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Midnight Royal Taboo


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So it's time to start planning out my next build.. This one is going to incorporate my lessons learned from all the other builds.. Drawing is concept only and is not to scale or true to aspect ratio.. I've got the major fabric panels ready to start.. just waiting for a few more supplies to arrive in the mail before I can truly start up the piecework.. Naming it "Midnight Taboo" since I'm mixing Poly and Nylon on this one..Should be fun..

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21 hours ago, riffclown said:

So it's time to start planning out my next build.. This one is going to incorporate my lessons learned from all the other builds.. Drawing is concept only and is not to scale or true to aspect ratio.. I've got the major fabric panels ready to start.. just waiting for a few more supplies to arrive in the mail before I can truly start up the piecework.. Naming it "Midnight Taboo" since I'm mixing Poly and Nylon on this one..Should be fun..

MidnightRoyal.jpg

Nylon ripstop stretches quite a lot on the bias. You'll need to be very careful with weave orientation or otherwise compensate for it by undersizing the vertical dimension of the sail. Of course, with as many as you've built, you probably knew that already.

P.S. -- Looks great and appropriately named.

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OK first panel is basted.. This was more ambitious than I thought.. Long straight lines are not as easy as you would think..The darker fabric is ripstop poly, the royal blue is ripstop nylon. As with all my projects this is another research into what's possible.

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Started on the little brother for this kite today.. Same (-ish) layout but probably Rev II B2 sized with 72" LE.. If the panels turn out well I make make a 1.5 size though.. Will still be smaller than the first one.. first was a 97.5" LE.

 

The second kite will be made from the strips cut from the first kite.. I cut through 4 layers each time to give me alternating triangles but still keep the grain pretty true.

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