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Re: Non-Robotic Related Hobbies

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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
This is the parafoil that I "fly" It's a few inches under 20'. I'm flying it, it's about 150' in the air in front of me. It's tethered to an anchor with 7/16" line. I can do some stunts, but it's a handful in high winds. Total lift in a 10 MPH wind is about 350 lbs.

The current box kite project looks like a pile of fabric and struts. Once I get it into the air long enough to get a photo I'll post it.
Wow, thanks for reminding me Foster. One of my other hobbies has been building and flying (if you can call what I do with them "flying") stunt kites.
I have built two thus far and posted tutorials/Blogs on how each was built.

My first is a "Vortex".

The photo journal for this can be found at http://billbo911.smugmug.com/Hobbies...9922633_msdvzM.


The second was built for my wife. It is a modified "P2". Can you guess what the modification is?
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