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Buggy tricks - 2 wheel tricks
2 wheel drive
make sure you have a long and wide space, sail along with the
wind perpendicular to your buggy direction and bring the kite
down in a swoop. While the kite is coming down and pulling, steer
the buggy into the wind and position your body at approx 45 degrees
towards one side and front of the buggy, using your leg to make some
down force into the buggy frame. As soon as your wheel is up, due
to the pull force of the sail and your "unorthodox" position, start
controlling your "lift" by steering the buggy more into the wind if
the wheel is going down, or downwind if the buggy dangerously nears the
vertical position. Kite pull control will also help in keeping
you with just the right amount of lift. You don't need a gale force wind
nor high speed to achieve lift, it's a matter of weight and balance.
make sure you wear full armor...
Remarks, additional info ? mail
Peter Peters (
<pp@win.tue.nl>).