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RE: New Tower Crane
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:28:35 GMT
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<rhempel@bmts.#nospam#com>
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> > Michael Camilleri <yellow5guy@twmi.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:GLBIuA.5I9@lugnet.com...
> > > Use kite string, the kind used for stunt kites. It has very little • stretch
> > > and comes in varying weights that go as high as a 100 lb.
> having been a stunt kiter for ten years, you wil find that kite string can
> be VERY strong, some of the kevlar ones are weight tested to 300 lbs and
> even higher for the rokuku kites (really big hexogonal japanese fighting
> kites)
I think that he meant the "weight" of the string was 100 lb, not the
tensile strength. :-)
If you need black string, you might be able to find braided leader
at your local fishing tackle shop.
> for what most people would need i would recommend spider line, the
> pre-stretched line is excellent for almost every use and can be found in
> weight tests up to 150 i think. depending on the load you should be able to
> get by with some of the lower grades which are weight tested to about 50 or
> so. take a storll to your local kite shop, but BE CAREFUL, if they let you
> try you can get addicted very easily, dual line flying is really fun, but
> when you get into the tri-line and quad-line kites you can find yourself
> spending lots of money on new equipment.
>
> O.T. i'm working on building some zero wind stunt kites that i fly with
> dental floss in the student union commons.
Cool! But who is this dental floss guy? Dangling participles again...
Cheers, Ralph Hempel
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| -- Michael Camilleri "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:CAEBIOGHPFFJALB...mts.com... (...) can (...) I meant tesile strength (...) able to (...) or (...) you (...) but (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| "Duq" <duq@iegateway.net> wrote in message news:GLD6CC.Azv@lugnet.com... (...) stretch (...) having been a stunt kiter for ten years, you wil find that kite string can be VERY strong, some of the kevlar ones are weight tested to 300 lbs and even (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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