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Go Fly a Kite

05/20/2009 12:01 PM

Could anyone tell me what is the highest a "normal" kite can go?

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Re: Kites.

05/20/2009 12:22 PM

A New World Kite Altitude Record of 14,509 Ft. was set by Richard Synergy in Kincardine, Ontario, August 12, 2000.

http://tkf.toronto.on.ca/oldsite/richard.htm

on 5 May 1910, a train of ten kites launched from Mt Weather rose to an altitude of 7269.7 metres (23,835 feet). In order to accomplish this feat, over 13.6 km (8.5 miles) of wire were deployed.

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2006/alm06apr2.htm

And for normal people:

Date: Sat 22 Sep 2007
Location: Old Reynella (reserve next to school)
Weather: moderate gusty breeze, blue sky
Kite: MBK Skewer Diamond prototype 2 and Delta prototype 2, Windjam07 Kite
Altitude: 102 meters (335 feet)

http://www.my-best-kite.com/kite-altitude-record.html

I like to fly kites. If I can get 100ft of string out, I'm doing good.

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05/20/2009 3:15 PM

I like to fly kites.
Yeah..I thought you were flying a kite with that Spitfires & Super fuel thread.

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05/20/2009 9:47 PM

i need a translator..

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05/21/2009 7:56 AM

Really "synergy"?

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05/21/2009 4:38 PM

The best I ever got was about 275 ft of line left out, but that was standing atop a 400 ft high railroad bridge in a state park. The wind coming up a valley like that can give a real boost. Normally I'm lucky to get 60 ft of string out if I'm in a field; anyway, I usually find kite-eating trees.

Once, in El Salvador while drilling a water well, I saw some young boys flying a kite from atop a nearby hill. They had well over 350 ft of line out; thats the best I've seen.

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05/27/2009 5:01 PM

my husband met him...

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05/20/2009 12:45 PM

I have had one up far enough that I lost it to an airplane.

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05/20/2009 1:00 PM

Reeely - had to be one pissed off pilot

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05/20/2009 1:26 PM

I don't think he even saw the kite. He caught the line and cut right thru it.

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05/20/2009 1:43 PM

Didn't we pick up James Bond in a similar fashion once?

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Re: Go Fly a Kite

05/20/2009 2:58 PM

A normal kite? As far as the nearest power line.
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05/20/2009 9:50 PM

besides barking neighbors dog, very high on points scale...

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05/20/2009 5:13 PM

Don't try this at home ...

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05/20/2009 5:22 PM

Try down by the ocean. I've run out a 350 yd. spool on my fishing rod (23# test). Anchor it to fly all day.

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05/20/2009 8:28 PM

And its never boring, is it?

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05/20/2009 9:45 PM

Something about that, eh!

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05/20/2009 11:14 PM

Legally in the USA, not very high,

From regs FAR part 101,

Sec. 101.13 - Operating limitations.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may operate a moored balloon or kite --

(1) Less than 500 feet from the base of any cloud;

(2) More than 500 feet above the surface of the earth;

(3) From an area where the ground visibility is less than three miles; or

(4) Within five miles of the boundary of any airport.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to the operation of a balloon or kite below the top of any structure and within 250 feet of it, if that shielded operation does not obscure any lighting on the structure.


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05/21/2009 8:05 AM

Legally in the USA, not very high, From regs FAR part 101,

Sec. 101.13 - Operating limitations.

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05/21/2009 9:36 AM

Wow I broke the law in the outer banks several year ago when I let out all 3000' of line. The wind picked up to about 25mph making reeling the 8' diamond back in very difficult with just a hoop spool.
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05/21/2009 9:08 AM

I stopped at 200 ft. Just because of the time to reroll string. At that distance my 'store bought' tore. Seen the one on cargo ships for fuel economy? Lets!
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Re: Go Fly a Kite

05/21/2009 10:45 AM

I don't know. My high flying kite career (at approx age 12) was abruptly ended when the local air force base controllers called the local cops and had me bring one down.

Another time I launched a kite from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with a hefty log as a drag. Watched it til it disappeared to the east. I sure wonder how far that kite went before the Atlantic swallowed it.

Off direct topic, but I also lost a 12 foot wingspan RC glider to the Atlantic. I caught a very strong thermal that quickly took it out of visual range and never saw it again, even as I tried a death spiral with the controller to get it back.

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05/21/2009 4:50 PM

Be thankful it wasn't a hang glider.
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