saltflatfun

I just tried out the PL hornet2.0 today that I bought for my girlfriend (she is small!) It came with really short lines - must be 15, poss 20M What a world of difference it was to my old skytiger40 with its mile long lines (must measure both sets so i know what i'm on about!) the new lines must be half the length of my old ones.......things I noticed (some might be to do with different kite of course) I could not take my eye off it for a second- was all over the place! Was not very nice to me when it got hit by a gust either. Despite that - I felt like I was more in control.......... .......it was however blowing a gale!!! and when I hit 25mph on my first run (prob within 100meters) decided to take it easy for the rest of the time!

most of it does get flooded in the winter - still flooded now, even in summer it is still boggy but there is a good area at the top that never floods - 500m wide and prob 1.5km long - does for me just have to avoid the model airplane group!! Grrrrr

nice - when I first took my skytiger down the beach, I got a bit too close and managed to ditch it in the water......lines over my shoulder, heaving out the biggest heaviest ugliest jellyfish ever..... no more flying that day - and an afternoon untangling.......lesson learnt!!!!

Not familiar with the SkyTiger40. Was that the pre-runner to Flexifoil's SkyTiger Hi40? Anyone know what's the difference in is in the kite construction? all the details about them are here; http://www.cobrakite.com/skytiger.html all I know is that when i bought it - the Hi40 was more expensive!!!

5 girls are beating me!!! Agree'd.... something to shoot for!! Shame I left my GPS at home today - a few gusts today had me feeling alot quicker than i've felt before!!

Cheers for the advice... went out today for the first time with a harness and the buggy was a lot more stable! must be to do with being pulled from much lower down, the ride was still pretty on edge which is quite a buzz. Might just stick with the standard PL folder for a bit longer, or untill a cheap bug comes my way

Cheers again badger!!! So 20m lines?! ish - I like the sound of shorter lines - less set up time!!!

Sorry For the newbie question.... but more of a buggying specific Q; What is the best length for lines? Pro's n con's??

Hehehehehe, :D

yep - sounds a very similar story to mine!! although the salt flat was not as forgiving as it sounds like sand might of been! top tip, will try slowing down!! going off on one now - when I start thinking about slowing down... I seem to just accelerate faster, without doing anything other than thinking!!!

stunt kite maybee?!?!??!

Flying a big pillow???? are you sure that wasn't a dream??

The wind today is up to 30mph... is there a kite out there that would be suitable for buggying today? All that wind has to be good for something!?!?

It must be fairly simple to bolt on an extra wide rear axle to my PL???? not an ideal soloution but could offer a bit more stability!?!???

Cheers, that was with my skytiger40 (not a Hi40) After my first week doing it - the grazes all over my body has taught me the need for more protection- have always been wearing a skid lid, but just scored some free body armour today Don't think there are any retailers over here selling serious kit so might look into getting something knocked up by my friendly welder - I could not wait the month it'll take one to get shipped over!!