insaney stupid idea

[wjsawyer]

i thought i should post this here, since you dont use a board or anything, anyway,

i was sitting im my chair when all of a sudden I thought, what if you went out in really high winds, with a huge kite, and took a 100+ foot rope, and tied it to a telephone pole or something like that, and launched the kite, and just kinda sat up there in the air, and by steering the kite you could move side to side. I think it would be pretty cool, anyone ever tried this/knw someone who was killed when the line broke doing this?

[OriginalTwo]

Yeah. But with people holding the rope about 30 feet.

 

Ask Jonathond, he did it.

[Angoose]

oh wow this is gonna get some interesting slating later on in the day........

 

i'm going to leave it at that as i have p!ssing around on the end of 15m ropes with a kite but not attached to a telegraph pole with a chair lol......

 

good luck

[mick]

Hang on, here we go.

[archkiter]

i think that the title of this thread says it all

[SaskAlex]

http://community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?t=98744&highlight=manlifting

[scud49841599968587]

oh god,, another one for the darwin award............................

[Atavar]

You've just come up with the idea of tethered flying. Its practically a taboo subject because of the deaths that have happened. Look in the forum archives (bottom of the main forum page) and read the thread called 'thread of condolence.'

 

Never, ever fly tethered. Its not only the lane breaking you have to worry about, the kite can go out of controll and dash you on the ground like a kid chucking a ragdoll. around once you are hooked ino a kite and knocked out in this situation it jsut gets worse and worse.

[Tony R]

I might be new to this but i think you answered your own question in your title:

insaney stupid idea

by scud4984

[wjsawyer]

so i guess people have done this before.

i was actually not considering doing this, of course not because of safety, i simply do not have the means of accomplishing it.

 

while were on the subject(of insanely stupid ideas, of course), what do you guys think of harnessing up with a waist harness backwards, and hooking it directly onto the from bridles. then bring the rear bridles around (kite is still facing the way you are) and tie them to your wrists, get on your board and either A. go down a super steep hill, or B hang onto a rope tied tot he back of a car.

[mikeymustard]

so i guess people have done this before.

i was actually not considering doing this, of course not because of safety, i simply do not have the means of accomplishing it.

 

while were on the subject(of insanely stupid ideas, of course), what do you guys think of harnessing up with a waist harness backwards, and hooking it directly onto the from bridles. then bring the rear bridles around (kite is still facing the way you are) and tie them to your wrists, get on your board and either A. go down a super steep hill, or B hang onto a rope tied tot he back of a car.

you're just taking the p!ss now aren't you?

[grantyg]

I was actually going to ask - how do you spell T I T???

[Pdxnebula]

Im curious, "Whats in that Pipe you been smoking"???

[andy159]

hes American say i say let him do it he he to both ideas of course.

[revilo88]

never do it, about 4 years ago i stupidly tryed it with a 3m firebee in really high winds tied to a big ground stake.

 

 

I got picked up in the air a few feet, as the kite swang across the window i got thrown headfirst into the ground. It happened incredibly quickly, so there was nothing i could do

 

I was KOed for about 30 seconds:eek: , probably one of the stupidest ideas ever. It wasnt until this summer that i plucked up the courage to start flying again:)

[Simon Bailey]

so i guess people have done this before.

i was actually not considering doing this, of course not because of safety, i simply do not have the means of accomplishing it.

 

while were on the subject(of insanely stupid ideas, of course), what do you guys think of harnessing up with a waist harness backwards, and hooking it directly onto the from bridles. then bring the rear bridles around (kite is still facing the way you are) and tie them to your wrists, get on your board and either A. go down a super steep hill, or B hang onto a rope tied tot he back of a car.

 

It's called paragliding...but I'd suggest that:

 

1) You get proper paragliding lessons

2) Get your licence

3) Buy a proper paragliding wing and harness and helmet and variometer...and a bunch of other expensive stuff

 

Then you might up your chances of survival...

 

Kites are kites...they are not designed to allow you fly...simple really.

[snab]

@wjsawyer: You should mix your idea with a pare of ski's or a snowboard, then it's called "speed kiting". Seen some movies on youtube of it, it's really sick!!

[Gizmo]

Rather than using a harness why dont you try attaching the bridles to a dog collar around your neck....that should create some good results.....next try cheesewire instead of flying lines on a crowded beach....again good results can be had with this method of flying.

[OriginalTwo]

Personally people make too much of a fuss about personal injury. If you try it and understand all the risks involved then fine.

 

You put anyone else in danger and it is a different matter all together.

 

I imagine it to be great fun but IF you try it you must understand (and I'm sure you do) all the risks but if you still think it is worth it then you have more guts than me. Good luck and I hope you come out all right. And video it.

[dmb]

Personally people make too much of a fuss about personal injury. If you try it and understand all the risks involved then fine.

 

You put anyone else in danger and it is a different matter all together.

 

I imagine it to be great fun but IF you try it you must understand (and I'm sure you do) all the risks but if you still think it is worth it then you have more guts than me. Good luck and I hope you come out all right. And video it.

 

Actually it isn't fine. If people do irresponsible things that result in them becoming injured or killed, the sport they're engaged in gets the name of being dangerous and bans or restrictions to doing it on your own land become the norm. Idiots killing themselves through stupidity or ignorance will likely cause the rest of us fliers problems.

[OriginalTwo]

Are you trying to suggest you have never done something that could potentially damage kiting as a sport?

 

Thought not. It is SO unlikely he will die (correct me if I was wrong) and no one is going to care about a broken bone here or there, you could do that crossing a road.

[MXkiter]

It is SO unlikely he will die (correct me if I was wrong)

 

can i be the first to correct you?

[OriginalTwo]

You for real? If it isn't that long a rope surely not?

 

And don't bother listing all the different ways he could, just how likely?

[dmb]

Are you trying to suggest you have never done something that could potentially damage kiting as a sport?

 

Thought not. It is SO unlikely he will die (correct me if I was wrong) and no one is going to care about a broken bone here or there, you could do that crossing a road.

 

I wasn't, but as a matter of fact I don't need to suggest it - I haven't done "something that could potentially damage kiting as a sport", maybe I just started late

 

Not trying to be smart, but have you much experience flying kites ?

[OriginalTwo]

Probably not enough to realize.

 

If I was wrong I hold my hands up to it. Don't do tethering then.