BeamerBob Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 Well, I really have to get some buggy time soon. I have at least 3 girls ahead of me at the time. My hat is off to you girls but watch out, I'm coming up behind you! I wish I had had the gps all along. Even my unverified 25.4 in the grass doesn''t propel me past any of the ladies. We have the JIBE buggy event next weekend at Jekyll Island, Georgia and the winds are turning dead onshore right now in the afternoons. So with a stiff smooth breeze, and some room to run I hope to significantly raise my pb. Thanks Popeye for giving me something to shoot for. Quote
saltflatfun Posted May 2, 2009 Report Posted May 2, 2009 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!! Quote
Nick1599968727 Posted May 3, 2009 Report Posted May 3, 2009 windy day down at hoylake, not keen on using the acces so i got out the 1.8m rage with no strop just handles and arm/finger power did about 3 to 4 hopurs in the buggy and my arms still ache but managed on one long run on very smmoth hard sand with wind blowing 25mph+ ( dry sand being whipped up off the surface) a new pb of 38.02mph http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/nicke20/pbspeed.jpg Quote
Happyrich1599968804 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Posted May 4, 2009 windy day down at hoylake, not keen on using the acces so i got out the 1.8m rage with no strop just handles and arm/finger power did about 3 to 4 hopurs in the buggy and my arms still ache but managed on one long run on very smmoth hard sand with wind blowing 25mph+ ( dry sand being whipped up off the surface) a new pb of 38.02mph http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/nicke20/pbspeed.jpg How do you get your nokia e71 to show all those numbers? do you hook it up to gps unit via bluetooth or something? please tell me more. I want that too. thanks Eddy Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Posted May 4, 2009 Nice one Nicke20...uploaded http://pic7.piczo.com/Popeyethewelder/?g=44407598&cr=7 Quote
Sand-Yeti Posted May 5, 2009 Report Posted May 5, 2009 its not the buggy, its the pilot skills and the kites that will get you to the top speed, the second and third fastest buggy speeds in the world was done using a Libre Don't forget that a nice hard flat floor is needed as well. We are unlikely to get into the 80 kph (50 mph) bracket on our desert floor. I'm hoping to get my PB into that bracket using one of your buggies at Maplethorpe. Incidentally, need some good wind as well to go fast. Quote
SandMonster Posted May 5, 2009 Report Posted May 5, 2009 Isn't it time we started measuring average speeds both ways over a fixed distance, e.g. standing 1/4 mile, rather than instantaneous peak speed? - I know this is only a bit of fun, but to get in the Guinness book you'd have to do it properly. Quote
Atavar Posted May 5, 2009 Report Posted May 5, 2009 Isn't it time we started measuring average speeds both ways over a fixed distance, e.g. standing 1/4 mile, rather than instantaneous peak speed? - I know this is only a bit of fun, but to get in the Guinness book you'd have to do it properly. And take the average from both runs? Whats the point in getting to 100mph one way if your only 15mph the other tacking up wind? You end up with an average of about 50? Yes, vehicles that can rely on their own power can do that but we have our hands tied unless you have a dog-leg shaped run. Conforming to other peoples rules in this case is a bit short sighted of how kiting and the wind actually works. How did they do official speed runs on sail boats? Could that be the solution? Quote
catdog1121 Posted May 5, 2009 Report Posted May 5, 2009 Ok did this the other week, got 37.8 but then GPS screwed up and said I had done 3000 odd miles so reset everything and went out for a last run to get a decent speed, came back with 37.5. http://file047b.bebo.com/21/large/2009/05/05/11/4582618a10758183839l.jpg Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 5, 2009 Author Report Posted May 5, 2009 I know this is only a bit of fun exactly and thats good enough for us really, Too much hassle and costly all round to get anything "official"....we can't predict the wind well enough that far in advance to organise anything like that Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 5, 2009 Author Report Posted May 5, 2009 Ok did this the other week, got 37.8 but then GPS screwed up and said I had done 3000 odd miles so reset everything and went out for a last run to get a decent speed, came back with 37.5. well done uploaded Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Posted May 7, 2009 New Pb 33.9mph at Westward Ho last week [ATTACH]23738[/ATTACH] uploaded Quote
pete9586 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Posted May 8, 2009 pete9586 New PB at camber. Wednesday 6th May 2009. 44.3mph Libre truck, 2.5m blurr. Wind 25mph, gusting 30mph, onshore. whoop whoopie! At les hemmes next friday 15th, hoping to beat it! Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Posted May 8, 2009 pete9586 New PB at camber. Wednesday 6th May 2009. 44.3mph Libre truck, 2.5m blurr. Wind 25mph, gusting 30mph, onshore. whoop whoopie! At les hemmes next friday 15th, hoping to beat it! nice one Pete...its done:) Quote
ukspeedtraps Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 My first ever play on a beach, Borth, with my three week old buggy, the same amount of time I been been doing this, (wide axel, midi wheels and swan neck) and a 1 week old Ozone 8m Access, 10-20mph winds and I managed to set my PB at 30.6mph and covered 11 miles.. Steve Quote
BeamerBob Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 I raised my pb to 35.4 this past weekend. I think I could've gone higher but didn't have quite enough air in the tires for such a hard sand beach. I'll take a pic of the gps and email this afternoon. Quote
royster Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 i got up to 41.8 at pembrey last weekend on a 4m blade 4 and flexi buggy.still cant beat my top speed of 44.6 tho Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Posted May 11, 2009 well done guys all uploaded Quote
BeamerBob Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 email sent. New PB for me at 35.4 mph. This was on an HQ Montana IV with winds in the mid teens. I won't feel like I've really done anything serious till I've broken 40 mph. I'll have a week with wide open beaches in about 5 weeks. Maybe I'll have a good wind day there. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3523293073_3a6f9b6f59.jpg Quote
Mouthwash Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Pembrey 3.1 Nitro EvoII Wind 35-45 Sideways http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3526062909_68261c902b.jpg Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Posted May 13, 2009 Pembrey 3.1 Nitro EvoII Wind 35-45 Sideways Nice one Chris, good side ways speed there... Quote
thedogsbollox Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Pembrey 3.1 Nitro EvoII Wind 35-45 Sideways http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3526062909_68261c902b.jpg WOW What buggy did you do that in? Quote
popeyethewelder Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Posted May 13, 2009 Pembrey 3.1 Nitro EvoII Wind 35-45 Sideways WOW What buggy did you do that in? Knowing Chris a Tornado....I dont think he meant literally side ways though...there would have still been "some" forward momentum Quote
Mouthwash Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Pembrey 3.1 Nitro EvoII Wind 35-45 Sideways WOW What buggy did you do that in?Yep, a Tornado, running BFLs. I was hitting 48mph on my 3m Brooza and went out for one run on the Nitro. Upwind was hairy with the kite hunting and way overpowered, on the downwind run I held momentum sideways and then let it rip downwind for about a mile. I probably could have got more but that was enough for me. Chris Quote
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