Good job on the anchor mate.
never seen one come out of the sand.
hope this is not labouring the point to much but there f&?)en great

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Dave Whettingsteel said..
Nice work munty but I honestly think this type of anchors are really dangerous. I had a near miss at the local when someone was launching off a concreted in beach sign, had set up lines wrong and the kite went soaring through the window, ripped the post and concrete footing out and flew though the air and nearly hit me before the whole lot crashed into the sand dune. Very scary.
I don't think sand anchors would be as strong as a 700mm square block of concrete and that was not enough

any photos

It was a couple of years ago and I think there were some photos at the time but I don't have them,
Sorry.

Agree with Dave
I sometimes use a sand anchor as in pic, which I made from heavy wall alloy(but light) and stands 800mm tall.
Has pulled out a couple of times even 500mm deep in sand but depends on type of sand,loose,wet,firm etc.
Also if its gusty or strong i don't use it as i have seen it pull out maybe 1 in 10 times which is once to much.
cork screw type shown looks scary and tinny and shallow.
Dont believe any would hold hundreds of Kg,s as said.
Dont trust any anchor to hold except the car or fence post option if its around.

I'm pretty sure the steel is good for 2 kN/200kgs.... as long as my dodgy welding is ok, it'll hold it.

The ground that you screw it into?? yeah sure, that's where the uncertainty is. you could screw it into a bowl of cornflakes it wont hold shi.t. I'm sure there's some dirt doctors on this forum that might be able to help you out with ground conditions.

as for the concrete pulling out because of crossed lines/setup that wasn't correct? you can't put it back down and correct the setup prior to letting it go? like I said I'm new to the sport, but I've been able to tell pretty quickly when the line connections looks like shi.t. you put it back down and sort it out right?

Bloke on about learning to self launch and have the kite pivot on it's corner, I'll probably have to ruin a few before I get to that point. I had a lesson last week and seems like the kite will always want to skid some?

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jackforbes said...

munty said...




Just put the last coat of paint on mine this arvo, gonna give it a crack tomorrow...

Newbie to the sport, have self launched but didn't like the way the kite scraped along the beach. Then when landing, pulling the release and letting the kite flag out meant tidying up the Bar and Lines was a pain in the )(*&%$. Figure this way will be heaps better....


Mild Steel Rod 20mm diameter and 3mm Plate - $30 worth of steel.
fully welded, bout 2 hours work. worst part was beating the (*%$ out of the screw to get the form right. coat of cheap paint. 180 kg breaking force rope with 200 kg carabina. screw should be good for at least 200 kgs pull out force.
might not look that flash, but should do the job for all up about $50 and some labour!

Maybe this is labouring the point to the wrong audience, but if you correctly self launch on the right angle the kite will pivot on its wingtip (where the reinforcing is on nearly every brand) without damage. And you don't have to pull your safety to self land, you can just unhook your chicken loop. The two hours of labour would have been better practicing self launch and lands - you would be up $50 and not need a metal stake at the beach.

And if these various arrangements do pull out of the sand you will have a kite that is disconnected from you and fully capable of powering up and/or wrapping around other beach users.

And if things do go wrong
I'd rather see a beach anchor on the end of a bar than a person
Clean weed and debris free beach with no public
Self launch
Anything else teather or trusted assist,