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Attach a kite to one (or two) lightweight
carbon/graphite rods and walk about the
park with your kite easily aloft. Annoy other
kite-fliers who can't get theirs off the
ground. Shout handy tips to those that
seem
to be particularly frustrated.
Wrist supports recommended for extended
use.
Good posture essential to avoid
shoulder strain.
Solarzeppelin
http://www.pearl.de...hiff-UFO-Solar.html
Leichtes, faszinierendes Flugobjekt - angetrieben von der Sonne! [baconbrain, Jul 02 2005]
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Most definately, with two cups of coffee in one hand, and the kite in the other. Yay!!!!! |
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I've seen a woman do a kite-dance inside a gymnasium using a Grandmaster fighter and about ten feet of string. The 1998 AKA National website includes this workshop note: "Indoor Flying -- Jon Trennepohl led this group, teaching techniques for indoor flying." |
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I have flown a Grandmaster in less wind than is required for any other kite. When the wind dies away completely, I break out a UFO Solar. See link. |
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Annoy other kite-fliers, indeed. |
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this is a very handy idea [st3f] and a surefire way to meet potential partners. |
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what become entangled, you mean? |
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I can imagine a little kid walking around with a kite on a stick with a sad expression on his face, because he can't fly a real kite. |
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[baconbrain]! What the blazes is that thing? |
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This seems to defeat the purpose of a kite. |
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why carry it? just stick it in the ground and watch. |
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//[baconbrain]! What the blazes is that thing?// A solar-powered hot air balloon. |
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It is a tube of very lightweight black plastic. You tie one end closed, swoosh it full of air and tie the other end closed. After a few minutes in the sunlight, the bag absorbs enough heat to start floating.
The instructions say to keep a string tied to it. If you were, hypothetically speaking, to release one over a major city, it would tumble slowly up into the sky and drift around causing much confusion. Or so I've heard.
If I ever find any more, I'm going to tie them together to make a floating person . . . |
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thought you said a floating prison. |
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A floating prison would be hard to escape from. Unless your buddies owned helicopters or had alot of pillows. |
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(+) Just one question though [st3f], how do you reel it in? |
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Brilliant. You had your + with the title alone. |
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2 fries: Surreptitiously, behind a tree. What
was the question, again? |
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A stick wouldn't cut it as there would be structural considerations that building codes would require be addressed. I would suggest the kite be held up with a guide wire supported column made of 3/4" steel I-beams encased in pre-stressed concrete with two layers of re-bar to achieve full structural integrity during any seismic events. A special environmental impact unit would have to be formed to study any possible detrimental effects to indigenous flora and fauna and any buildings built to house the environmental impact study committee would also need to be looked at from an environmental impact standpoint. Additionally, a cultural sensitivity committee should be formed to make sure diversity issues are addressed during the hiring process for any "kite flying project" support personnel. |
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Take one kite handle reel, preferably one of those from a stunt kite that look impressive but, and here's the clever bit, do NOT attach string or kite. Go to a much frequented hill on a windy day and pretend you have a kite and are an expert in stunt-flying. Snigger as group of bemused skyward-squinting people gather round you. |
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I could totally see this being used as a prop in a play. :) |
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Superb idea. I salute you. |
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