Tag Archives: kite plan

Some Fodder for Creativity

In my last article for KiteLife I wrote about the importance of not plagiarizing original [...]

Issue 71: Kite Plan – Crowell Cross Deck

I am not sure how everyone else builds kites, but I will assume that anyone [...]

Issue 71: Kite Plan – Stacked Deltas

Whether the Marconi-rigged kite actually gets added performance from its overlapping jib and Venturi slot [...]

Issue 70: Kite Plan – Tekaweya

This kite design challenged us more than any other we ever set out to create. [...]

Issue 70: Kite Plan – Ohashi’s No-Bridle Kites

When is a bridle not a bridle??When it is a single line attached to a [...]

Issue 65: Kite Plan: The “Sedgwickcube”

We first saw this kite bobbing over the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland during the [...]

Issue 51: What are you flying? Oh, nothing.

Yup, as the title suggests I built a flying zero, nothing, nada, zip, zilch! Well [...]

Issue 45: The Original Eddy Kite

Based on the Eddy Kite Patent No. 646, 375 issued on March 27, 1900. Introduction [...]

Issue 45: Flying Nun Kite Plan

I’m not sure exactly how old this kite design is, but I imagine it’s at [...]

Issue 38: Tangler Fighter Kite Plans

Specifications [fourcol_one]Sail Bow Spine Battens[/fourcol_one] [twocol_one]Ultra-light Orcon, Icarex or polyfilm .06″ carbon rods, 24 9/16″ [...]

Issue 8: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter Eight – Hey Mister! Can I Make One Of Those? In the last chapter [...]

Issue 2: The Arch Project

The Arch Project Here is your chance to have one or more of your kites [...]

Issue 1: Tangents and Trivia

These pages will document the wanderings of a confessed kite addict. I’ve learned an awfully [...]