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hobbsla
Since 28 Jan 2006
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 Wed Dec 06, 06 4:20 pm newbie question |
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I want to snowkite with a 12m naish v4. I'm 165 lbs. The windrange on snow is 10-21 mph...I think. Question is: Will the kite even FLY in 5-10 mph winds and, if it will fly, how will it behave? Will it even take off? Will it generate enough power to get me movin? I'd like to practice in the light winds to get to know how the kite flies.
Any advice.... 
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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Los Angeles, CA
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| Wed Dec 06, 06 4:58 pm |
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| I'm very doubtful that you'd be able to fly much below 8ish. But if you're kite skills are decent (ie. you can downloop the kite to keep some speed in it, etc.), I'd think you'd be able to get away with ~10 (kite's just going to be really slow and sluggish, might have to run to keep tension in the lines). Ideally you'd be fine in 15 or so, but it really depends on what you wanna do. If you're actually trying to get up on the board, that's probably okay, but for just getting a feel for the kite, it's more than enough. |
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sleestack
Since 07 Dec 2006
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Land of the Lost
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| Thu Dec 07, 06 9:58 pm Re: newbie question |
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[quote="hobbsla"]I want to snowkite with a 12m naish v4. I'm 165 lbs. The windrange on snow is 10-21 mph...I think. Question is: Will the kite even FLY in 5-10 mph winds and, if it will fly, how will it behave? Will it even take off? Will it generate enough power to get me movin? I'd like to practice in the light winds to get to know how the kite flies.
Any advice....
Jeremy[/quote]
Less friction/drag with the white stuff = smaller kite than what one would need on H20 with the same wind. . .
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hobbsla
Since 28 Jan 2006
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| Fri Dec 08, 06 4:34 am |
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Thanks, Kataku.
There is a big field near my house that gets regular, steady wind but it is pretty light most of the time. There is a weather station about 1/2 mile away from it so I can check online and see whats happening there anytime. Also I can check what the wind conditions were during my sesh to get a better idea of what works for me.
Do any of you use windmeters?
Sleestack, your avatar freaks me out dude   |
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