K'Tesh Posted May 23, 2018 Report Posted May 23, 2018 For my next trick, I'll double a French military kite and add a delta. Dimensions are looking to be about 9' at the base, and 3' across from the edge of one triangle section to the edge of the other. I like the color scheme I came up with for my sled. So, I'm going to keep it. Here's the concept: 3 Quote
makatakam Posted May 23, 2018 Report Posted May 23, 2018 Really good looking design. You'll learn a lot about bridling and balance points from this build. Quote
K'Tesh Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Posted May 25, 2018 Thanks! I worked up a few other concepts for the design, as there's something that just didn't feel quite right about the first one you see there. While I like the shallow angle of the blues and the green, there's something about the black section that looked odd (namely that it doesn't match the other's angle). I'm now leaning towards the first design I did (top left corner). It's the simplest of the versions, and likely the strongest. Now I have to figure out how to attach the cells to the delta. I'm leaning towards sewing pockets for the spars in the delta, thus concealing the four back spars. 2 Quote
makatakam Posted May 25, 2018 Report Posted May 25, 2018 I'm liking the second one going across. The others look too Darth-Vaderish. Quote
K'Tesh Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Posted May 29, 2018 This afternoon, I got a shipment of ripstop for this build... 1.5M (wide) x 4M (long) black cost me 40 RMB ($6.23USD). Now it's time to get serious. Quote
K'Tesh Posted May 31, 2018 Author Report Posted May 31, 2018 Amazing how large a 9' wide kite really is. This is the rough pattern for 5/9 ths of that. WOW, this is going to be a monster. Next I'll have to make the patterns for the individual parts before I can start cutting ripstop. 2 Quote
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