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KAPfoil 1,6

I just received this picture from somebody that saw me flying in Guadelope.

My new KAP Foil 1.6 designed by Ralf Beutnagel bought at Kapshop.com.
Great kite for the higher (steady) wind range.
Width: 130 cm / 51"
Height:  120 cm / 47"
Sail:  Ripstop Nylon
Line rec.: Polyester 90 kg / 200 lb.
Wind range: 2-6 Bft. (11-49 km/h / 7-31 mph)

Link 1:   The kapfoil I made a few years ago for Jim Day
Link 2:   Some flowform drawings
Link 3:   My original flowform made and designed by Ivo van Olmen
Link 4:  Kapfoil 1,6
Link 5:  Kapfoil 5,0

KAP, Kite Aerial Photography, Kites: Rokkaku, Aurico, Canon G15

Antwerpen

Some more pictures on Picasa web

Iflite in India

What else do you want to do, while waiting for the bus in India?
Iflite in India part I
Iflite in India part II
Iflite in India part III
Iflite in India part IV



Thanks to Hector Cesaretti from the BA.TO.CO kite club in Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Some extra links

The iFlite movie number I

The iFlite movie number II

The iFlite movie number III (Palace of Justice)

The iFlite story in India

The iFlite story in Paris
The Blue iFlite
The iFlite General page

Bornen

Bornem Castle, also known as the De Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde Castle

Fun for 30 meter....

It's a very funny feeling to fly a kite in this kind of weather....  You let the kite out for 30 meters and than it's gone! It's gone!    (Berlaar - Gestel)

Grey

How grey can it be!

Zeevaartschool

some more pictures

 

HZS

Also in the newspaper; Gazet Van Antwerpen of 21 10 2010 (Printed on 400.000 ex.)

and in the Standard

Picavet

Holy Man

My Holy man kite

(made in mutual agreement with Jim Day).

If  you want to see the original Holy Man kite created by Nicolas Chorier:  Please check the following link:

India: A kite's eye view

The "holy man" imagined by Nicolas Chorier in India, initially crafted by Robert Brasington in Tasmania, fine tuned by Jim Day in Seattle, tested in Seaside Oregon.
A wonderful kite, extremely stable, with a great lifting power and without too much pull.(size is 12 feet) According to Pierre Lesage

Holy man  2,20m wide and 3,0m high, The total surface is 5,2m²; Sail surface is 4,2m².  Frame made glasfiber  Black/Green Skytex fabric,  Bridle and flying line: Climax Blackline.
A short movie from Leon Choong made at the Borneo kite festival in Bintulu Sarawak

Maple

A  leaf kite designed by Christophe Tournay 

Made in a kite workshop organized by the ZVV - Holland

click here to see the drawing 

Holy Man in Borneo

Some pictures of the holy man taken during the International kite festival in Bintulu 2012 

Some links:

Holy Man General page

Holy Man Micro

Holy Man UL

Kite festival Borneo

Trilobite panel layout

The panel layout of my 3 trilobites.   It's clear it's 'one family'
The result