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Thats right folks, if you booked out the spring holiday weekend for Middle Wallop then its time to make other plans. Unfortunately it will not be on this year, more information available @ Official Press Release and the BKPA Website
Though our eagle eyed sources are sighting up Atmosphere’08 as a good festival to goto (25-27th April), more information @ Atmosphere’08
Well done to Alex in Fleetwood for a well run event this weekend gone, the wind may have abandoned us slightly but the Party and Battle of the Bands more than made up for it.
Definately something you should considering adding to your calendar when the next dates are released.
Checkout our UK 7 Day Tide Forecast on KiteATB, it’s still being tested and feel free to feed back to me on rasga@KiteATB.co.uk, a big thanks to Matt (aka gradiation) for his hard work in helping getting it all sorted.
There are a few known IE/FF bugs to do with the popup on the graph. Feel free to feedback any others to me, and due to a technical issue its English Ports only. . .i’ll update you when the full UK database is implimented.
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The Sloping Rail Some of you may have heard people talking about rails and kickers, you may even have tried one at an event or a local spot, unfortunatly I live where there arn’t many KiteATB events so I had to make my own. Read on to find out how… (all measurements are in mm) In order to build your own you’ll need:
2 x 50×50x~700mm White-Wood
The A-Frame
Use the 2 x 50×50x~700mm pieces of White-Wood and cut in a half tenon joint in one end of each, then place them together and mark out a 45° angle in order to sit it flat on the ground when both peices have been cut. Once you’ve done the above drill a hole through the joints as shown in the diagram and join them together with a nut and a short length of threaded bar.
Now take the 2 x 25×100x750mm pieces of White-Wood and cut them as shown in the above diagram with the 45° angle at each end and one peice on each side of the ^ shape with 6 wood screws apiece.
The Main Beam This is probably the most complicated peice of the rail. You need to mark and chisel out a triangular indent out of the underside about 100mm down from the top, and another straight indent out of the top side the same width as your metal top piece as shown below:
Once thats done cut another angle at the bottom end to let it sit a bit nicer on the ground.
Metal Overpiece
Once You’ve got your piece of flatbar to the correct length you can then mark out the bends every 50mm and the holes as shown above. Once thats done you’re best to drill the holes first then put the flatbar in a vice and bend it as shown in the diagram. Once done these pieces can be bolted together as shown in This Photograph and the final braces can be attached:
Once all thats done you can now get your UPVC strip or tubing and attach by countersinking a number of holes along the length (I used 5) and screwing in with wood screws. The final thing to do with your new rail is to plaster it with stickers and go riding! - All the images can be seen on Kite Gallery with measurements too.
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Though what method of control is personal preference this page might help you into which to purchase. As most kites are starting to get sold kite-only you have the choice for no ‘extra’ cost!
