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 | | From: | Dave Cannell | | Subject: | Re: Just bought a Beamer 1.8... | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:11:00 +0000 |
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 | huLLy,
I a breeze you'll not want your daughter ANYWHERE near that kite, it WILL
drag YOUR butt down the beach and loft her into the air...
Something about the SQUARE of the diff in sizes perhaps... 1.8 vs. 5,
roughly 3x or 9x the force... It will, it will. Enjoy 8-)
Pirate_Dave
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In article <2phaimFl5q6aU1@uni-berlin.de>, huLLy wrote:
> And I love it! First kite, bought a baby in case it scared me, but it's
> great fun and even my 7 year old daughter kept hold of it, while being
> dragged down the beach!
>
> My question is, what sort of power difference will I feel between, say, a
> Beamer 5 and the Beamer 1.8 in similar winds.. will it be *that* much
> different?
>
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| | From: | huLLy | | Subject: | Re: Just bought a Beamer 1.8... | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:45:00 -0000 |
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| "Dave Cannell" wrote in message
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> huLLy,
>
> I a breeze you'll not want your daughter ANYWHERE near that kite, it WILL
> drag YOUR butt down the beach and loft her into the air...
>
> Something about the SQUARE of the diff in sizes perhaps... 1.8 vs. 5,
> roughly 3x or 9x the force... It will, it will. Enjoy 8-)
>
> Pirate_Dave
> --
> In article <2phaimFl5q6aU1@uni-berlin.de>, huLLy wrote:
>> And I love it! First kite, bought a baby in case it scared me, but it's
>> great fun and even my 7 year old daughter kept hold of it, while being
>> dragged down the beach!
>>
>> My question is, what sort of power difference will I feel between, say, a
>> Beamer 5 and the Beamer 1.8 in similar winds.. will it be *that* much
>> different?
>>
AHoy, Pirate Dave,
I did buy a Beamer 5 many months ago, and it's great fun... but the kids
won't fly it any more, they have been launched into the air too many times
lol.
A great kite, a 20 min session is just like getting in a boxing ring..!
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| | From: | Phil Morris | | Subject: | Re: Just bought a Beamer 1.8... | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:41:36 GMT |
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| The beamers are more of a traction foil rather than a lefty type foil. there
design is more for buggy, boarding and such like. you can get air with them
but it is ruff ride on the way down compared with, say a blade, which is
more floaty a landing, the 5 mtr beamer is a little to big for static flying
as the amount of pull is just to big, you'll have more fun with the 3.6, i
fly the 3.6 for static and then a 5 for buggying even upto the 7mtr. i have
a 3.6 here for sale funny enough, brand new unused, bought for the wife but
to much pull for her even. fro your daughter you may be better off with a
dual line that you can stack as she gets better, there are a few small foils
that can stack but safty is paramount. not that im telling you what's right
and wrong.
All the best.
Phil(UK)
"huLLy" wrote in message
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> "Dave Cannell" wrote in message
> news:slrncuu8a4.ses.dcannell@unix01.voicenet.com...
>> huLLy,
>>
>> I a breeze you'll not want your daughter ANYWHERE near that kite, it WILL
>> drag YOUR butt down the beach and loft her into the air...
>>
>> Something about the SQUARE of the diff in sizes perhaps... 1.8 vs. 5,
>> roughly 3x or 9x the force... It will, it will. Enjoy 8-)
>>
>> Pirate_Dave
>> --
>> In article <2phaimFl5q6aU1@uni-berlin.de>, huLLy wrote:
>>> And I love it! First kite, bought a baby in case it scared me, but it's
>>> great fun and even my 7 year old daughter kept hold of it, while being
>>> dragged down the beach!
>>>
>>> My question is, what sort of power difference will I feel between, say,
>>> a
>>> Beamer 5 and the Beamer 1.8 in similar winds.. will it be *that* much
>>> different?
>>>
>
> AHoy, Pirate Dave,
>
> I did buy a Beamer 5 many months ago, and it's great fun... but the kids
> won't fly it any more, they have been launched into the air too many times
> lol.
>
> A great kite, a 20 min session is just like getting in a boxing ring..!
>
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