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16 hours ago, riffclown said:

Hopefully this weekend, wind cooperating. this kite wiil require 10+ MPH winds I think.  There will definitely be video involved.  While it is a comparitively heavy kite, it is slightly higher aspect ratio than the standard 1.5 sail.

I normally run into that with my home-mades. The aspect ratio is always different, most probably because I don't use templates to recreate existing patterns, neither mine nor others'. A higher aspect ratio makes it a bit faster and more squirrely, but that's half the fun. Yeehaw!

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Finished the bridling and bungie work last night. Long day at work today so no pics yet. Hopefully I'll get some snaps tomorrrow ofr even video possible on Saturday.  I ended up framing it a bit differently because I didn't want to cut any of my premium spars. LE  is a Mix of P400 and Green Race.It's a few inches longer then the standard fare. Vertical Spars are CF Arrow Shafts they are a few inches shorter than what would be considered the normal size..

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4 hours ago, riffclown said:

Finished the bridling and bungie work last night. Long day at work today so no pics yet. Hopefully I'll get some snaps tomorrrow ofr even video possible on Saturday.  I ended up framing it a bit differently because I didn't want to cut any of my premium spars. LE  is a Mix of P400 and Green Race.It's a few inches longer then the standard fare. Vertical Spars are CF Arrow Shafts they are a few inches shorter than what would be considered the normal size..

I suspect that it will be faster because of the higher aspect ratio.

Exactly the same scenario as this build:

 

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Six inches wider, three inches less height.

 

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1 hour ago, makatakam said:

Very nice. Looks even better in sunlight. I'm lovin' it. 

Full vent wind may be a bit too much for it -- count the holes and do the math -- it looks like mid vent territory is where it will me most comfortable.

I'm thinking in between. this is a heavier kite than it looks so might need an extra MPH or two..

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I'm thinking more of the pull it would generate and fighting the wind for control. The "venting" actually creates more lift somehow. I have been amazed by how low a wind speed a vented kite will fly in compared to a standard sail. I think, by what I saw in the video, that it is already creating enough extra lift to compensate for the additional weight.

But, we shall see, right?

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