Home Made Landsailer: The Garelli 5000
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Another still-frame old project, this one from back in 2013. I've got a good friend who is really into kiting (and kite-boarding, and kite-buggying, etc), and he convinced me to make a landsailer so we could go have wind-powered vehicle adventures together. I didn't really know anything about them, but I know how to sail and I know how to weld, so it seemed like a fun project.
I've seen them called land sailers, sail carts, land yachts, and blow carts, plus I'm sure two or three others I'm forgetting. Really, it's just vehicle with a sail and wheels (typically three). I looked at some pictures online, sketched some things out, did a cursory stress analysis, ordered steel, and got after it.
It came out great, if I do say so myself. It'll double the wind speed on salt flats, which I though was pretty impressive. Plus it's fun to sail and turns a lot of heads wherever I take it.
Anyway, the video covers some choice build photos with a simplified narrative, for anyone who might be interested. Enjoy.
Excellent work and video.
Im surprised landsailing is not way more popular.It looks like a blast.
The algorithm found this. I expect it to blow up soon my good sir. Amazing work btw. Been sailing most of my life and have always wanted to do something like this.
Glad you enjoyed it! If you ever get the chance to try landsailing I'd highly encourage you to go for it. It's trivially easy if you have a background in real sailing, and quite a different experience.
'cool project / Cool Project
turned out great.
'editing dept. gets an A rating
the sound track sounds like a Clint Eastwood western
Glad you liked it!
Nice. Do you have Any drawings for the build?
No drawings for this build, sorry. I sort of wung most of the project and worked around the materials I had on hand or could acquire cheaply. I had a few napkin-sketches and a very cursory stress analysis once upon a time, but they're all long lost now.
you made a whole video of still photos, never showing the cart in action????
Indeed I did. Unfortunately this project was from before I started CZcams so I don't have any good video for it. When you build yours, you should definitely film it!