AEXP-5 at OBX

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AEXP-5 at OBX

Undeterred by two days of light winds, Randy has continued development of his Advanced EXperimental Prototype Kite. He has advanced from design #5 to #6 during this period of intensive testing & modification. He's conferring over the internet with another designer in Denmark to improve performance of the "Traction Kite". The latest modifications involved sewing seams to give the kite camber and using advanced water-repellent material purchased at the local dollar store. As with all serious scientific endeavors, Randy is documenting testing. Note the helmet-mounted GoPro camera in photos 1 &2.

While Randy sailed his kite on the Sound, Ted & I surfed the waves at Jeanette's Pier while our wives soaked up the rays on the beach, photos 3 & 4.

Barrett

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bpw wrote:

The latest modifications involved sewing seams to give the kite camber and using advanced water-repellent material purchased at the local dollar store. ...

Dammit, he's going over budget, again. Mosking

--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.

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Hey this is the very place where they laughed at the Wright Brothers. Their work created the entire airline industry, which has lost billion$, pissed off millions, and been late for nearly every flight in 100 years. I am almost there. Just think what this will do for sailing when I perfect it.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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Domina Jalbert would be proud...

Domina Jalbert was first to teach of the robust airfoil formed by the ram-air principle. Every contemporary ram-air airfoil sport and utility wing began with Domina Jalbert's invention. When the parafoil is used as a gliding parachute, thus opening after the payload or human has been in free-fall, the opening of the parafoil can be very fast; the fast opening and the consequential related shock has to be damped; devices invented by others are used to slow down the opening of the parafoil. One such invention is the slider. When the parafoil is used in hang gliding as a paraglider, the parafoil is kited open before the human leaves the ground; in such cases a slider is not necessary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domina_Jalbert

Bill Herderich

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