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Here the wind never stop

xtremewinds — Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:52 pm

Author: xtremewinds

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:52 pm

Aruba, trade winds all year around, blows more than 300 days per year, check www.xtremewinds.com

Designing a Foil with FWDesign

Blubb17 — Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:43 pm

Author: Blubb17

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:43 pm

Hallo guys,
i have been searching for a kitebuilding forum since some days since it came to my mind, that i want to build a foil kite (my 8m was stolen one month ago, and in current i have not the money for buying the samge again-- school....)
So, before i really read throug all the technics of sewing and so on i wanted to check whether i can copy a kite detailed as possible.
And here it is the question: I want to rebuild a PS4 6qm for the beginning, because i know that the shape works really good and its senselles to build from zero for at first time)

So i tried, Foilmaker, Surfplan, and ended at FW design, what is really the best programm.

But: I cant get in the exactly datas. I tried two solution processes, one with the area and one with the wingspan. But every time, some of the dates get changed bei FWdesign itself. Here it is what i achieved up to now.
Oups, i can�t upload fwd files, than here is a picture of the kite i snip together out of a service picture.

And here what i want to build accurately as possible:
Datas: Flat area 6,00m. Wingspann 4,99 m , Center chord 123 cm. Tip chord 62 cm, Cells 29, position of Tip form center 85 cm. curvature of LE: i have to look how i can take it with numbers.. % or so on

Tip End of the Trailing Edge (if i can ajust this parameter) 25 cm.

The only thing i need furthermore is the profile, at that point i have to look what i could take. because i cant scale it at the original really good (i have the 12m PS4 here)

Canopy, i planed to use the same Bridle as the original so i will get the same canopy shape...

I know thats mutch stuff, but maybe somebody has a look in this forum and has a idea howi can achieve my aim.

Greetings,
Clemens

P.s. sorry for possibly mistakes

who can help me check my first fwdesign?thanks!!

karence — Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:01 pm

Author: karence

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:01 pm

disign file upload

I don't know the kite's flying result,
pls help me check the the design,thanks!

changing a 3 string into a five string

nikkmccoy — Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:07 pm

Author: nikkmccoy

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:07 pm

i recently bought a 3 string tranier and am wondering is it possiable to turn it into a 5 string!

Question: how to sew a pigtail/bridle on a kite?

jeroen — Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:52 am

Author: jeroen

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:52 am

Hello Gigi,

Thanks for the tips. If the remake works, it could take al while, then i will post it. I hope that it's flying in march april.

Jeroen

Sun wind and turquoise water

xtremewinds — Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:16 pm

Author: xtremewinds

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:16 pm

Aruba is one of the few places around the world where you can kite all year around without a wet suit. Constant trade winds, gusty winds, on-shore, side-shore, off shore, flat water, waves every wind and water condition in one island. Want to know more check www.xtremewinds.com and watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaIEKapRTwo

See you in the kite paradise.

Do you need TPU film?

Gigi;) — Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:19 am

Author: Gigi;)

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:19 am

Hi,

just an info - this offer will close on wednesday, so if you need some TPU please hurry up!

BTW - this is only one time offer from me for you to get cheap TPU

Foil proto advice

newBeBuilder — Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:33 am

Author: newBeBuilder

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:33 am

I would like to build an 8.5m foil for snow kiting.
This is the design I�ve come up with so far:

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Begginer kites - Gigi 3m & 5m flat

Gigi;) — Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:57 am

Author: Gigi;)

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:57 am

hi,

put the connector in the center of that elbow... you can also put another 2 to play with settings if you like, one 5-6cm avove, the other the same below from center connector.

duiduli wrote:

Hi, Where do I put the front line connections on the 5m kite?

Several questions

Gigi;) — Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:59 pm

Author: Gigi;)

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:59 pm

hi, no 5... 4 is/was an option...

Ivel wrote:

Looks nice Gigi, is it 4 strut?

Kite shape

Gigi;) — Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:58 pm

Author: Gigi;)

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:58 pm

hard to say... usually with bridled LE might look... if you compare 3D pic with depth...

Curtisthekiter wrote:

My question is:
Does the canopy shape of the kite in surfplan look like that when the kite is flying?

New delta hybird proto

Gigi;) — Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:35 pm

Author: Gigi;)

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:35 pm

Hi,

my comments if I may, too thick tip LE, too much AoA, too thin tip struts,... seems like too much profile in tips...

BTW been riding for a bit more than one month on my new 2010 delta hybrid SLE design - move back to 4 struts (no middle) which ensures much better canopy shape in some cases than 3 strut setting.

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Click herefor more... have more photos but I'll publish them... later...

Curtisthekiter wrote:

what do u think?

Other Kitewing manufacturers

semaforek — Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:28 pm

Author: semaforek

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:28 pm

Hello everyone,

I found out about kitewing just few days ago. Browsing the Internet a bit, I couldn't find any other manufactures of kite wing then from Finland. Actually 1.000 � for a wing seems to be too much for me. Do you know of any other wing manufacturers?

Are hand made, presented here, good enough to use them?

My First Build

punkr0csux — Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:19 am

Author: punkr0csux

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:19 am

Wolfman wrote:

So, I have started cutting my plans this morning and hit my first glitch, I take it the picture below is an error from Surfplan and that the two pieces aren't supposed to be overlapped

Hey!, Good luck on the kite. I'm trying this one out too. I'm going to start building this one (unless someone could suggest a better kite to start building?)

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SAS — Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:05 am

Author: SAS

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:05 am

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