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Half wind course and neck turn
To practice, it is best to drive the buggy on a
half wind course. You always return to the same
starting point this way. The half wind course
is the simplest course in which you can move
forward with a relatively small foil (under-po-
wered) for the wind.
At the first buggy turn (neck turn), fly the
foil upward into the zenith and drive the buggy
toward the foil tightly around the curve until
you have returned to the half wind course in the
other direction. Do not make the radius of
the neck turn too big. Otherwise you will lose
the pull in the foil and it could fold together.
This maneuver is called a neck turn and is
typical in buggying. In a neck turn, the pilot
turns with his back through the wind.
You put the kite in the zenith and then turn
the buggy in a tight turn to the foil. Only
lower the foil back down once you are going the
other direction.
The turn, in which the front wheel turns
through the wind, is unusual, yet difficult to
maneuver in buggying. There is a risk of
being pulled backwards by the foil.
Different courses
to the wind
Course on the wind
The on-wind course is a slower and rather
difficult course in the beginning. You must use
this course to reach a destination against the
wind, referred to as crossing. The pulling force
of the foil is relatively strong and works on the
side so that the buggy tends to drift.
Course on the half wind
The half wind course is the most important to
you and the most used course.
With this course, you travel cross to the wind
and return to the starting point in the opposite
direction of the course. The angle between the
wind and the course is 90.
Course on the free wind
The free wind course is the fastest. You travel
at an angle to the wind and quickly move from
the starting point. To return to the starting
point, you must cross on the wind.
Course in front of the wind
The forwind course seems to leave the wind
behind because you are traveling in the exact
direction of the wind. This is a difficult course
to drive because the foil has a tendency to
break the current.
Instead of traveling on a true forwind course,
it is better to change the course. To return to
the starting point, you must cross the wind
here, too.
