Flexifoil Bullet

Well to start off I live in Florida for those of you that do not know were Florida is, it is in USA. I just got into bugging a few months ago; most of the time was with a Beamer 3.9and a Flexifoil buggy. With light winds it got me moving just enough to enjoy my new sport... so I figured I would dump some money into my new found past time. I took a trip to a kite store an hour or so away and seen the Bullet kites WOW made lots better than my Beamer so out comes the credit card the next thing out of my mouth was "I will take one of each size".

I just figure I will just work a little harder to get my maxed out card back into the green. And to think they would not even give me a decal for free... they did give me some good info which I am about to pass on to you my fellow buggiers, being new to the sport but still I was able to fly the kite and stay in the buggy as I turned...(I had every thing under control I thought).

Start with the small one first he kept saying! I just smiled and nodded my head.

I got home from the trip back from the store, I had a few hours before it was time to go to sleep HEY I can put the lines on a kite or so, I need to make sure there the same length so find the closest door knob... hooked the lines and started to unwind the pretty red and blue lines. About an hour latter with pretty red and blue lines strung all over hell and a half acre.

I grabbed the first kite wow it was awesome florescent green and gray, That's right boys and girls it was the 7.0 hooked the lines to the controls and the lines to the brakes and the handles HA! Good to go. It took longer than I expected tired, I folded the kite up and hit the sack.

NEXT MORNING: woke to the sound of wind whistling, had the flag standing straight out! I thought KITE!!!!! I grabbed the kite and buggy chucked it into my pickup and drove to my field I buggy in. It is a big packed sand closely mowed field fenced around with split rails. The end is open to the parking lot no bumpers just painted lines. The parking lot is opened to the main road and on the other side of the road is a boat ramp.

By now do you see were I am going? Went to the far end of the field checking the wind grabbed a hunk of grass and flipped it into the air SWISH IT WAS GONE! I figured it was blowing about 5 or 6 MPH... little did I know, thinking I still had the bugging by the balls, I put a few small shot bags on to the kite and started to undo the lines. Staked the lines for safety! Rolled the flexi out of the back of the truck and positioned it at the handles looking down the field I see I have a police officer as a spectator. Waved and got a return wave (I have his attention I thought)

WELL HERE GOES: Put on the kite killers, sat down, yanked the kit handles, kite flew to the power zone then ALL BROKE LOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O to 60 in 3.5 seconds

On two wheels for a good 50 foot then back to two headed for the end of the park faster than God could fly thinking 'MY GOD MY ARMS ARE GOING TO RIP OFF MY BODY' my next thought was OH $hit no more room and I can't turn going this fast shot off of the grass field went from 60 MPH to 80 MPH when I hit the asphalt the police officer seeing all this had stopped the traffic, I flew across the intersection. Thinking while I am screaming what do I do now, head to the boat dock!!!

Aimed the flexi toward the opening hit the water the flexi sunk I then was ejected from the seat the kite still in the power zone drug me across the water and toward the side of a very large boat that was docked on the other side of the 50 foot cannel (I let go before impact) the kite landed in the rigging of the large boat (the kite killers worked) I unhooked from the KK's swam to get back to the boat dock dove for my Flexi and found it The police office helped me up the slippery ramp. Then said He would cart my a$$ off to jail if it would not had been as funny as it was I did get my kite back and dried it out.

(REMEMBER START WITH THE SMALLEST ONE FIRST)!

By : classair