podenbeck Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hello all! I have realized that I have a special situation that most would drool over and should probably take advantage of it. My day job is at Mystery Ranch backpacks and I have access to just about everything needed to build kites especially the most expensive things. I probably should take advantage of this opportunity... I was wondering if there are any digital patterns out there for dual line framed kites? Like optitecs files etc? Or are their just hand patterns? It looks like everyone uses a zig zag stich which is smart. Has anyone made any Cuben fiber kites? What fabric characteristics should I be looking for? Did you also glue the seams? Where do you get all of the fittings for the carbon rod? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Dowler Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Not a lot of Cuben fiber kites due to the expense of the fabric! Some gliders mostly. Pretty sure you could find patterns on a site called Kitebuilders - lots of plans for single, dual, and quad kites on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmahnic Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 A very fortunate situation, I would call it! [emoji38] [emoji41]True, kitebuilder.com is a good resource, but not so much for dualline. For those there are better. I'm currently in the process of building my second dualline. Start with a website called Tom's kite building site, where you'll find a lot of those questions answered. PM me for more websites. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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