AROUND THE WORLD : WOKIPI - KAP - Kites


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Our trip around the World, World Kite Picture, with the theme aerial photography requires some specific equipments. A large box in the vehicle is reserved for rigs, cameras and radio controls. The lines of the kites will be stored in an other box with the shoes and we have a box outside for our kites.

Kites for KAP

We'll use a Rokkaku kite, which means "6 sides, is used in Japan for combat kite as it may be controllable. But it is also remarkable for its reliability in flight and easily transportable

	At the KAP meeting organized by the CVCF, we saw the Delta R8 of Emmanuel Leconte and his flying skills. Convinced by this kite, we contacted the designer, Dan Leigh, to order one. Dan makes it on request! At left, during its manufacture (the red and black spi ...). Delta R8 has a wingspan of about 3 m and easily lifts a 600g aerial camera rig as Flowform 16 or Conyne Delta with similar wind span, but with greater stability and higher flight angles. There is extra reinforcing on fin and wings See more about kites by Dan Leigh

	We also leave with the F10, Delta Conyne modified (left), that we have received in october, almost for Patrick's birthday. It designed and offered by Michel Trouillet and his team . On the right, during construction in the OK Mistral workshop. Regularly confronted with the Mistral and Tramontana, they wanted to design a kite for very strong wind. This kite is made for very high wind. "The kite is made with spinnaker an metallized dacron from the perspective of good visualization in flight or a radar reflectivity for some recommendations of Air Navigation. F10 is a maneuverable kite in strong winds

and a remarkable ability to climb even disturbed area (city centers, drills, relief ...). "

More about
the story of this kite Force 10(blog in french) and diaporama : Partenariat WOKIPI / OK Mistral

During our participation in Kapined, we recovered a Sutton Flowform 16 "Becot"" that we purchased from KapShop, on the advice of Peter Bults.

Dimensions: width 3.5 ft (1,06 m)- 4.5 ft (1,37 m) height for an area of 16 sqft (1,5 m2) and its U-shaped tail, give this little kite, very convenient storage and easily put in flight, a good flight stability.

This Flowform took the name of our friend's Christian (Becot) because he has made four changes to the existing model Flowform 30. So we start with 4 carrying kites for Aerial photography.

So we start with 4 kites for Aerial photography

The other Kites

	During our trip we will be meeting the others, especially children. We hope our kites are good vectors of meetings. We will do an introduction to flight! For this, we need small kites, to go into our inside box. They must be adapted to for beginners. Their qualities: strong but lightweight, big enough for flights slow and precise but small enough to fit into our coffers ... because there will be any spare parts to repair if dropped. The French Federation of Free Flight (FFVL) heard our request and offered us two AcroKites with Educ'en Ciel logo. (pictured right). Our first flights confirmed that this kite is well suited to the initiation of flying. We are pleased to be able, in addition, convey the value of this ambitious project of FFVL, which "aims to develop a true culture of the air by the declination, the adaptation of all sports practices of free

flight - Kite, kite, paragliding, delta - in educational and recreational activities for youth contact " In our gift pack we also found two small power kites that we have not yet tried, and a sticker of the logo FFVL, we immediately stuck to the back of Woki!


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