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100mtr kite ?

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Created by gdownie > 9 months ago, 17 Nov 2019
gdownie
NSW, 141 posts
17 Nov 2019 3:21PM
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Anyone else seen this 100mtr kitesurfing kite like I have seen online some time back?
Cant find pics and details online anymore.
Was made for a world record I seem to remember and I did see it in the air, and site said 3knot wind and was only at 12 o'clock of course.

bjw
NSW, 3567 posts
17 Nov 2019 4:05PM
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I used to have a 17m, pretty sure itd be harder to pump up the 100m kite.

Imagine trying to find a leak!

Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
17 Nov 2019 5:34PM
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Don Montague from Naish was doing things with big kites and boats like catamarans, and there was even a company that wanted to put kites on cargo ships to reduce fuel use.

timmybuddhadude
WA, 738 posts
17 Nov 2019 8:32PM
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Yeah i heard about the cargo ships kite..anyone have a vid on it?

gdownie
NSW, 141 posts
18 Nov 2019 9:53AM
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Have seen the video of the guy standing in a dingy getting pulled along.
Also the 100mtr with a 10mtr standing inside it.
didn't keep vid and can't find it online now.

Trant
NSW, 601 posts
18 Nov 2019 11:01AM
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Monkey Kites sold a 28 meter LEI for a while.
I remember we had to take it in turns to pump it up, the leading edge was very thick.

Steering was, um, slow, but it was a fun kite to try out.

I can't imagine how big a 100m kite would be. Surely it couldn't have been an inflatable kite?

79Boarder
NSW, 93 posts
18 Nov 2019 3:35PM
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Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
18 Nov 2019 3:42PM
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timmybuddhadude said..
Yeah i heard about the cargo ships kite..anyone have a vid on it?


Only ever remember animations, dunno if it got to practical deployment

Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
18 Nov 2019 3:43PM
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79Boarder said..


I hate that idea so much. Does nobody remember barrage balloons?

RAL INN
VIC, 2880 posts
18 Nov 2019 7:16PM
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2003-4 Peter Lynn was working on kite powered boat in Christchurch estuary.

gdownie
NSW, 141 posts
19 Nov 2019 7:39AM
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Yes was inflatable! couldn't pump up that of course.
looked very professional made, just huge version of the 10mtr which was in one pic also

Kitepower.nl
1 posts
25 Nov 2019 6:47PM
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At Kitepower (www.kitepower.nl) we fly kites to generate electricity, airborne wind energy that is! See below a picture of our 100sqm prototype.

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Trant
NSW, 601 posts
27 Nov 2019 11:47AM
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Kitepower.nl said..
At Kitepower (www.kitepower.nl) we fly kites to generate electricity, airborne wind energy that is! See below a picture of our 100sqm prototype.



Loop it!

Awesome, that is huge. I'd be interested to see the steering mechanism for that. The bridle must be pretty complicated too.

hilly
TAS, 7195 posts
27 Nov 2019 2:38PM
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Kitepower.nl said..
At Kitepower (www.kitepower.nl) we fly kites to generate electricity, airborne wind energy that is! See below a picture of our 100sqm prototype.

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Greenarrowz
NSW, 301 posts
28 Nov 2019 7:04PM
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