Eddie has set his heart on a blokart for christmas, if you havnt seen them http://www.blokart.com/product.php
Nice bits of kit, but at about £1200 for whats basically a frame with a windsurfer sail and some trolley wheels it seems a bit toppy, and certainaly out of range of an 11 year olds christmas present.
Now my inability to build stiff is well known, but I reckon if I could get a frame made probably from aluminium I could probbaly manage the rest using ebay as a store for other parts for not too much dough.
Anyone got any suggestions on how I might go about this ?
One thing you should bare in mind is training, class 5 and class 3 yachts have killed people on the beach. Landyatch clubs require members to take a 'pilots licence'. Brean in Weston Super-Mare is where I took mine in Class 5 yachts. I'm not sure of the requirements for Blow Karts ( home made or not ) but they are plenty fast enough to do damage to crew or beach dwellers / dogs etc...
The other thing you might think of is Kite Buggies. Much cheaper, and plentiful second hand. You may even be able to use the kite buggy as a base for your home made Blow Kart.
I'm not suggesting this because mine is for sale. But it is, if you were interested. Special rates for Chair rubbers. This is the type I have:
http://www.foreverflying.com/FoldingBuggy.htmlI will dig out some of my old landyatch stuff and find some sail makers and things.
BTW most class 5 yachts are home made anyway.