Hi just trying to find out if it is possible to use a sand anchor to aid in self launching and landing
I think that if I was to plant the anchor then attach the chicken loop ,then walk the kite to the edge of the window and launch on to wing tip,walk to anchor hook in to harness then disconnect form anchor and ride away,
Reverse for landing.
Will it work ?
What else do I need to do?
Has anyone done or tried this?
Thanks in advance
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Why do I get the feeling this may go down the same road as wearing a weight belt to increase the ability to hold down a kite?
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or better still hook onto the good old tank trap
I have seen someone on a few occasions do this but has the chicken loop
hooked into a garbage bin.Every time works sweet.
Do not do this at home kids................
self launching you can do fairly easily so shouldn't need an anchor, landing maybe just fill a bag with sand in case **** gets real, don't want an anchor flying through the air.
Yellow, I've used a sand anchor specially made for kite launching and a handy piece of kit to have when can't rig up to a log, fence post, etc. best to have kite depowered on launch and coming to land and wouldn't use under 10 knots or in very gusty conditions
no lets be seriouse on a deserted beach maybe no problem , but if something went wrong as it can itd be scary , i put a launch land post at the local slsc for the locals and the travelling kiters, i dug a hole approx 1mtr deep and put 4 bags of postcrete around it, one of the locals went to launch his kite as he got close to it , it took off ripping the post clean out of the ground, so i wouldnt bother mate , ive seen a couple of lads from geraldton using a screw anchor, i think it was called a dingo
Just in case it's a serious question. At face value it sounds like a viable idea because the kite will pull the anchor deeper if something goes wrong. But if it powers up and starts ripping across the wind window you now have a out of control, Powered up kite at the perfect angle to rip the anchor out and send it flying. That's got to be a bad thing.
why not just learn to self launch...?
i guess its' kinda like using a gojoe, so you don't have to learn to body drag
go joe hahahahahaha
go joe
If you're gonna do it, use a wombat ground anchor. It holds 500KG's which is higher than the breaking strain of your lines. If it pulls that it, you don't want to be attached to it.
try to without it .
practise both in light winds 1st .
make sure no one down wind
launching kite walk more to save your kite dragging
landings are harder imo[on the grass ]
in stronger winds land kite behind something
have leash set for flag out during the trying times
hey
maybe this will help on self-launching. tried it last week and worked fine for me
Depends on what conditions you plan to use it? I wouldn't recommend self launching in over 40kts either especially on a weed littered winter beach, kite buddy is the only way in serious winds. One launches, puts their kite on the side then holds the kite for the other one.
I made one a few years ago similar to a wombat and was using it on a typical Perth winters day, went to the kite and turned it over, all was sweet with the kite on the edge of the window, then as I prepared to return to the kite it did a complete 180 and drove full speed at head height into a sign destroying itself (so much power, would have hated being attached). I think as it was gusty an the kite was bouncing a little the bar jammed in the sand and turned the kite.
Like i said I would have hated to have been attached with a similar scenario from self launching, these anchors can work well but the bar should be able to float freely.
Buddy is still the best option, and can assist if it goes tits up in the water also!
kite potentialised by being mounted to a fixed point. big gust , (w) anker lets go and flies though the air with the greatest of ease, can't see why that would not work.
... another factor to take into account, and that is the type of kite your attaching to the anchor point. Some kites just don't stay down! Talk about woooosh!
cheers,
Robbie
if you can't self launch and land in any kitable wind with appropriate
size kite for conditions then maybe you shouldn't be out there
in high wind is best not to go alone any way ,and is more fun with
a mate to verify your mega boost..........
The only way i can see it being safe is if you leave the boat attached to the anchor too
I have been taught that if your self launching and worried about it going wrong, attach the safety line to your leash (non-suicide) but instead of hooking in, hold onto the closed chicken loop with your fingers and if anything goes wrong it will be ripped out of your hand and straight to flagged. Haven't tried it but sounds almost idiot proof.
i use anything solid on the beach, fence post, towball, fixed wheelie bin, sign posts. and if not the good old wooooosh swing around. sand on the wing tip is another if its a bit strong for the woooosh.
Yeah I use the wombat aswell, that thing will never get pulled out, like you said your lines will snap first. I lost the t-bar screw in driver so have to get another one for next summer when it starts howling again 
and 000 on speed dial
