New PTW Buggy Record
He’s done it again…..RedSkyHorizon has taken the PTW buggy record to a new height, an extra 0.3mph on the previous record. Hey Pops New PB in the Dom! ….up from 66.0mph to 66.3mph After almost 18 months of trying and failing the wind came [...]
The Loneliness of the Long Distant Buggier
The living ghosts of buggiers haunt me from the past. Dubai is a place of ex-pats who use the city as a stopping off point for just a few years in the hope of improving their lifestyle and of course to make some money or simply to get some overseas experience. I have seen buggiers [...]
Mano Dirix = Epic Jump
The Story of today. The forecast was looking very good for today. So I Jumped in my car this morning and went to the beach. After a first look at Brouwersdam I decided to go to Ouddorp. The surface was really bumpy so I though, this will be the perfect jump session. I took my combat 8.6 , [...]
Crab Buggy Plans
There are many of us who have seen a Crab Buggy, but there are not many of us who have tried one, or even better still, make one. Olivier Suire has contacted us, to let the kite buggy community know, that from now, if you would like to build your very own Crab Buggy, a link has been offered to [...]
PTW Buggies Poster 2013
Free Poster to anyone who clicks the “Like” tab on PTW Buggies-Think Outside The Box Facebook Page, message me your email address http://www.facebook.com/pages/PTW-Buggies-Think-Outside-The-Box/170081718998
PTW Wildkat
DIMENSIONS Rear wheel centers 1650mm Front to back wheel centers 1720mm Swan neck 40mm by 40mm Box 3mm wall Side rails 33mm 3mm wall Swinging arms 27mm 3mm wall Plate work 6mm thick Wheels barrows Inspired by The Hugarian Buggiers
More Work on the Forks
The forks continue to take shape, they need to be ready for Mike Kenley for NABX 2013 and the PTW Playa Buggy, these forks will house the Landsegler UL nabx/wet wheels
PTW Patriot Buggy
The latest buggy to roll out of the Gaff, named by the new owner the PTW Patriot Buggy, made with two front ends. More photos HERE
Set 4 of 5 Sets…..the Nike Tick Forks
We have now made the forth of the five sets of Nike Tick fork plates More photos HERE
Advanced Buggy, Reflections
Dave Hobbs add his own comments about his new buggy after testing. Daves post trial comments added at the bottom of this page HERE
The Vermin Kite Buggy
I had previously made up an alloy trailer for the Libre Vmax but as the trailer wasn’t getting a lot of use, I wondered if I could get a few extra bits welded on to turn the straight section of tube into a swan neck. I already had a few spare tyres and a some [...]
Dominator 4 – Photoshoot
As far as I am concerned if any buggy deserved a photo shoot it was the Dominator 4, Tom aka RedSkyHorizon arranged a photo shoot with a local photographer, then with his permission, I worked some photo-shop magic on his already great shots. See more of the photo shoot HERE
Remembering 9/11 Fallen Hero’s
Today 11 years ago the world changed, everyone can remember those horrific scenes on every TV station around the World The attacks in America on 9/11 resulted in the death of 2,996 people and of those a total of 411 emergency workers died as they tried to rescue people and fight fires. My tribute [...]
GT-Race Full Option, Carbon edition
There’s no stopping Martin Faber, he continues to push the limits with the GT Race buggies While Stephan van Bommel still waiting for his buggy from NABX 2012, Martin has loaned his own GT-Race Full Option, Carbon edition buggy to use, together with the
Freestylers…..get ready
The Xxtreme Camp are on the verge of a long awaited new freestyle buggy, Flexifoil have dominated this market virtually since buggies became airborne Prices will be announced very soon so keep checking the http://www.xxtreme.nl/ website for the latest details Good luck with the Basixx guys, it looks to me like a real contender for the [...]
MG keeps at the forefront of design and Innovation
MG Reverse Buggy Well Maarten at MG Kites has been really busy just lately, not just happy with the proven MG Aero Buggy and the Sniper set of kites, he has now brought a brand new buggy to the market, the MG Reverse as seen [...]
More PB’s at Ivanpah for the Muse Family
Father and son team, BeamerBob and his son Wexler, had a great day on the dry lake bed Ivanpah on 11th March 2012, five days after the World Record was set there. To start with Wexler Muse, a sponsored HQ rider, and PTW Hero rider broke the 50mph barrier, and managed a brilliant 53.80mph flying [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen…..and the NEW WORLD KITE BUGGY SPEED RECORD…
135.34km/h – 84.10mph It gives me great pleasure to announce the WORLD KITE BUGGY SPEED RECORD has been broken on the 6th March 2012, by the Peter Lynn Freestyle rider from the USA, Mr Brian Holgate, he was using the PL Speed Buggy, and a 2.7m PL Vapor kite. Everthing HAS been checked and confirmed [...]
Wind Powered Greenland Crossing – Snowbuggy
Snowbuggy team members back from winter training in Czech Republic More detail and the latest video here
