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WW2 RAF Emergency Dinghy Kite
I recently purchased this box kite which was carried with the WW2 RAF multi-man emergency dinghy for hoisting the aerial aloft for the emergency transmitter. It took a fair amount of fiddling around with to get the thing set up correctly. How you were supposed to do it in a rubber dinghy, in rough seas, I've no idea.
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06-08-2020 03:38 PM
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I imagine keeping it aloft long enough to transmit a message may be a challenge! If you dunk it in the drink you'll probably need to dry it out before it'll fly again.
Are you going to try and fly it?
What dimensions is it?
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I didn't measure it when I had it set up but it's about half the length and half the width of a single bed, so relatively large. It didn't come with any sort of cord but, presumably, the original cords had a metallic element to them to act as the antenna.
The mule-man dinghies also carried a "reasonable" first aid kit of which I have the metal tin but not the contents.
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A bigger question would be how to row the dingy fast enough to get it in the air !
Chris
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Perhaps that is why a box kite design was chosen, so that the dinghy didn't have to be rowed fast? Presumably there is more lift with a box kite design than a conventional kite design?
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You don't need to row at all, the wind out there will catch this and take it. If you don't have wind you can't use it.
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Unless you were unlucky enough to ditch in the Doldrums, I would have thought that it could be flown most of the time going on the markings on the kite, i.e. it could be flown with only 7 mph of wind.
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Originally Posted by
Flying10uk
in the Doldrums
Yes, could happen but being out at sea without a destroyer is unlucky at best.
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Originally Posted by
Flying10uk
presumably, the original cords had a metallic element to them to act as the antenna.
Lightning rod ?
Charlie-Painter777
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Originally Posted by
painter777
Lightning rod ?
That would be shocking .
Chris
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