Due to no wind at all the british open blokart championships could not take
place. Sorry for all those who put their effort in the organisaton.
Hope better conditons next time.
Read all about it here: www.theblsa.com
The best 'non event ever'.
2011 EK open review Terschelling the Netherlands
The
2011 European Open was held on the Isle of Terschelling in the Netherlands.
The weather was good for 6 races that resulted in the following winners:
Thank you to all
those who took the time to ensure the eve nt was so successful.
Check out this great movie made by team Austria!
2011 indoor Hanseboot review
The Championship took place during the opening weekend of the Hamburg
Boatshow hanseboot. With the race track
in Hall A3 in front of 16 fans with a
diameter of 1,5 m each, generating 10 to 15 kts. of wind on a 40 by 80 m
racetrack.
The
engineers at blokart have been working with an electric motor manufacturer to
develop a hub motor for the blokart so they can be used promotionally in
parades, events and demonstrations.
When invited by the Rugby World Cup to feature in the opening ceremony,
blokart’s engineers were confident that they could supply a reliable system.
The blokart front wheel was exchanged for an aluminium mag wheel of the same
size fitted with a 500 watt electric hub motor.
Pivots for a Vee Brake system were fitted to the purpose built forks. The
left hand brake lever is fitted with a sensor which cuts the power to the
front wheel to ensure the throttle is off under braking.
A nice thumb throttle with a kill button and an LED battery power indicator
is mounted on the right handlebar.
The 36 volt battery is in a strong alloy case with an ignition key and is
positioned in a p urpose built bag behind the blokart seat with the systems
controller in a small bag fitted to the side strut of the kart.
The system is pleasantly powerful and instantly puts a smile on the driver
face. It has so much torque that the front wheel easily spins at full
throttle on the grass. Small inclines are not a problem.
With only a small amount of friction in the front wheel when the throttle is
off the electric system can certainly be used in combination with sailing.
The e-blokart kit is excellent for ‘getting out of the hole’ on very light
days. When coming to a stop, a short 5 second burst of power can excelerate
the kart to a speed that can be maintained with the sail using the
apparent wind. The small amount of friction from the front wheel is a small
sacrifice for this huge benefit.
Karts fitted with an e-blokart kit are a whole lot of fun on a tight course
even without a sail!
The long term view is to have them availa ble for blokart rental operators so
they can still operate in just a breath of wind. Further testing is required
to ensure the system is reliable for commercial use.
2012 blokart Worlds
Check out the official website of the 2012 blokart World Championships for the notice of race, accommodation, venue details and everything you need to know.
The event will be
held on the Ivanpah dry lake bed, Las Vegas, USA.
The
blokart Foot Plate provides a comfortable platform for your feet and takes
the pressure off your legs.
Designed
to be used with or without a Pod, the long-set Foot Plate (for taller pilots)
is shaped to fit inside the nose of the Pod.
The short-set Foot Plate (for small to average pilots)
offers a wider surface area for your feet and easily fits inside your Pod.
Two
options are available:
1. Long-set Foot Plate suits pilots over 5’10” (1.77m)
2. Short-set Foot Plate suits pilots 5’ (1.55m) to 5’10” (1.77m)
Both
Foot Plates offer a wide range of adjustment to suit most body sizes.
The Foot Plate can be used in blokart events from January 2012. B.3 of the
IRBA One Design blokart Equipment Rules state: “Only items that are
available on the open market at least three (3) months prior to the event may
be used.”
Multi Straps
The Multi Straps are two 2.5m (98") blokart branded straps with tough webbing and strong ladder-lock buckles.
Using the straps from your Pod nose frame to the mast base retains a nice shape to the Pod lifting the windscreen and flattening out the side walls, reduces any flapping and vibration from the Pod skin and keeps the nose of the Pod well away from the front tire (esp when using the Big Foot).
blokart will soon be modifying the Pod wind screen to allow a little more clearance between the mast base and the wind screen.
Why?...If the Pod skin is tensioned back too much the windscreen can hit the mast base and develop a small bend which sometimes results in a crack after continual vibration when sailing.
The Multi straps are legal within the IBRA one design rules and are also excellent for your condensing your sail quiver bag and blokart bag for storage and travel.
Pod aligning
We
occasionally get people contacting us with a fitting issue at the front of
their Pod. Typically it looks as though the curve at the front of the screen
sits to one side (see the arrow) and in the worst instance the front dome on
one side will not do up.
Normally
people expect it is misaligned domes which has surprised us as the components
are computer cut and should be completely consistent.
We
have discovered the issue comes down to alignment during assembly and is
quickly and simply fixed. Loosen the keel tube quick release clamp and the POD
foot bar clamp a little and you should be able to correct the alignment by
lifting the front of the assembled POD and giving it a quick tweak in the
appropriate direction before retightening the clamps.
New Axle
in old kart ‘Tip’
If
you own an older Sport model blokart (chassis number prior to 3444) and develop
a problem with your axle, you can easily fit a new model axle by turning it
around and putting the spring button on in the other end. It’ll look a little
different to the other axle but it’ll get you sailing...and it’s only cosmetic.
PS:
Axles on Pro (stainless) model karts have never changed so above only relates
to the Sport model.
Upcoming events
To keep our event calender up to date and complete please mail us your events.
You can also check out: www.blokart.com for the latest events.
The
engineers at blokart have been working with an electric motor manufacturer to
develop a hub motor for the blokart so they can be used promotionally in
parades, events and demonstrations.
Check out the official website of the 2012 blokart World Championships for the notice of race, accommodation, venue details and everything you need to know.
The
blokart Foot Plate provides a comfortable platform for your feet and takes
the pressure off your legs.
The Multi Straps are two 2.5m (98") blokart branded straps with tough webbing and strong ladder-lock buckles. 
