Gabriel

Hey everyone, So I have a two questions about Delta construction. Question 1: I've made my delta sail as you can see from the photos but now I need to attach the keel. In a small version delta I sewed the keel directly into the sail (which was one whole piece of fabric). Should I do the same thing here??? One online book says I should fold the sail in half and sew a 1/2 inch stitch from the nose to the trailing edge and then sew the keel onto that. Another online source says I should cut the sail in half and put the keel in between the two wings and sew all three together. My thoughts are to fold the sail in half and do the 1/2 inch stitch down the middle and then sew the keel into that. My concern is that this delta is much bigger than my first one and I want the keel to not get torn out of the fabric. Question 2: Do I make a spine pocket running the entire length of the kite???? or do I simply do as I have done before and make a pocket at the nose and at the trailing edge to stick the ends of the dowl into, rather than a full length pocket??? Thanks everyone, I look forward to your responses.

Yes, I think I need to start using ripstop. I will look up Freedom 2000 kite plans, thank you Riffclown.

That's what it looks like.

Ok, so I will probably try to make it a four line... that would mean I just have to add two more connection points at the bottom of the bridle and two more lines at those points. I'm getting tired of fine tuning it... but I just have to be patient. Almost there.

Hi everyone, I started making a revolution kite on my own and I even copied the bridle system but I wanted to try and fly it as a two string kite??? Is that possible???? It's cause I'm new to kite making, I thought a four string kite would be too complicated for me. My first kite was a simple delta and it flies great! But I've taken out my revolution type kite and it takes off but won't stay in the air long. The angle of attack in the bridle is about 20 degrees. So I'm wondering what I might be doing wrong. I realize the kite is a little heavy because I made it out of dowl. Any suggestions???? Thanks everyone.