We seem to be getting sooooo close to full circle. Comparing the Ozone’ Explore and the Pocket Rocket and getting past the noob hype, the canopy shapes or very close and likely based on the same CNC program (Ozone refers to both designs as kites). The bridles and the line lengths are what I see as ...

Hey Ian, Right back atcha, I am glad you are still alive too! Sorry about your wretched OR time. You nailed it with your “punchy” comment. The Gorge is usually punchy vs gusty these days (Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of global warming vs hoax slugfest…sigh). There really is still a lot of good ...

So…just getting back into kiting and foiling in my usual obsessive way and I thought I might revive this thread.

AWSI and the future of wind sports: So, AWSI in Hood River, OR has come and gone. The campfire chatter was that the companies mostly displayed upgrades. Nothing really super interesting ...

Hey KUS,
Not sure if carving off topic with advise or even a suggestion is a good thing, but possibly consider taking on strapless surfboard for kiting. Maybe pry Yamon’s Red Rocket from his hands for a while (kidding Kenny) or any used 6’ high volume surfboard (a quad is my fave). A dime a dozen. I ...

So a few questions!?

Anyone building their own batteries? If so, what cell type and why?

Here we go. I have built a number of batteries using 18650 cells for my DIY ebike, Argosy trailer break-away brake system and generally farting around with rechargeable stuff for BLDC motors and super ...

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HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY! Some Wind is Good interaction! Hi AJ. I am in Galveston right now and I got up to watch the launch on line. If you were up it must have been an early rise! Lots to celebrate and some to maybe worry a little about. It was good to see the booster get all the way to separation ...

Great questions. Thanks.

Just for building foils, not boards and really just the front foil. I have sanded a lot of wings, boards, moulds and I think an aluminum skinned front foil could be a fast build with little post finish. I have been using a lot of VHB tape in the last year and it should be ...

Off topic…maybe. Space X received the OK to launch their Starship from Texas on Friday. 33 Raptor engines wrapped in a stainless steel tube. Heavy duty stuff. The link to foil with assist is in the choice of material. Stainless steel! It appears that Space X has moved away from carbon fiber booster ...

Hanging out on South Padre Island for a few days. No wind. Drove over to Space X to take a look at the next Starship vehicles (launch is mid-November). Asked Elon for a factory second for my downwind foil assist project. Here we are loading it on the roof of my BMW X5. Space X is a lot less secure ...

Thanks. I may have to give him a shout. Anyone else have any Triton experience?

May have to give him a shout. Jim Stringfellow will lend me his. I am interested in what other mono-foilers may have experienced as well. Anyone?

Is anyone on this site using the Triton X-1 mono-wing (for winging) or the T-1 mono-wing (for kiting)? I saw the X-1 in Stevenson on the Gorge last month. I ask because when I first saw it I thought that the design was backwards. It looked to me as if the front of the wing had negative lift and the ...

Hey Kenny,
I will give you a shout. I remember you telling me about the Ross Bay to D’Arcy trip. I also tried to do Cook Street to Sidney but had to come ashore at Mount Doug Beach. We keep running into the “round the point” weather transitions. You and I aways had a challenge after Race Rocks. The ...

A note about this project. The thing that ties this whole project together is a new design of hydrofoil. It is a super-cavitating foil capable of operating at sub cavitating speeds.The design and the prototypes exist. The rest of the stuff has already been built and used in other projects. The ...