beamer 9m (or maybe 7m?) The biggest
one anyway. That was a mistake as it wasn't very good.
After the Beamer its best to move onto better kites, my housemates brought Blades but I brought a second hand S Arc 11.2 which was great fun. I also
brought a 16m F-Arc which was mad!
Unfortunataly I got really skint in my third year at uni so had to sell it all
On the plus side I sold it for what I paid for more in some cases. (I brought most of my stuff second hand as its very expensive)
All i have is the beamer 2.5 which i keep meaning to take out but never get round to it. My land board is also still around but looking sorry for
itself
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 07:57 AM |
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i cant fly kites, they give me vertigo
Craig
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 08:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
i cant fly kites, they give me vertigo
You should have tried my parachute then !
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matt.c
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 09:23 PM |
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Funny enough i have just bought a kite from morrisons while shopping tonight. Its only one of those stupid ones for a few quid but hey, got to get
started somewhere......
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chrisg
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 09:42 PM |
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The very best kite
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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ReMan
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 09:49 PM |
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So why aren't we on the front page now? 
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designer
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| posted on 12/6/09 at 08:46 PM |
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If you are in to kites. Try the Berck-sur-mere kite festival some time.
One of the most amazine things I have ever seen.
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