Guy Capra (Alomphega)

Thanks Dragonfish, I did not know this one. Say, it has spars, but the one I saw was a foil kite without any spar... Very interesting this one, I'm also interested in any kind of single&multi lines kite models, with or without spars, inflatables, etc. I continue my searching

Hello kite friends, I can't remember few days past I saw a dual-lines kite which can be flew as single line too. I guess it was a "Premier Kites" brand, but I'm not sure. Could you tell me what is this kite and a link to find it please ? Over this, what are the kites with this same ability, say what are the kites able to be single line as well as dual or even quad lines ? Thank you veru much for your help, Signed the poor "flying in the clouds" Guy

WOW ! (= Walking Over World ) Best waves for your adventure(s) my friends ! Best throught for your lives too ! (French) Guy

Thanks a lot for your suggestions Tom, But you know I'll do my own tests and experiments after studying some theorical stuff, then I'll post my results as soon as I'll find my Graal ! Best Regards, Guy

Hi Tom, Many thanks for your suggestion, in fact I did not "tabs" but holes at the front of the keels to try different settings. Alas this is not the solution for this FlowForm I am trying. I'll need to make some more investigations and tries, and as soon as I find a good working solution I'll post it here. Cheers, Guy

Thanks a lot for your good advice Tom ! Yes, I agree the solution will be to change the AOA step by step, so I will test this. Maybe in a first attempt I will change only points of attach as it's easier, then I will see what happens... Best Regards, Guy

Hello, You just understood the difficulty of inventing something new ! To be more precise : the kite does not go upwind of course. As a sailor you can understand you need a sail (for the air power) and a keel or a dagger board (for the water power) and with this 2 things you can go upwind. In my invention the kite replace the sail and is automatically tuned and stay at 45° downwind (not 0° as all the common single line kites), that is all the stuff. If you know sailing you can now understand how it will work, if you don't know sailing... Well, wait I will finish and with my invention you will be able to sail ! Please if you want to know more I invite you to subscribe to my nauticaerium.com webblog, I can't say anymore for now because I'm yet working on this project. Also please stay your doubts in your own head, and wait I have published and said I have something working before to talk more about this work ! Best Regards, Guy

Many thanks for your wishes Nick, Yes, the "auto-steering" part is the main part of this project of course. The goal is to auto-steers mechanically the kite at 45° of the wind (upwind as well as downwind) to let the navigator just navigate without piloting the kite nor other complication. I can't really explain in English (I apologize for my bad English) but I guess when you will see the videos it will do the job. Best Regards, Guy

Hi Scott, thanks for your interest in my R&D, but you know there are some other factors I can't yet explain, which need no tail, as for instance the auto-steering device I am working on. That said, the tail-bag is a good idea I already tried with a power sled, and yes, it is an idea I can use in the future, when my device will work as well as I want. Best Regards, Guy

Yes Nick and Scott, as you can see I said it is needed for some R&D personal work. Nick, you can see the flowform I talk about there on my video (at 2'50'') : You can see it also there : http://youtu.be/WVNW9Qh2r3E Please note I'm not opposed to your advice nor the Gomberg's one, just I need to not use it because I need to use a kite as simpliest one as possible because it will launched from a Stand Up Paddle on the sea. If you want to know and see more (and follow the future works) you can watch this permanent link always on the last and actual story telling : www.velalae.info Thanks again for your answers, Best wishes, Guy

Hi, I think you are right, but I need to not use tails (some R&D work) so I'll try the briddle setup. I think the attach points of the bridles are the first a way to look at, as well as their setup as you say. See you later, Guy

Thank you very much for these advices. Anyway, if you have other links they will be welcome too :-) Cheers, Guy

Hello all, I have some problems with a new bought FlowForm single line kite : it turns in the sky and falls down on the ground by itself (and yes, if you ask for that, there was wind enough for the try ;-) ) I remember some time ago I seen a tip for FlowForm tuning on the web but alas I do not find it now... Any idea where I can find this stuff ? Thank you very much, Guy

Yes, congrats Photomom ! Red&White powa ! ;-)

Ah! Ok, thank you very much for the link Hoosier, I did not understand that, so now I know I was not subscribed

I stay "zen"... Well, I am trying to stay "zen" ! (BTW : where is this "Zen" topic ? I hope I'm subscribed for it John, because I did not see it anywhere...)

Hello flying friends, I discovered while doing it that to train yourself to fly a kite is both a pleasant mild sport, and a happy medium for dynamic meditation :-D Please enjoy this simple video as you want. Kitelly, Guy

Ok Kite romantic, you like red, ok, that's fine. But me too I like red, *and* I like white also.

Hello all, I wanted to let you know first all KL folks my new R&D. You can take a look at my blog with this dedicated link -> www.SUPkiting.info (a Google translate tool is available on the right menu corner of my whole blog) or going to this direct auto-translated page in English tongue. Enjoy ! Best wishes, Guy

Hi Pete, Thank you for this comment. I have to say I can read NTSC as PAL with my own machines, so it is not a problem. As you said the problem I think will be a "region 1 vs region 2" version. But no matter this problem, in fact for the moment I have enough work with the internet links John gave here. Best regards, Guy

Hi, Unfortunately these videos seem not be available on this side of the sea :-/ Well, the on-line tuts rock too ! So... See you later, Guy

Thanks a lot John, that is a good start for me to search this kind of things ! KL rocks ! Guy

And BTW John, as it is a real pain for a non native reader to find a good learning DVD in all these kite stores, could you give me some links for good learning DVD on Amazon or other online stores please ? Thanks a lot, Guy