Altitude record for a kite
RR jim1997
kite up to 12,471 ft. No reference is given to the base elevation or the
length of line that was required to get it up that high (the FAA would have
been pissed). A couple of weeks ago I and Colo. NARFF went up to the summit of
Guanella pass, elev. 11900 and a friend put his 6.5 foot Rok up with 1,000 ft
of 500 lb line. It must have been a vertical of ~600 ft. So the way I see it,
at 12,500 ft (MSL) he now hold the highest altitude record (??) How about your
stories about high flying or just a whole-lot-of-stringline. Ever lose a
multi-hundred dollar kite and just had to cry about it cause it blew into the
next state.
Chris Denton
cheapie and found a roll of cheap twine at my buddies. The kite went out so
far we could hardly see it, but due to the crappy line drag it never went
up. We found the kite about a year later 1.5 miles from where we started.
Ha
Chris
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Patty, David & Alex Town
qualify me for the altitude record ?
D.T.
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qualify me for the altitude record ?
D.T.
RR jim1997 wrote:
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The Silent Observer
When I was about nine years old (this must have been the summer of 1969
-- remember Woodstock?), I talked my mother into buying me a High Flyer
paper covered diamond kite and three balls of then-new Dacron string.
This kite was no more than three feet tall, a simple bowed diamond; each
ball of string held 700 feet. The day after getting the kite, I went
out in the back yard, where our property sloped steeply away, and
launched the kite over the back fence. When I ran out of string, I
called Mom; she tied the next ball on while I held the kite, and then
stayed to watch as I let that string out, too, and tied on the third ball.
By the time all three balls of string were out (2100 feet, well over 600
meters), the kite was just barely able to support the weight of the
string; I had to hold the bitter end (tied around the crumpled core of
the last ball) as high above my head as I could reach to keep the string
from dragging on the ground, and by that time I'd also had to back
upwind into the front yard. The string barely cleared the fence, and
the kite couldn't have been flying higher than twenty degrees -- but
that little paper kite took that string out, and flew steadily all the
time it took me to wind 2100 feet of string back onto a single ball, by
hand (close to an hour).
No records set -- but it's the most string I've ever had out on a kite
(though I did match that record with a homemade diamond covered in
newspaper in 1977, when I was a senior in high school).
--
Love wealth above life itself, and starve in splendor.
-- Elvish proverb
Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer NAR # 70141-SR Insured
Rocket Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/launches.htm
Telescope Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/astronomy.htm
Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm
Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.
craig spence
Jake Brodsky
>Guinness 2002 book of records list that in 1898 a coupple of guys had their
>kite up to 12,471 ft. No reference is given to the base elevation or the
>length of line that was required to get it up that high (the FAA would have
>been pissed).
I presume the record is height above ground level. I'm not sure how
you would measure this from a mountain top. Perhaps the Guinness Book
measured from the altitude where the kite was anchored.
As for the FAA, read 14CFR101. Pay particular attention to the
applicability sections. You'll notice that below five pounds, a kite
basically doesn't matter, unless you deliberately fly it right in to
an airway or a nearby airport.
The solution is merely to call your local flight service station,
explain what you're doing, and ask them for help. They can assist you
with filing NOTAMs and perhaps even air traffic control communications
in case your kite gets away from you.
>A couple of weeks ago I and Colo. NARFF went up to the summit of
>Guanella pass, elev. 11900 and a friend put his 6.5 foot Rok up with 1,000 ft
>of 500 lb line. It must have been a vertical of ~600 ft. So the way I see it,
>at 12,500 ft (MSL) he now hold the highest altitude record (??) How about your
>stories about high flying or just a whole-lot-of-stringline. Ever lose a
>multi-hundred dollar kite and just had to cry about it cause it blew into the
>next state.
I almost lost a Stratoscoop III (and $65 of 250# dacron line too!).
Lucky I found it in a nearby farm field --not trampled by buffalo who
happened to be in an adjacent field.
Jake Brodsky, mailto:fru...@erols.com
"Nearly fifty percent of all graduates came from
the bottom half of the class."
Roy Reed
www.total.net/~kite/ and stands at 14,509 ft and dates from 16 August, 2000.
The world record for a train of kites is about 32,000 ft and dates from
1919 - www.kites.org/tmr/Lindenberg_eng.htm.
Must fly
Roy
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John Hartnup
> On 23 Sep 2002 21:57:15 GMT, rrji...@aol.com (RR jim1997) wrote:
>
>> Guinness 2002 book of records list that in 1898 a coupple of guys
>> had their kite up to 12,471 ft. No reference is given to the base
>> elevation or the length of line that was required to get it up that
>> high (the FAA would have been pissed).
>
> I presume the record is height above ground level. I'm not sure how
> you would measure this from a mountain top. Perhaps the Guinness Book
> measured from the altitude where the kite was anchored.
I don't know about the rest of the world, but most significant peaks in the
UK have a permanent triangulation point marker somewhere nearby with an
official elevation. Measure your kite's position relative to that point, do
some sums, you've got your kite's elevation above sea level.
Alternatively, attach a GPS receiver to the kite :)