symetrical windsurf rig

f.al · Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 10

no kitewing like diaehadral , no v mast but it works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwe6wC4Kwb8
i will put the wihsbone like on a windsurf rigg , so i can jibe in windurf mode

hilton08 · Joined: 02 Apr 2000 Posts: 505

that is a piece of Gorge Windsurfing History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qutaAX8DMY

xander.arch · Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 217

Wind weapons were hard! I tried one a few times in the late eighties. I was able to get it going, but it was an inefficient beast. The spirit of the wind weapon (combine windsurfing with hangliding) lives on in kiting.

f.al · Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 10

i bought the wind weapon 2 years ago in holland
on land i made of it a kitewing abble to windsurf that s much easier
wind weapon is very impressive on land with dirtsurfer and power can better be managed with a simple wing

i wonder why nobody sells such a symetrical windsurf sail , abble to kitewing and low priced
also you can make a wind weapon of a kitewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foECF22mOlI

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

Hey, NEW idea!
Let's attach a kite to your control bar/boom, so it can power you while up in clean air!
Old idea, started in Berkeley around 1984, that flipping wing. Really slow, nice lift on jumps like a kite, and then horrid straight vertical landings with no forward speed, making for BIG splashes and carnage.

f.al · Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 10

i hav tried this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arOjfqo4rzM
it helps to keep the nasa in the air

today i hav benn jibing to but the wish is a to high (2m 10 )
a rectangular sail shape would allow a shorter mast and 6 m surface

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGfkFCNCd7w&feature=youtu.be

f.al · Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 10

for mast i use 2 telecopic poles surrounded by in a 40 mm* 2 m pvc pipe
this way the boom can be lowered for windsurf use

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6bR4zUxNwU

U2U2U2 · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:29 am Post subject:

whats symmetrical about it ?

gvogelsang · Joined: 09 Nov 1988 Posts: 435

We used something like the OP's wing when we were skating on open ice on Lake Erie.

Man, could you get some serious speed with that wing!

joethewindsufa · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1190 Location: Montréal

http://www.kitewing.com/