Measuring Boost Height

Kiteus Maximus · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:37 pm **Posts:** 130

Anyone know a good altimeter that can measure how high you boost? I'm wondering if there is a small one that can be hooked to your bar and you can press a button at the height of your boost so it "clocks" the height. Then I could look at it after I land. I don't really want to be looking at an altimeter during a powered boost.

Flight Time · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:08 am

I was thinking of something that could be mounted on the board, and clocks height by time, showing kind of a timeline with spikes showing height on all your boosts when you download the data. Would look like a cardiac monitor or a lie detector log sheet.

davesails7 · **Joined:** Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 716

Look up shadow box GPS. I've never used it myself, but it has been used in a few big air contests. Looks to be about $500 though. Pretty expensive!

GPS alone won't do it. My Garmin GPS watch reads all over the place on altitude. Shadow box uses accelerometers with a GPS and records your path in 3D.

Kiteus Maximus · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:37 pm **Posts:** 130

davesails7 wrote:

Look up shadow box GPS. I've never used it myself, but it has been used in a few big air contests. Looks to be about $500 though. Pretty expensive!

GPS alone won't do it. My Garmin GPS watch reads all over the place on altitude. Shadow box uses accelerometers with a GPS and records your path in 3D.

I just YouTube'd the Shadowbox GPS and here is a great example of kiteboarding. This thing is pretty bad ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgPOflyH1Q

P.S. - How do you embed YouTube directly into a post? The YouTube post function does not work nor does the URL post function.

you have to do it like this:

Code:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgPOflyH1Q[/youtube]

Kite2Heaven · **Joined:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:26 am **Posts:** 143

Dont buy a shadow box - there crap!!!!! Used to have one they do work BUT there not a sealed unit and have to use vaseline around the connection... It ended up getting water in it after 2 weeks and they wouldnt give me a warranty unit because they said i didnt seal it properly...$500 bucks you may as well just throw in the Ocean

Cordemeyer · **Joined:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:55 pm **Posts:** 4

Does anyone know where you can buy one of these shadowboxes?

Flight Time · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:31 pm

LOL I think this is the only forum where, right after sameone says a product is crap, and a waste of money, someone immediately asks where they can get one. :lol:

Toby · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:03 pm

no problem with my shadowbox. But didn't use it that much...

SupaEZ · **Joined:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:47 pm **Posts:** 1717

Divide by two what "you think" you jumped........... then add your body height

If you think you went 30ft...your board was probably only 21ft off the water..... if you are 6ft tall :wink:

We could start a new topic called ........BS high wind boost claims :lol:

.................. :rollgrin:

......no need for shadow puppets.............................................................

knotwindy · **Joined:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:49 am **Posts:** 256

there is an app for the new iPhone that will do it

Measuring Boost Height

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