Beiträge von karel_oh

Flying Christian Derefat's Vortex UL at the Haarrijnse Plas, Utrecht. Another great open source trickkite design by our belgian friend. Very pitchy and a lot of fun to fly. Thanks to Fred Blok for providing the kite. Enjoy in HD!

Plans are available here: http://users.skynet.be/cerfvolanttrick/prototypes.htm

http://kareloh.com/ickytv_wp/w…stk-episode-10-vortex-ul/

Yes, agree totally with Norbert.
Also Cometes are a blast and if you get the timing right, Tazmachines are really nice too.

What i also noticed, and heard from a few people who tried it, is that it easily comes out of a yoyo even if you miss a stopper.

We were in Zeebrugge Belgium this weekend for the Tricksparty competition. Saturday wind were moderate and sunday it was a smooth sea breeze. I brought the EOL offcourse and even used it to fly the competition. Very nice for tricksparty ballet. It's articulate in tricks and precise with nice feedback without too much pull.

A lot of the other pilots also tried the EOL and i recieved only positive comments.

Below are a few pictures.

The TP Zeebrugge crew.

Flying pair with Lars (Sin UL)

Lars on the lines

Fade

Wouter (Winner of the weekend) checking out the EOL

Tricksparty Judge Harold was very positive about the EOL too

Krijn giving the EOL a beating

Oh yes! Smoooooooth. Something new (and bigger) by Tim Benson/Chis Goff.

A quick search gave me this info:

Wingspan:135 cm / 53 inches
Height:0.54 m / 21 inches
Weight:120 gms / 4.6 ozs
Sail type:Ripstop nylon
Frame:4 mm carbon rod
Wind Range:7-50 kph / 4-30 mph
Skill level:novice to expert
Line strength:45 kg / 100 lb
Line length:25 m / 80 ft

Nothing on spar lengths... yet.

I tried the Xtro a few times when it came out. Lot's of fun.

Very happy to say that this is now MY EOL! Thanks Birger! I'll treat it well and it will travel to a few festivals this season for other pilots to try it...

Episode 9 of Open Source Trickkites features a design by Werner Hulstaert from Belgium: B'zar 2009. Flown in very turbulent suburbian wind near Berlijnplein in Utrecht, Holland. Thanks to Wim and Wouter Eskens for supplying the kite.

Plans of this version (and newer versions) are available here:
http://www.tweelijners.com/werner/

http://kareloh.com/ickytv_wp/w…ostk-episode-9-bzar-2009/

A little background info from my website:

90three STD
This is a little trickkite experiment i did recently. Started off with a shape i really liked: my Vendetta by Shawn Tinkham. Altered the shape by scaling it down to 93% and changed the trailing edge by cutting it a fraction higher. The position of the lowerspreader/center cross is a bit higher on the spine as well. Fitted single standoffs per side and added a Kitehouse style nose. Also made a little panel layout so i could use some icarex scraps (Vendetta’s have nylon sail material).

Turned out to be a nice tricker with a great taz machine and a deeper backflip. Backspins are better as well. Still quite slow and precise in flight. The signature Vendetta slotmachines are a bit lost. Maybe a little tweaking can bring those back. I’m not intending to share the plans publicly, since it is based on a kite that used to be available commercially. Krijn Hemminga was interested in building one as well so we both have a matching kite to do some pair trick flying.

Evening session with the 90Three STD at Molenviergang, Zevenhuizen. Wind was very variable and bumpy. Enjoy in HD.

http://kareloh.com/ickytv_wp/w…s/2016/04/06/90three-std/

First proper session with the 90Three SUL (perfectly build by Krijn Hemminga) at the Scheveningen beach. Great kite for relaxed low wind freestyle flying. Pretty precise too. Enjoy in HD.

Nice! Added to the builds page! Is Austria correct?

http://www.kareloh.com/kite-pl…ht-kite/day-night-builds/

First test with the Kodak PixPro SP360 4K camera. Flying my Urban Ninja at work. Watch in youtube app on a smartphone for the full 360 experience.

Here's a new colorizer for the Essence too:

http://www.kareloh.com/EssCol/Essencecolorizer.htm

Zitat von ThoKat

Hi Carlo,
fliegst du deinen STD mit der Originalwaage?

Wow! Very nice. Reminds me of a kite i used to have

Yes, i fly it with this (very short) bridle. You have to get used to it i guess. It's different.

Hi ThoKat,
i've had the same issue when building my new sail. The original (WindFactory) Essence had it's dacron longer then the sail (folden in a point) so the longer LE rods didn't stick out that much. I shortened the ULE on my kite a few cm, but it won't be a problem to shorten the LLE instead of the ULE. I'll change the sizes in the plan. Thanks for pointing it out.

And yet another version, now with background image and color numbers.

http://www.kareloh.com/MagnetCol/Magnetcolorizer.htm

Mike created a HTML colorizer for the Magnet:
http://www.kareloh.com/wordpre…16/01/Magnetcolorizer.htm

Thanks mike!

How's the build coming along?

Nope, p100.

I really like my 112 sul with p9/p100 mix.
Just used TAPA for the Upper Streader and APA's for the Lower Spreader.

Sascha's SUL has 2pt Leading Edges. Also very nice.