User:Vincecate/WaterWalker2trip2

WaterWalker2 Trip 2

This about the planned second experimental voyage of WaterWalker2.

Plan

• Will use a kite that can water-launch so a crash not end the trip
• Will have a route that is plenty deep enough along the whole route
• Will go on a day when there is less wind so that wind on the structure is not as much of an issue. Will also use a bigger kite so the ratio of kite pull to structure drag is better.
• Expect to do this in the second half of Feb 2009.

Kite

Cabrina Convert 9 M kite for sale in Anguilla. It is a 2008 model that is hardly used. The price is $675 for kite, bar, and harness. I expect to buy it on Jan 29, 2009.

Expected Results

• How fast do we really go - GPS seems to have been not fully awake during the good part of the first trip.
• How far left or right of downwind can we go.
• More video and pictures in general
• Testing in bigger waves
• Use G Data Logger acceleration meter to log accelerations during trip

Sponsors

I got $400 worth of pledges to help justify buying the $675 kite. These pledges come due after I have bought the kite and used it to pull WaterWalker2 on a trip at least 1.5 miles long, and documented the trip on the Wiki. This is GPS track distance, not necessarily that the finish is 1.5 miles from start.

• $150 [[1]]
• $150 [[2]] with [extra kite energy demo]
• $100 [[3]]