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Esben Gorm Collstrup
Feb 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/20/96
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0.0 Usenet rec.kites Stunt Kite Plans Bibliography
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February 1996
0.1 Update notes
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Esben Collstrup <ecol...@aabc.dk> 20 Feb 1996
Added new chapter: 9.0 Stunt kite plans on the Net
0.2 Update History
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Esben Collstrup <ecol...@aabc.dk> February 1996
Thanks to Simo for posting this list to rec.kites in the 2 1/2
year I was off-line.
This is the February 1996 list of sources for stunt kite
construction plans/kits and books. The list has been expanded
with: several plans, a more detailed review of the book "Kites, A
Practical Handbook", 1 magazine, and one company (Goodwinds
Kites) selling plans since the previous version (July 1994 I
think). I have also added some e-mail addresses. All sections
dated 1996 have been added or changed since the previous version.
The list is now quite large (about 70 KB), so unless I am asked
to do otherwise, this version is the last one posted to
rec.kites. Subsequent versions will be put on the Hawaii-archive,
and I will post a note about the new version.
If you know of other sources for stunt kite plans/kits, or have
updated information about some of the mentioned sources, please
e-mail me.
Esben Collstrup
ecol...@aabc.dk
0.3 Index
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Esben Collstrup 20 Feb 1996
0.4 First Stunt Kites
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Jeffrey C. Burka <je...@syrinx.umd.edu>
The easiest to learn beginners kite is a diamond (Powell/ trlby/
dynakite, etc) One of the biggest advantages to a single diamond
is the ease with which you can re-launch after a crash. Kiting
can become very frustrating when you have to keep walking 150' to
set up a kite. These kites also verge on indestructible.
3/4 deltas (Team/ Spin-Off/ Extreme/ El Nino/ Stinger 750/
Wizard, etc) might be good 2nd kites, but their increased speed,
both forward and turning, make them harder to learn on (though I
certainly know people who have learned on them). Their lower
pricing (usually between $75 and $130) makes them attractive to
beginners who aren't willing to dump a lot of money into a new
hobby, but this doesn't necessarily mean they're good kites for
beginners.
Full-sized deltas (Spin-Off/ Hawaiian Team/ Super Sky Dart/
Slingshot/ LiteFlite/ Phantom/ Big Brother, etc) are a fairly
good place to start, though the price can be inhibiting to a
beginner. However, there are plenty of good full-sized kites
that are good for learning on; slower air speeds, a nice tendency
to never stall, and so on.
With all of these kites, as Marty Sasaki says, it's probably best
to stay away from graphite-framed kites at first, as they are
easier to break.
0.5 Building First Stunt Kites
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Simo Salanne September 1993
I don't recommend learning to fly and learning to build at the
same time. If your first creation doesn't fly properly on first
attempts, you don't know whether the reason is in the flyer or in
the kite. However, if you decide to start stunt kiting by
building one by yourself, get a more experienced flyer to try it,
and help on tuning.
I recommend you buy the book "Stunt Kites to Make and Fly" by
Servaas van der Horst & Nop Velthuizen - see the review below.
Build a Shuttle or Standard 200. But use Glassfibre tubes in
Standard 200. You can change them to carbon, when the globe
doesn't hit your kite so often any more! Stay away from the
Speedwing (or Sputnik!) as your first home built kite.
Don't save on lines; get 65 kg (150 lb) Spectra or Dyneema from
the beginning.
0.6 Quick reference
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Simo Salanne March 1994
One of the MFAQs is:
I want to build a stunt kite like XYZ, where I can find a plan?
... and XYZ is one of the following left column items. Right
column gives the name of the book(s) to get.
Spinoff Skyworks I
Stunt Kites to Make and Fly (Standard 200)
Team Hawaiian Stunt Kites to Make and Fly (Team Light)
Skyworks I
Speedwing Stunt Kites to Make and Fly
Fire Dart Skyworks I
Flexifoil Stunt Kites to Make and Fly (Speedfoil)
Revolution Skyworks I (Speed Revolution (Rev II))
1.0 Kite Magazines
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February 1996
1.1 Drachen Magazin
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
All the plans in Drachen Magazin are in German, mostly easy to
follow, and most of the drawings are pretty easy to understand
(without the knowledge of German).
Drachen Magazin
Postfach 201863
D-20208 HAMBURG
GERMANY
Phone: +44 40-439-5667
Fax: +44 40-439-5377
E-mail: ax...@hal.hanse.de (Axel Voss)
DM 60/8 issues. Germany
DM 80/8 issues. Europe, surface mail.
DM 88 (US$ 56)/8 issues. Rest of the world, surface mail.
U.S. subscriptions available
through American Kite.
DM 8/1 issue.
1.2 Drachen Magazin International
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
The plan(s) are English translations of plan(s) published
previously in Drachen Magazin.
Drachen Magazin International
59 Makara Road
Karori
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 4-476-7277
Fax: +64 4-476-7260
E-mail: sdra...@central.co.nz (Peter and Anne Whitehead)
NZ$ 40/4 issues. Australia.
NZ$ 45/4 issues. USA & Asia.
NZ$ 48/4 issues. Europe.
Remark: DraMa International has been very silent for the past 9
months (Feb. '96) or so.
1.3 Sport und Design Drachen
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Esben Collstrup October 1994
The plans in Sport & Design Drachen are in German, and seems
pretty easy to follow and understand, even without much knowledge
of German, as they have been illustrated with drawings and
photos.
The magazine is bi-monthly.
Sport und Design Drachen
VTH, Verlag fur Technik und Handwerk GmbH
Postfach 2274
D-76492 BADEN-BADEN
GERMANY
Phone: +44-72-2150870
Fax: +44-72-21508752
DM 54/6 issues. Germany
DM 60/6 issues. Rest of the world.
DM 9/1 issue.
1.4 Kite Lines
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
"Kite Lines, Quarterly Journal of the Worldwide Kite Community"
Kite Lines is good source of kite books. Every issue contains
ordering information.
KiteLines
P.O.Box 466
Randallstown
MD 21133-0466
USA
E-mail: 10236...@compuserve.com (Valerie Govig)
Phone: +1-410-9221212
Fax: +1-410-9224262
$14.00/4 issues for U.S. and possessions;
$18.00 (air) elsewhere.
1.5 American Kite
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Anne Rock November 1993
American Kite
P.O. Box 699
Cedar Ridge,
CA 95924-9984
USA
Phone: +1-916-2733855
Fax: +1-916-2733319
$14.00/4 issues for U.S. and possessions;
$24.00 elsewhere.
1.6 The Kite Builders International Journal
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
The Kite Builders International Journal
5555 Hamilton Boulevard
Wescosville
PA 18106
USA
Phone/Fax: +1-610-3953560
E-mail: kbif...@fast.net
US$ 20/4 issues. USA.
US$ 24/4 issues. Rest of the world.
Remark: The KBI Journal has been extremely silent for more than a
year now (Jan. 96), but according to the KBI guys it is still
alive, so I guess it is just in a deep coma.
1.7 The Kiteflier
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
"The Kiteflier" is the quarterly magazine of The Kite Society of
Great Britain. Back issues of The Kiteflier can be bought from:
The Kite Society of Great Britain,
P.O. Box 2274
Gt. Horkesley
Colchester
ESSEX CO6 4AY
GREAT BRITAIN
Phone/Fax: +44-1206 271489
E-mail: 10025...@compuserve.com
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/kite_society/
GBP 8/4 issues. Great Britain.
GBP 9/4 issues. Europe.
Rest of the world, surface mail.
GBP 12.50/4 issues. Rest of the world, air mail.
or
The Kite Store
48 Neal Street
London WC2H 9PA
England
Phone: +44-71-8361666
Fax: +44-71-8362510
1.8 Vlieger
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Esben Collstrup February 1996
"Vlieger" is a bi-monthly Dutch magazine. Each issue contains
several kite plans, both single-line and stunt kites.
I think reasonable experienced kite makers can use most of the
plans without any knowledge of Dutch.
Vlieger
Postbus 53505
NL-2505 AM DEN HAAG
NETHERLANDS
NLG 19.50/6 issues. The Netherlands.
NLG 25/6 issues. Outside the Netherlands.
Paid by International Postal Moneyorder.
Add NLG 15,- if paid by cheque.
Drachen Magazin handles the German subscriptions.
2.0 Plans published in kite magazines
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The quoted dimensions are flat measures, so the wingspan of the
assembled kite is typically 10-15% less.
2.1 Gale Master
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Kite Lines Vol.8, No.1 (Summer '90)
A parachute stunter for high winds.
Diameter 122 cm (48 inch)
(minor correction in Vol.8, No.2)
2.2 Wind Shot
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Kite Lines Vol.8, No.3 (Spring '91)
An ultralight delta with a lot of battens and scalloped trailing
edge.
228 x 97 cm (90 x 38 inch)
2.3 GX-3
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Kite Lines Vol.9, No.4 (Winter '92-93)
Looks like an Action Kites Moon Dart with cambered wing.
The Dutch plan for this kite can be found in Vlieger 4/94.
203 x 79 cm (80 x 31 inch)
(minor clarification in Vol.10, No.1)
2.4 Propeller
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Kite Lines Vol.10, No.1 (Spring '93)
A four surface, quad-line kite shaped like: you guessed it!, a
propeller.
194 x 124 cm (76 x 49 inch)
2.5 Quadriphant
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American Kite Vol.7, Issue 2 (Summer '94)
A quad-line elephant head.
This plan can also be found in the book "Stunt kites II".
230 x 105 cm (91 x 41 inch)
Warning! According to an article in a later issue of American
Kite, it may be illegal to make and/or fly this kite in USA as
Revolution Enterprises thinks it infringes some of their patents.
2.6 Phantom
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The Kite Builders International Journal Vol.1, Issue 1 (September '93?)
The well-known British ultralight dart.
264 x 112 cm (104 x 44 inch)
Improvement/changes to the Phantom can be found in the KBI
Journal, Vol.1, Issue 2.
Remark: I don't have this issue so the information is based on
references in a latter issue.
2.7 Higher Tech Ultra Light
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The Kite Builders International Journal Vol.1, Issue 2 (December '93)
An ultralight dart with rounded wingtips and several battens.
256 x 95 cm (101 x 37.5 inch)
2.8 Tracer
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The Kite Builders International Journal Vol.2, Issue 1 (Spring '94)
The well-known full-size dart by Mike Simmons.
246 x 109 cm (97 x 43 inch)
2.9 Tip Turn
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The Kite Builders International Journal Vol.2, Issue 2 (Fall/Winter '94)
A full-size dart with large winglets and a deep curve in the 1/3
outermost part of the LE.
246 x 109 cm (108 x 43 inch)
2.10 Hornet
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The Kiteflier No.47 (April '91)
Sort of 3/4 Spin-Off.
193 x 63 cm (76 x 25 inch)
2.11 Radido
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The Kiteflier No.50 (January '92)
Looks like a cross between a 3/4 Hawaiian Team Kite and a Team
High Fly Pro/Am. Very brief instruction.
220 x 57 cm (87 x 23 inch)
2.12 Kite for kids
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The Kiteflier No.52 (July '92)
Sort of Speedwing.
134 x 41 cm (53 x 16 inch)
2.13 3/4 Cobra
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The Kiteflier No.54 (January '93)
A standard 3/4 dart. Looks very similar to an Action Kites Moon
Dart.
229 x 74 cm (90 x 29 inch)
2.14 Sands Quad 3 sqm
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The Kiteflier No.62 (January '95)
Sort of Quadrifoil 3 sqm. This article also includes a buggy
plan.
323 x 98 cm (127 x 39 inch)
(correction in issue 64 (July '95))
2.15 Crescent
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The Kiteflier No.66 (January '96)
Dual-line stunter with an extremely curved LE, almost semicircle
shaped.
190 x 65 cm (75 x 26 inch)
2.16 GX-3
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Vlieger issue 4/94
Looks like an Action Kites Moon Dart with cambered wing.
The English plan for this kite can be found in Kite Lines vol.9,
no.4 (Winter '92-93)
203 x 79 cm (80 x 31 inch)
2.17 Proton
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Vlieger issue 4/94
A dart with only a hint of dart-tail, very tight/fast turning,
and with a single "mast" at the back instead of conventional
stand-offs.
232 x 80 cm (91 x 31 inch)
2.18 3.11 SL
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Vlieger issue 6/94
A swept wing ultralight delta with one set of battens. It, not
surprisingly, looks like the Highly Strung Kites 3.11 SL.
It is possible that a German plan for this kite can be found in
the magazine Hoch Hinaus issue 4/93 (?)
The size is about that of a TOTL Spin-Off (short of building it I
can't figure out how to calculate the size of the 3.11 SL from
this plan...)
2.19 Wolf
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Vlieger issue 1/95
Fairly standard looking dart.
245 x 111 cm (96 x 44 inch)
2.20 Vluis
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Vlieger issue 2/95
One more quad-line kite shaped like a bat.
239 x 87 cm (94 x 34 inch)
2.21 Twin
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Vlieger issue 3/95
Not to be confused with the German Cut-kites (?) quad-line Twin,
this is a "dart" with double spine.
236 x 82 cm (93 x 32 inch)
2.22 Windmill-Q3
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Vlieger issue 3/95
Sort of Quadrifoil 3 sqm. A 80% (2 sqm) version of this kite flys
well too.
240 x 135 cm (94 x 53 inch)
2.23 Lexifoil
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Vlieger issue 4/95
Based on a Flexifoil Stacker, the Lexifoil has a concave TE (the
center profiles are shorter than the end profiles) for better
turning (?).
180 x 60 cm (71 x 24 inch)
2.24 Flux
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Vlieger issue 5/95
A high wind, fast, tight/fast turning and durable kite, which
looks like an Action Kites Action 8.2 with a dart-tail.
188 x 95 cm (74 x 37 inch)
2.25 Lenkdelta
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Drachen Magazin No.1 (September '89)
Sort of Skynasaur Aerobat.
122 x 85 cm (48 x 33 inch)
2.26 High-Tech
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Drachen Magazin No.2 (Nov/Dec. '89)
Looks like a 2/3 Spin-Off with a hint of dart-shaped trailing
edge.
176 x 85 cm (69 x 33 inch)
2.27 Jet-Stream, 2fast4U
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Drachen Magazin No.6 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '90/91)
A delta with a low scalloped trailing edge. "Fast like a
Taifun/Hawk (German kites), turns like a Fire Dart, pulls like a
Hawaiian Team Kite, good-natured (?) like an Aerobat."
265 x 100 cm (104 x 39 inch)
Remark: the dimensions of the bridle and the position of the LE
cut-outs may be wrong!
2.28 Parawing
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Drachen Magazin No.8 (May/June/July '91)
Sort of high aspect ratio, closed leading edge Parafoil
controlled with a bar and used for traction. This one is quite
small, 2.7 square meter, but it should be easy to enlarge.
If you want to know more about Parawings contact:
Stein Hjelland, <st...@infonet.no>
270 x 100 cm (106 x 39 inch)
2.29 Hunter
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Drachen Magazin No.10 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '91/92)
Looks like an Action Kites Action 8.2 with scalloped trailing
edge.
160 x 85 cm (63 x 33 inch)
2.30 Tango
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
Looks like a high aspect ratio 3/4 Hawaiian Team Kite with
scalloped trailing edge.
210 x 78 cm (83 x 31 inch)
2.31 Success
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
A low aspect ratio delta with battens and scalloped trailing
edge.
160 x 90 cm (63 x 35 inch)
2.32 Moskito 0.8/1.0
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
Sort of 1/2 - 2/3 Spin-Offs, made of polyethylene film (trash
bags), fiberglass rods, ramin dowels and bamboo.
134 x 68 cm/168 x 86 cm (53 x 27 inch/66 x 34 inch)
2.33 Delta Force
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/92 (May/June/July '92)
A delta without spine, but two battens and scalloped trailing
edge.
180 x 60 cm (71 x 24 inch)
2.34 Bat
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/92 (May/June/July '92)
A quad-line kite shaped like the Batman logo.
187 x 92 cm (74 x 36 inch)
2.35 WS25
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
A mini delta with scalloped trailing edge. Spars are made of 2 mm
(5/64 inch) carbonfiber rods.
46 x 15 cm (18 x 6 inch)
2.36 Silent Dart
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
Sort of silenced Action Kites Super Sky Dart with tension cord in
the trailing edge.
260 x 91 cm (94 x 36 inch)
2.37 Antigrav
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
Looks like a high aspect ratio 3/4 Spin-Off with battens near the
wingtips.
180 x 66 cm (71 x 26 inch)
2.38 Calypso
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/92 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '92/93)
A delta with a low scalloped trailing edge. Higher aspect ratio
than the Jet-Stream.
250 x 81 cm (99 x 32 inch)
2.39 Parawing UL
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/92 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '92/93)
Outline plans for two different types of ultralight Parawings.
500 x 200 cm (197 x 79 inch)
If you want to know more about Parawings contact:
Stein Hjelland <st...@infonet.no>
2.40 Kalipso mini
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
A smaller version of the Calypso.
165 x 52 cm (65 x 21 inch)
2.41 Ex-Pow
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
A large delta with double scalloped trailing edge, and a wide
wind range: Beaufort 1.5 - 8. Spars are made of 10 mm carbonfiber
tubes.
312 x 132 cm (123 x 52 inch)
2.42 XXL II Cedo Null 1 (what a name!)
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
Sort of large Hawaiian Team Kite. Spars are made of 10 mm
carbonfiber tubes.
324 x 150 cm (128 x 59 inch)
2.43 Stuckwerk
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
Sort of 42 panel Team High Fly Pro/Am.
270 x 82 cm (106 x 32 inch)
2.44 Bi-elliptic Paraflex
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/93 (May/June/July '93)
A Paraflex (a German soft stunt kite) shaped like a Peter Lynn
Peel.
190 x 65 cm (75 x 26 inch)
2.45 Bebop
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/93 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '93)
A soft stunt kite, which looks very similar to a Flexifoil
Super-10 without the spar.
286 x 70 cm (113 x 28 inch)
(minor correction in issue 4/93)
2.46 Batkite
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/93 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '93)
A delta (not to confuse it with the quad-line Bat) with four
battens and scalloped trailing edge, silent and fast.
206 x 67 cm (81 x 26 inch)
2.47 Silentwing
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/93 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '93/94)
A high aspect ratio, silent sort of Super Speedwing.
The English plan for this kite can be found in Drachen Magazin
International issue 1/95.
213 x 64 cm (84 x 25 inch)
2.48 Null-leiner (Zero-liner)
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/93 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '93/94)
Not exactly a stunt kite but the outline plans for a 1:3
Paraglider controlled by a puppet and a 2-channel RC-equipment.
312 x 90 cm (123 x 35.5 inch)
2.49 Nodronte
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/94 (May/June/July '94)
A silent, high pulling, double spine delta for light wind.
This plan can also be found in the book "Skywork Experience II".
Approx. 280 x 84 cm (110 x 33 inch)
2.50 Ecstasy
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/94 (May/June/July '94)
A quad-line kite which looks like a bow tie.
200 x 123 cm (79 x 48 inch)
(correction in issue 3/94. Angle alfa=110 deg., beta=70 deg.)
2.51 Merlin
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/94 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '94)
An ultralight delta, which looks like a scalloped TE LiteFlite.
238 x 104 cm (94 x 41 inch)
2.52 Batfoil
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/94 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '94)
A bat-shaped Flexifoil.
206 x 71 cm (81 x 28 inch)
2.53 Spectrum Dart
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/94 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '94/95)
A full-size, scalloped TE, light wind dart.
266 x 106 cm (105 x 42 inch)
2.54 Flying Dog
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Drachen Magazin issue 1/95 (Feb/Mar. '95)
A spine-less, very high aspect ratio, double scalloped TE dart
with a very short "spine" (36 cm/14 inch) and two sets of
battens. A high wind kite with little pull.
273 x 52 cm? (108 x 20 inch)
2.55 Samurai
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Drachen Magazin issue 2/95 (Mar/Apr. '95)
A triple scalloped TE dart with a very short dart-tail and two
sets of battens.
280 x 71 cm (110 x 28 inch)
2.56 Synapse
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/95 (May/June '95)
Sort of Tracer/Raaseri with small winglets. A trick- and team-
kite.
239 x 107 cm (94 x 42 inch)
2.57 Salsa
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Drachen Magazin issue 3/95 (May/June '95)
A high aspect ratio dart with camber sewn into the sail. Looks
like a Stranger with a long, narrow tail.
280 x 99 cm (110 x 39 inch)
2.58 Big Brother (Quad-line)
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Drachen Magazin issue 4/95 (June/July '95)
Not to be confused with the Wolfe Designs dual-line Big Brother,
this is a quad-line kite shaped like a pair of eyes with the
pupils dangling in front of the main sail.
145 x 44 cm (57 x 17 inch)
2.59 DML (Drachen Magazin Lenkdrachen)
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Drachen Magazin issue 5/95 (July/Aug. '95)
A fairly standard dart with 8 mm carbonfiber frame and camber
sewn into the sail.
263 x 93 cm (104 x 37 inch)
2.60 Windeater
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Drachen Magazin issue 6/95 (Sept/Oct. '95)
A high wind team kite with winglets and about 1/3 of the sail
made of mesh.
262 x 99 cm (103 x 39 inch)
2.61 Bebop 2
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Drachen Magazin issue 7/95 (Oct/Nov. '95)
A development of the Bebop from DraMa 3/93. Version 2 looks
similar to a Peel, elliptic and with about the same aspect ratio
as a Peel. The bridle looks like a combination of a Peel- and a
Sputnik-bridle.
336 x 80 cm (132 x 32 inch)
2.62 Hawaiian Team Kite
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Drachen Magazin issue 8/95 (Dec/Jan. '95)
The original plan for the Hawaiian Team Kite from Don Tabor
himself!
250 x 107 cm (98 x 42 inch)
2.63 Silentwing
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Drachen Magazin International issue 1/95 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '95)
A high aspect ratio, silent sort of Super Speedwing.
The original German plan can be found in Drachen Magazin issue
4/93.
213 x 64 cm (84 x 25 inch)
2.64 Be-Be-165
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Sport und Design Drachen issue 3/93 (July-Sept. '93)
A dart with scalloped tailing edge. Looks similar to a Team High
Fly PRO/AM with a higher cut TE.
255 x 105 cm (100 x 41 inch)
Remark: I don't have this issue so the information is based on
references in a latter issue.
2.65 Bayern
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Sport und Design Drachen issue 4/93 (Oct-Dec. '93)
An updated Hawaiian Team Kite: faster, silent and carbonfiber
frame. Uses air-pockets in the tailing edge to silence it.
233 x 101 cm (92 x 40 inch)
2.66 Hot Sock
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Sport und Design Drachen issue 2/94 (Mar/Apr. '94)
A small delta with S-shaped TE. It has a carbonfiber rod in the
outer part of the TE to act as silencer and stand-off. Very
similar in shape, size and construction to a Far Out! Miami Cut.
Supposed to have twice the pull of a similar sized Speedwing.
132 x 52 cm (52 x 21 inch)
2.67 Flughund (Flying Dog)
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Sport und Design Drachen issue 5/94 (Sept/Oct. '94)
Full-size dart with deeply chopped off nose (88 cm/35 inch wide
at the top), double scalloped TE, one set of battens, and
appliqued to look like a giant bat/flying dog.
260 x 87 cm (102 x 34 inch)
2.68 Desmodus R.
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Sport und Design Drachen issue 5/94 (Sept/Oct. '94)
One more quad-line kite with a bat shape, this time a very
sinister looking bat.
280 x 114 cm (110 x 45 inch)
2.69 Dart 135T
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Dragesnoren issue 7/91
Looks like a 4/5 Team High Fly Pro/Am, but with a lower aspect
ratio. Designed as a team kite.
230 x 87 cm (91 x 34 inch)
Dragesnoren is The Danish Kite Clubs magazine.
I have an English translation of the Dart 135T plans if anyone is
interested.
2.70 Quadro Star
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Dragesnoren issue 12/92
A Rev II with curved edges. Includes the dimensions for the
handles.
This plan should be understandable for reasonably experienced
kite makers, even without knowledge of Danish. E-mail me if you
are interested.
187 x 58 cm (74 x 23 inch)
Dragesnoren is The Danish Kite Clubs magazine.
2.71 Stormy
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Dragesnoren issue 23/95
A huge kite used for dune jumping (?). It has three sets of
spreaders and 11 mm carbonfiber frame with 9 mm carbonfiber
inserts.
This plan should be understandable for reasonably experienced
kite makers, even without knowledge of Danish. E-mail me if you
are interested.
400 x 190 cm (157 x 75 inch)
3.0 Books - containing plans
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Most of the books can be bought from either KiteLines, Drachen
Magazin or The Kite Store.
"#" is the KiteLines price
"*" is the Drachen Magazin price
"&" is the Kite Store price.
3.1 Lenkdrachen, bauen und fliegen
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Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig # US$ 13.95, * DM 19.80
The title translate to something like "Stunt Kites, Making and
Flying". It is in German, with very instructive drawings.
Contains plans for:
Various diamonds (including a Peter Powell)
Aerobat-type kite with some modifications
Sky Dart
Hawaiian Team Kite
Spin-Off
Paraflex (soft stunt kite)
At least the plans for the Hawaiian Team Kite and the Spin-Off
are slightly different from the commercial versions.
Publisher - Falken-Verlag GmbH, Postfach 1120,
D-65521 Niedernhausen/Ts, Germany
ISBN - 3 8068 1011 7
3.2 Neue Lenkdrachen und Einleiner, bauen und fliegen
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Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig # US$ 14.95 (?), * DM 24.80
The title translate to something like "New Stunt Kites and
Single-liners, Making and Flying". As the other "Making and
Flying"-book by Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig, this one is in German
and with very instructive drawings. It contains six stunt kite
plans, and I think they are all designed by the author:
Solar Fire A silent, fast 3/4 dart.
Bel Air An ultralight, 4-batten, Hawaiian Maui-type
kite. Precise and with a large wind-window.
Relax II An 8' dart with a very curved LE and four
battens. Fast, tight turning and a high pull.
Scanner A sort of Hawaiian Maui with a small keel and a
"Navy Target Kite"-type rudder.
Heavy Duty A 3/4 delta with scalloped TE, keel and winglets
perpendicular to the main-sail. A high wind kite
with a high pull.
Paradox A quad-line kite which can also be flown as a
single-line kite. It looks like two 4-cell
Tetrahedron kite flown side-by-side.
The three single-line kites are: Samurai (a Genki variant),
Starflake (a facet kite), Starbird (a flat star-something kite).
Bernhard Malle, November 1993
Since a few weeks, there is a new book from Wolfgang
Schimmelpfennig available called "Neue Lenkdrachen und Einleiner"
(New Stunt Kites and Single Liners). Wolfgang has already
published one book on stunt kites, one about single line kites
and one about making kites with kids (all of them available via
the Kite Lines bookstore). The new book had been announced for
August, but has only recently appeared in the book stores.
In his new book you can find plans for six stunt kites (Solar
Fire, Bel Air, Relax II, Scanner, Heavy Duty and Paradox) and
three single line kites (Samurai, Starflake and Starbird). The
book ressembles very much his other books:
there is an introduction, a chapter about how to be creative with
colors and forms when building kites, one chapter about materials
and techniques. The book contains a lot of nice color pictures,
but the names of the creators and kite builders (Peter Lynn,
George Peters, Peter Malinski or Schimmelpfennig himself) are
very rarely given.
The plans themselves seem to be as detailed and good as in all
the other books of Wolfgang. As I am not an expert of stunt kites
I cannot say much about the different kites. Nevertheless I have
the impression that most of them are already well known and not
really new. As Wolfgang never mentions any inventor or original
designer of the kites, I get the impression that he has invented
them all by himself......
There is one kite that is a little bit extraordinary: the paradox
is a quadline kite. It is build like a box-kite and consists of
seven panels. Wolfgang mentions in his description that the kite
can also be used as single line kite if you add a tail to it. It
seems that Wolfgang thinks that everyone knows, which handles to
use for a quadliner, which length of kite line and which flying
technique.
The chapter about the single line kites is introduced with a two
side picture of Wolfgangs soft-kites "Big Boss" and "Jake the
Snake", two stunt kites. The Samurai is based on an ordinary
genki, but a little bit modified to better fit for the design of
a samurai. The Starflake is kind of facet kite and if I remember
right, I have seen the same design also in a book of Jim Rowlands
or Margaret Gregor. The last plan in this book describes the
Starbird. This kite is a combination of flat star kite and an
Eddy in the lower part of the kite.The book ends with some very
general tips about tuning a kite and some safety rules.
As a conclusion I am disappointed by the book. There have been so
many advances in kite design in the last years and I have the
impression that none of them are reflected in this book.
Wolfgang, who has developed "Jake the Snake" (softkite), a new
paraflex (soft stunt kite), who seams to be a good friend of
Peter Lynn and other well known kite builders, could have put
some more effort in finding new and interesting designs.
Publisher - Falken-Verlag GmbH, Postfach 1120,
D-65521 Niedernhausen/Ts, Germany
ISBN - 3 8068 1353 1
3.3 Skywork Experience
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Christiane Schertel # US$ 14.95, * DM 19.80
In German. Nice book with watercolour paintings instead of
photos, but it contains a couple of wrong dimensions, the
sweetpoint on some of the bridles is missing and the instructions
are a little brief, also at least the quoted wind-range of the
Fire Dart (Bft 3-7!) is much too high. These flaws could be a bit
of a problem if you have never made a stunt kite before, but
after making one or two stunt kites, this shouldn't give any
problems. The book include plans for:
Speed Revolution (Rev II)
Bantam
Spin-Off
Hawaiian Team Kite
Fire Dart
Sky Dart
Razor Blade
Jet
Hawk 150
As far as I can see the plans are exact copies of the commercial
designs (except for some of spars used).
3.4 Skywork Experience II
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Christiane Schertel # US$ 14.95, * DM 24.80
As the first "Skywork Experience"-book by the same author this
one is in German with watercolour paintings instead of photos and
is mostly a collection of plans for commercial kites. I haven't
made any stunt kites from this book yet, but it seems that the
flaws of the first book has been removed, at least all the
bridle/sweetpoint dimensions exist now and the quoted wind-ranges
seem reasonable. It contains 9 stunt kite plans:
Arrow A sort of mini Fire Dart (77 cm/30" LE).
Elegance A precise ultralight with double
scalloped TE and battens at the wingtips.
It has almost 1.5 sqm of sail on a standard
full-size frame.
Nodronte A silent, high pulling kite for light
wind.
Flitz Jr. A small (100 cm/39" LE) low aspect ratio
delta for beginners. It is silenced with
mesh in the TE.
Wolkensturmer 101 A high aspect ratio 3/4 dart with double
scalloped TE and four battens. Uses a mast
at the back-side of the sail instead of the
usual two stand-offs. Very fast and tight
turning.
Hunter A sort of Action Kites Action 8.2 with
scalloped TE.
Lite Flite S A full-size delta with four stand-offs
and "serrated" TE.
Bombus A fat, wide-nosed Speedwing.
Stunt Starter A Spin-Off-type kite with a lower aspect
ratio for beginner/intermediate fliers.
The 3 single-line kite plans are: Hargrave box kite, Revolver (a
spinning box kite) and a Cody. BTW. the 6 mm carbonfiber spars
use in the Revolver can easily be replaced with 6-7 mm Ramin
dowels.
3.5 Stunt Kites to Make and Fly
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Servaas van der Horst & Nop Velthuizen # US$ 21.95, & GBP ?
Original Dutch title: "Stuntvliegers, Bouwen en Besturen"
The original is in Dutch, but it has been translated to English.
I have not read this book, so I have taken the liberty to include
what Joost Wesseling (jo...@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl) wrote
about it:
Joost Wesseling:
The book mentioned above was first published in Holland in May
1991. It starts of with an extensive overview of materials to use
for building kites, discusses techniques like sewing etc. It
furthermore discusses flying stunt kites. The "build it yourself"
section contains detailed plans of 9 types of stunt kites:
1. Shuttle, a diamond type of kite, quite like an Ace or
Acroracer, easy to build and fly.
2. Speedwing, the well-known German stunter.
3. Teamlight, an ultralight Hawaiian.
4. Spin-off, well known.
5. Kwat, a peculiar design that consists of two adjacent
diamonds. It is flown with four lines, cheap and easy to
build,
6. Cicada/Gizmo, they resemble the Phantom, VERY fast and
accurate. The Cicada is somewhat larger than the Gizmo. I
have built a Gizmo and it is one of the best stunters that
I know.
7. Speedfoil, a very fast cousin of the Flexifoil.
8. Sputnik I and II, two parafoil-type models, I is used when
you need a lot of "pull", while II will fly without many
problems in a storm (I tried one in force 7 wind).
9. Dykehopper, a Dutch design which seems to be know as "the
beast" because it is very hard to build, harder to tune
properly and even harder to fly. Given its reputation I
never tried building one.
Many people in Holland use this book, together with the German
book by Schimmelpfennig, as guideline when building their own
kites. I have never spoken to anyone who was disappointed.
Publisher - THOTH Publishers
ISBN - 90-6868-052-8
3.6 Stunt Kites II, New Designs, Buggies and Boats
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Servaas van der Horst & Nop Velthuizen # US$ 22.95, * DM 29.95
Review will be included in the next update of this list.
3.7 Swept Wing Stunt Kites
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Mark Cottrell # US$ 10.95, & GBP 3.9
Esben:
I have not read this one either, but from postings and various
reviews I understand that it is quite a technical book, and it
includes plans for one or more stunt kites in the LiteFlite
family. I guess this means it is not exactly a beginners book.
Simo Salanne (May 93):
Although I cannot agree with all Mark says in his book (e.g.
stiffness/flexibily matters) I consider this a very good
"anatomy" book of stunt kites. Even for a flyer, who does not
build kites himself, the book gives good understanding of most
common decisions made by the designer.
The family tree of a stunt kite on the cover is very nice.
3.8 Kites - A Practical Handbook
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Ron Moulton & Pat Lloyd # US$ 27.95, & GBP 12.95
Esben:
This book covers a lot of different areas of kiteflying: stunt
kites, single line kites, para-fauna, aerial photography, Rokkaku
battle, and much more.
The layout of the book is a bit uneven, and non of the plans are
particular detailed and some of the dimensions on the plans can
be confusing, but if one can ignore these shortcomings it does
contain a lot of information. Both KiteLines and The Kiteflier
recommend the book, and so do I, but not as the first kite-book
(the plans are too difficult to follow), but as a second or third
book it is a good choice.
The stunt kite plans in the book are:
Hawaiian Team Kite
Spin-Off
Speedwing
Silent K(n)ite Sort of Skynasaur Aerobat with a
fiberglass rod in the TE to silence
it.
Vision II Sort of Speedwing with crossed
spreaders.
Acrobatic Reach-Sky Kite Low aspect ratio Spin-Off type.
Scorcher 2 Looks very similar to a Action
Kites Skydart.
Batman Quad-line kite shaped like the
Batman logo.
The single line plans in the book are: two simple workshop
kites, classic delta, twin keel delta (made for trains), tri-D
box, double ram delta, large Rokkaku (220 x 190 cm), classic
roller kite, Balinese bird kite, seagull kite, improved Conyne
kite (French military kite), Belier (high aspect ratio delta),
navy pattern dove kite, Bermudan head stick kite, Concorde kite
(shaped like the Concorde airplan), trampoline kite, aeroplane
kite, Hewitt's flexkite.
Simo Salanne (May 93):
I agree that the layout is poor (in some parts) but found the
text and pictures inspiring! The chapter on 'Parachuting Fauna'
is unique and cannot be found in any other book.
Publisher - Argus House, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead,
Herts HP2 7ST, England
ISBN -1-85486-050-X
3.9 Leistungsstarke Lenkdrachen zum Nachbauen
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Peter Rieleit # US$ 22.95, * DM 29.80
Esben:
I haven't read it (yet), so once again this is based on what
Drachen Magazin wrote. It is in German, and I think the title
translates to "Powerfull Stuntkites to Make". The book has plans
for 12 kites including three soft kites, and it contains a lot of
photos: the construction of the Taifun alone is illustrated with
31 colour photos! The profile patterns for the three soft kites
are 1:1 scale. Drachen Magazin recommends it.
Bernhard Malle:
The book is divided into five sections:
1. How to sew kites, techniques, materials and so on
2. Universal Stunt Kites
3. High Speed Stunt Kites
4. Steerable Parafoils
5. Sculpture Stunt Kites
I can't say much on the stunt kites sections, because I am no
expert in stunt kites and for me it seems that the 6 different
designs are more or less only a variation of the first design.
More interesting is the chapter about steerable parafoils. The
main difference to most existing parafoils is the use of a self-
stabilising profile. This results for example in the use of only
one bridle point on each rib of the profile (usually 3 or 4 with
parafoils, 3 with the paraflex). The next difference is the use
of less ribs, that have the whole length of the profile, but in-
between the ribs there are one or two more half ribs. This should
result in less work for cutting out ribs, but nevertheless a good
profile of the kite in the forward region.
So far, so good.
But there is still the last chapter with three plans for
sculpture stunt kites. Think of the frog or the octopus by Peter
Lynn, if you don't know what is meant by sculpture kite. The most
spectacular kite of the complete book hides in the last 4 pages:
a "super-fly". I am sure most of you have already seen the
super-fly, at least on a picture, or if you have the book of Ron
Moulton and Pat Lloyd, have a look on page 68, there you can find
a drawing of the beast. Each wing has a span of 3m (9'), the tail
has a length of 15m (45')! If you consider building it yourself
(like me), first think of how you can afford about 65m(~80yds) of
ripstop...... :-)
Publisher: Otto Maier, Ravensburg
ISBN: 3-473-42286-X
3.10 Lenkdrachen - Modelle, Bau, Fluganleitung
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Jens Baxmeier DM 24.00 (Sport und Design Drachen/vth)
Review will be included in the next update of this list.
4.0 Books - without plans
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September 1993
The following books don't contain any plans but other types of
stunt kite related information like: how and where to fly, how
select a stunt kite and lines, etc.
4.1 The Stunt Kite Book
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Alison Fujino & Benjamin Ruhe # US$ 8.95
"The Stunt Kite Book", # US$ 8.95
by Alison Fujino & Benjamin Ruhe
I think one version of the book is sold with a small stunt kite
kit. The chapter on flying technic is pretty basic and the
organisation of the book a bit confusing, but it does includes
the history of some well-known commercial stunt kites and persons
which I haven't seen in other books. The book also includes a
stunt kite chart, but the quoted wind range on some of the kites
is questionable (examples: ultralight Spyro-Jet: 4-40 MPH,
Revolution I: 3-40 MPH).
4.2 Stunt Kites
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David Gomberg # US$ 8.95, & GBP 7.95
The layout of this book looks like it was done with a simple
wordprocessor and the graphics look like screen-dumps (at least
the first edition does). But if you can abstract from the rough
look then it is an excellent book packed with all kinds
information about stunt kite flying. Among the information are
tips from various well-known kiteflyers. A highly recommendable
book. I think it is in its fourth edition.
4.3 Lenkdrachen-ABC
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Dr. H.E. Rocker * DM 19.80
I haven't read this one either but from the review in Drachen
Magazin it seems to be very similar to "Stunt Kites!", only this
one is in German.
4.4 Stunt Kites Basics - Making all the right moves
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Richard P. Synergy # US$ 15.95, * DM 39.80
I haven't read it so once again the following is based on a
Drachen Magazin review. The book doesn't exactly begins with
"Adam and Eve" (the very beginning for the non-Christian reader)
but neither does it expect competition experience. It contains
information about all aspects of stunt kite flying, like: tips,
tricks, knots and bridle tuning, etc. and as the title says also
figure-flying. As something new, the horizontal and vertical
dimensions of the figures are shown relative to the length of the
flying lines. And some good news for us who don't have English as
our primary language: it is written in easy-to-understand English
with short sentences and simple words.
4.5 Kite Precision
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Ron Reich USD 14.94
"KITE Precision" Your Comprehensive Guide For Flying Controllable
Kites authored by Ron Reich. The book is 184 pages, with 153
photos, and 121 diagrams. A good instruction book for Individuals
and Teams at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels. The
main presentation is illustrated with the Griffin delta kite,
separated dedicated sections are presented for the Flexifoil
Kite, and the Revolution Kite. The book also includes 3
completely choreographed routines. 1 each for individuals,
pairs, and 4 person teams. Unique stunts for 3 person teams are
also diagramed.
ISBN 0-9636010-2-8 $14.95 US Softcover
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-61552
Tutor Text, Ramona USA
Table of Contents:
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1. Setting Up To Fly
- Delta Kite Parts
2. Posture
3. Safety
4. Straight Line Flight
- Test For Equal Lenght Fly Line
- Wind Window
5. Basic Launching and Landing
6. The 4 Fundamental Turns
7. Speed Control
8. Leading Edge Launch
- Leading Edge Landing
9. Tip Stand
- Walking The Kite
- Tip Drag
10. Nose Down Launch
- Turtle Launch
11. Wrapped Flip Launch
-Pasting
12. Flying The Shadow
13. Dog-Stake Flying
14. Multiple Kite Control
- 2 kites
- 3 kites
- 5 kites
15. Selecting A Kite
16. Flexifoil
- The Flexi-Flip
- The Flexi-Float
17. Revolution
- Side Slide
- Slow Motion Revolution
- 3-D FLying
18. Team Flying Basics
- Preparatory Command
- Execution Command
- Basic Turns
- Box Formation
- Diamond Formation
- Star Burst
- Flying The Space
19. Team Warm-Up
- Hazards to Your Kite and Strings
20. Building a routine
21. Classes and Degree of Difficulty for Teams Stunts
- Diagonal Thread
- T-Bone
- Weave
- Arrowhead
- Compound Wrap
- Sequential Fly-around
- Time Clock
22. Couples
23. How To Tie Birdle and Train Lines
24. Setting Up New Lines
25. Troubleshooting
26. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Individual Routine)
27. Chariots Of Fire (Pairs Routine)
28. 3-Person Team (Stunts)
- Fountain
- Boomerang
- Razzle Dazzle
- Robin Hood
29. The Greatest Love Of All (Team routine)
Glossary
Index
Review by Simo Salanne, January 1994:
1st part (?) of the long awaited "bible" is here! This is
definitely the most valuable guide to a beginning sport kite
flyer. I believe there are not many fliers in the whole world,
who could not learn more from this excellent book. E.g. the
systematic classification and degree of difficulty are topics,
which are unique to this book.
The book has a lot of photographs and diagrams, which illustrate
the text and makes understanding easier. Ron's uncomplicated
style of writing is a pleasure to read.
Highly recommended!
The book does not contain any stunt kite plans, it's devoted to
flying.
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Review by Marty Sasaki, March 1994
First the disclaimer: I consider Ron a friend (he considers me a
friend, we've conversed both in person and via email, but I
haven't seen him naked, so that's 4 kite purity points ;-). He
has helped me and my team on numerous occasions.
The short review: Buy the book. It is full of solid descriptions
and good photographs and drawings. When you buy it, tell them
that I sent you.
The long(er) review:
The book begins with detailed descriptions of setting up a kite,
posture, safety, and basic flying. The description of the
different types of turns and speed control then follow. In my
opinion, these two chapters are worth the price of the book.
There are sections that describe in detail several tricks and
utility moves, including leading edge and nose down launches.
Sections on dog-stake flying and multiple kite flying are also
clear and easy to understand.
There are sections that talk about the Flexifoil and Revolution
kites.
I especially like the team flying sections and the discussion of
some of the stunts. One part titled, "Flying the Space", will be
required reading for Storm Front members.
There are 3 complete ballet routines (an individual, a pairs, and
a 4-person team).
The many photographs and drawings really help with showing how
things are done. The text is clear and would be useful even
without the graphics.
There are a few things missing: I would have liked to see a
discussion about the speed of doing moves, i.e. snapping turns
can be radically different than easing turns. The excellent
discussion about geometry and team flying that rec.kites readers
saw is missing from the book.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in flying dual
line delta stunt kites. It will open the eyes of novices. More
experienced flyers will benefit from the philosophy and way of
thinking about flying.
5.0 Books - general, with stunt kite info & plans
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The following is a list of books which mostly contain plans for
single line kites, but also have one or two stunt kite plans:
5.1 Sport Kite Rulebook
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Brooks Leffler <kyt...@aol.com> Tue, 3 Aug 1993 19:22:19 -1000
Available NOW! Ten months in the making! Longer, lower, wider!
At long last, the 56-page Third Edition of the International
Sport Kite Competition Rules is available. We're no longer
dating the book (e.g. "1993 Edition") and it should no longer be
mislabeled the "STACK Rules". Indeed, STACK had input and
approved the final draft, but the AKA Sport Kite Committee wrote
it, and we thought it less confusing to delete all references in
the title to the organizations that may use it.
Although there are no new figures, procedures have been clarified
and the book has been enlarged through the addition of more
complete job descriptions, field setup guidelines, and judging
criteria. Lots of sample forms.
AKA member price US$5.00; non-members $7.50, both postage paid in
US; add US$2.00 for postage outside North America. Quantity
pricing above 5 copies, plus shipping.
I have lots and lots of them and will take these forms of PRE-
(please)-payment: Visa/MasterCard, cash, check, or money order,
payable to AKA. No Canadian cheques, plz.
Brooks Leffler AKA. Internet: kyt...@aol.com
5.2 The Book of Kites (original British title)
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Paul & Helene Morgan # US$ 19.95, & GBP 10.99
"The Ultimate Kite Book" (US title),
The stunt kite in this book is shaped like a standard dart stunt
kite but build like the Trlby/Ace/Acro-Racer diamond stunt kite.
It is an excellent first stunt kite: cheap and very easy to make,
durable, and in my opinion it fly better than the mentioned
diamond kites. Actually if people shows an interest in stunt
kites I usually give them the plans for this kite. There is one
"error" in the instructions: _4 mm_ fiberglass rod is the right
spar to use, not 1/4 inch fiberglass rod.
5.3 Making and Flying Modern Kites
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Jim Rowlands
"The Big Book of Kites" (US title)
This book contains three plans for simple stunt kites, including
a Trlby/Ace/Acro-Racer diamond-type stunt kite.
Publisher - St. Martin's Press (US); Dryad Press (UK,
ISBN - US book 0-312-02047-3
5.4 Kiteworks
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Maxwell Eden # US$ 14.95, & GBP 10.99
This book includes plans for a delta-type stunt kite, but I
understand from various postings that the plans contains a lot of
errors.
Publisher - Sterling Publishing Co., NY NY
distributed in Australia by Capricorn Ltd
P.O. Box 665, Lane Cove, NSW 2066
ISBN - 0-8069-6712-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-8069-6713-7 (paperback)
5.5 The Penguin Book of Kites (or just Kites)
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David Pelham # US$ 12.95, & GBP 8.99
There are plans for a Peter Powell-type stunt kite in this book.
5.6 Kite Flight
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Jack Botermans & Alice Weve
"Vliegers maken" (original Dutch title)
This book also contains plans for a Peter Powell-type stunt kite,
but I will not recommend trying to make it from these
instructions.
5.7 Phantastische Drachenwelt
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Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig # US$ 31.95, * DM 49.00
In German. It contains the 1:1 pattern for a Relax stunt kite
(and three single line kites, including Martin Lester's Legs).
The Relax is a 3/4 dart with six battens.
Publisher - Falken-Verlag GmbH, Postfach 1120,
D-65521 Niedernhausen/Ts, Germany
ISBN - 3 8068 4513 1
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Don Dunford # US$ 3.95, & GBP 2.50
"Kite Cookery", # US$ 3.95, & GBP 2.50
by Don Dunford
Includes the plans for The Pocket Money Kite, a very
cheap'n'dirty Eddy-type stunt kite made from a trash bag and two
wooden dowels.
6.0 Suppliers - Plans & kits
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January 1996
Individual construction plans can also be bought from:
Drachendompteur Elliot
Alt Nied 4-6 Schulstrasse 30
D-6000 Frankfurt-Nied 80 D-46487 Wesel-Buderich
Germany Germany
Phone: +44-69-382021 Phone: +44-28-034035
Fax: +44-61-9225956 Fax: +44-28-038218
The price is DM 6 - DM 10 each, and they have plans (in German)
for the following kites: Jet, Hawk, Hawk 150, Bronto, Bronto
Gross (sort of very large Aerobat), Razor Blade, Spin-Dart,
Hawaiian Team Chevron, 3/5 (!) Hawaiian Team, Spin-Off, Fire
Dart, Sky Dart, No Na Me, Revolution, Speed Revolution (Rev II),
Phantom, Bantam, Spyro Jet Freestyle.
Remark: the information for the above mentioned companies have
not been verified for the past two years (Jan. '96).
Kaskade Flic Flac
Holm 17 Nansensgade 47
D-24937 Flensburg DK-1366 Copenhagen
Germany Denmark
Phone: +49-461-29806 Phone: +45-33 93 04 43
Fax: +49-461-17330 Fax: +45-33 93 83 15
E-mail: flic...@login.dknet.dk
Kaskade/Flic Flac sells the plans for the HQ Kites: Mini Dart,
Run Dart, Silent Dart, Elektron, Batkite, Whisper. The plans are
in German and very detailed and with a lot of drawings. Price
about DM 6/DKK 29.
Jaco design & engineering (new address since Nov. 1993)
Alpsteinstr. 10
CH-8590 Romanshorn
Switzerland
Phone: +41-71-674641
Fax: +41-71-671343
Jaco sells the plans (with 1:1 patterns) for their own kites: two
full-size darts (245 cm), one 3/4 (195 cm) and a small one (size
unknown). The price is DM 20 - DM 40.
Jaco design also sells their kites as kits, both as assembly kits
(prices: DM 195 - DM 565(!)) and as construction kits (prices: DM
155 - DM 385). And, of course, Jaco sells "Jaco connectors"
(minimum order 50 pcs).
Remark: the information for the above mentioned company has not
been verified for the past two years (Jan. '96).
Phoenix Drachen Manufaktur
Liebigstr. 9-11
D-52070 Aachen
Germany
Phone: +44-241-962001
Fax: +44-241-166116
Phoenix sells detailed plans (in German) for the following kites:
Jet, Hawk 115, Hawk 150, Bronto, Manta (sort of very large
Aerobat), Razor Blade, Spin-Dart, Hawaiian Team Chevron, 3/5 (!)
Hawaiian Team, Spin-Off, Fire Dart, Sky Dart, NoNaMe, Revolution
I, Speed Revolution (Rev II), Revolution 275 (275 cm wingspan),
Skyracer-Mini, Sport Phantom, Phantom, Bantam, Spyro Jet
Freestyle, Silent Fire Dart, Elektron. The prices are 5 - 9 DM.
Phoenix also sells outline plans with all the important
dimensions for the following kites: Antigrav, Spectrum Dart,
Silvaplana Jet Streamer (Jet-Stream), Wolkensturmer 101,
Wolkensturmer 102, Force 10, Spyro Jet, Jet, Spectre, North Shore
Radical, North Shore Extreme, Silent Dart, Speed-Taifun. The
price is 2 DM. And they also sell plans with a 1:1 pattern for:
Hunter and Flexifoil (6 feet Stacker, 8 feet Pro Team and an odd
size 230 cm Flexi). Price 4 or 5 DM.
Remark: the information for the above mentioned company has not
been verified for the past two years (Jan. '96).
Construction kits can be bought from:
HANNAH im Drachenland
S. Schonberg GbR
Konigstor 34-36
D-34117 Kassel
Germany
Phone: +44-561-14235
Fax: +44-561-779518
They expand the range all the time, but at the last count they
were selling kits for the following kites: Chicago Fire Bee,
Colibry, Jet-Stream, Jet-Stream Mk.2, Wasp (Wind Walker, not Tim
Benson), North Shore Radical, North Shore Extreme, Hawaiian Team
Kite, Spin-Off, Fire Dart, Phantom Mk.2, Big Brother, Big Brother
Mk.2, Revolution I, Flash Angel, Scorpion, Check-Mate,
Competition Edge. The prices are mostly in the range DM 140-180.
Remark: the information for the above mentioned company has not
been verified for the past two years (Jan. '96).
Hang-em High Fabrics
1420 Yale Avenue
Richmond
VA 23224
USA
Phone: +1-804-233-6155
Fax: +1-804-233-6155/99
E-mail: tomm...@aol.com
Hang-em High sells one kit: Stunt Kit Kite, a 3/4 dart in partly
the colours of your choice, price $50.
Goodwinds Kites
3333 Wallingford North
Seattle
WA 98003
USA
Phone: +1-206-632-6151
Fax: +1-206-633-0301
Goodwinds Kites sells two stunt kite plans: XITR, a full-size
dart for the "experienced flyer", price US$ 8.95, and Wind
Cheater, a 3/4 dart for the "entry level flyer but is challenging
enough for the experienced flyer". Both plans contain 1:1
patterns.
The plans for the Be-Be-165 dart from Sport und Design Drachen is
also sold by the magazine with a 1:1 pattern. For the address and
description of the Be-Be-165 see the magazine plans section.
Price DM 21.
7.0 Software
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Simo Salanne April 1994
7.1 KiteFlight
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Peter van den Hamer
Computer flight simulators are well known entertainment in
computer games, but KiteFlight is not a toy. It is a design and
animation tool to create sport kite flying figures and routines.
It will also create diagrams to be printed on paper. And, it's
not only one kite, but you can simulate the whole team! That's
the real power of KiteFlight. KiteFlight originates from Dutch,
six person team Dike Hoppers, which has successfully used it to
design and learn their top class routines.
KiteFlight can be used for:
- teaching stunts to flyers
- training judges
- informing event audience about compulsory routines
- designing routines for individuals, pairs and teams
- printing stunt diagrams
The author of KiteFlight is Peter van den Hamer from Holland.
KiteFlight will be published in May 1994 together with the new
stunt kite book by Servaas van der Horst & Nop Velthuizen. A
demo version of KiteFlight and simulations for the rule book
compulsory figures (by Simo Salanne) can be found on rec.kites
archives ...\simulation\kfd.
KiteFlight supports all major PC color graphics modes (EGA, VGA,
SuperVGA), prefers a 386 or better (but works on antiques too).
Note that the speed of flight is NOT influenced by the speed of
your hardware (real time!): slower machines sometimes produce
somewhat jerkier motions than faster ones. KiteFlight runs on
DOS, Windows not required and not recommended.
8.0 Materials
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Simo Salanne May 1994
8.1 Spar comparison chart
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Simo Salanne 4 May 1994
For more information about the following table see article
"Bending spars with Coke can" in rec.kites archive.
Stiffness and Weight of Sport Kite Spars
Outer
Spar Short Relative .... Scale Weight Diam
Type Name Stiff. Weight Fact. g/m mm Rem
=============================================================================
Reference spar: Glassforms K75 K75 1.00 1.00 1.00 33 8.7 S/L
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AFC 1580 AFC1580 0.20 0.33 0.67 11 4.0 S
AFC 1700 AFC1700 0.26 0.37 0.71 12 4.3 L
Clearwater 187-2 CW187-2 0.29 0.28 0.73 9 5.? L
AFC 1800 AFC1800 0.32 0.46 0.75 15 4.5 L
Clearwater 202-2 CW202-2 0.34 0.31 0.76 10 5.? L
Beman Ultralite 13 BeULT13 0.38 0.36 0.78 12 5.0 M
AFC 1880 AFC1880 0.38 0.45 0.79 15 4.8 L
AFC 1960 AFC1960 0.45 0.49 0.82 16 5.0 L
Beman Ultralite 14 BeULT14 0.47 0.36 0.83 12 5.5 M
Beman Light 13 BeL13 0.47 0.48 0.83 16 5.0 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 5 RCF5 0.49 0.45 0.84 15 4.9 M
Glassforms Prospar PS-15-278 PS278 0.57 0.63 0.87 21 7.1 M
AFC 2100 AFC2100 0.58 0.60 0.87 20 5.3 L
Clearwater C252 C252 0.60 0.41 0.88 14 7.? L
Advantage 250/2 ADV/2 0.60 0.49 0.88 16 7.3 L
Beman 5.5 mm (arrow shaft) Bem5.5 0.64 0.52 0.89 18 5.5 S
Beman Ultralite 15 BeULT15 0.64 0.39 0.90 13 5.9 M
Beman Light 14 BeL14 0.69 0.54 0.91 18 5.5 M
Beman Pro-Competition 14 BePRO14 0.69 0.54 0.91 18 5.5 M
AFC 2200 AFC2200 0.70 0.66 0.91 22 5.6 L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 6 Strong RCF6S 0.70 0.96 0.92 32 5.9 S
Beman Strong 14 BeSTR14 0.75 0.66 0.93 22 5.5 M
Beman Ultralite 16 BeULT16 0.82 0.42 0.95 14 6.3 M
Clearwater 282 CW282 0.84 0.70 0.96 23 7.1 L
Glassforms Procomp CP-15-278 CP278 0.84 0.54 0.96 18 7.1 M
AFC 2300 AFC2300 0.84 0.69 0.96 23 5.8 L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 6 RCF6 0.85 0.66 0.96 22 5.9 S
Beman Light 15 BeL15 0.90 0.63 0.97 21 5.9 M
Beman Strong 15 BeSTR15 0.96 0.69 0.99 23 5.9 S
SkyShark IIIP (1994) IIIP 1.00 0.41 1.00 14 7.1 L
AFC 2400 AFC2400 1.00 0.76 1.00 25 6.1 L
Clearwater C253 C253 1.06 0.57 1.02 19 7.0 L
Advantage 250/3 ADV/3 1.06 0.75 1.02 25 7.7 L
SkyShark VP (1994) VP 1.11 0.49 1.03 16 7.1 L
Glassforms Prospar PS-16-306 PS306 1.11 0.88 1.03 29 7.8 L
Clearwater 315-2 CW315-2 1.17 0.51 1.04 17 8.? L
Beman Strong 16 BeSTR16 1.22 0.77 1.05 26 6.3 M
Beman Light 16 BeL16 1.23 0.75 1.05 25 6.3 M
AFC 2540 AFC2540 1.26 0.88 1.06 30 6.5 L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 6 Ultra RCF6U 1.26 0.51 1.06 17 5.9 S
Clearwater 283 CW283 1.35 0.70 1.08 23 8.? L
Beman Pro-Competition 15 BePRO15 1.41 0.69 1.09 23 5.9 M
Clearwater 254 CW254 1.42 0.85 1.09 29 7.? L
Advantage 250/4 ADV/4 1.42 0.93 1.09 31 8.1 L
Glassforms Procomp CP-16-309 CP309 1.43 0.76 1.09 25 7.8 L
Glassforms Prospar PS-19-352 PS352 1.54 0.98 1.11 33 8.9 L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 7 RCF7 1.61 0.78 1.13 26 6.9 M
Clearwater 315-3 CW315-3 1.86 0.76 1.17 25 9.? L
Glassforms Procomp CP-19-352 CP352 2.00 0.86 1.19 29 8.9 L
Clearwater 385-2 CW385-2 2.03 0.58 1.19 20 9.? M
Phoenix/CarboFlex 8 CFlx8 2.10 0.93 1.20 31 8.0 S
SkyShark VIIP (1994) VIIP 2.11 0.80 1.21 27 8.4 L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 8 RCF8 2.17 0.96 1.21 32 7.9 S
Beman Pro-Competition 16 BePRO16 2.20 0.84 1.22 28 6.3 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 8 Strong RCF8S 2.56 1.09 1.27 37 7.9 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 9 RCF9 3.08 1.05 1.33 35 8.9 M
Clearwater 385-3 CW385-3 3.25 0.78 1.34 26 10.? L
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 9 Strong RCF9S 3.79 1.26 1.40 42 8.9 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 10 RCF10 4.73 1.20 1.47 40 9.9 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 10 Strong RCF10S 5.42 1.53 1.53 51 9.9 M
Vlieger-Op Exel RCF 11 RCF11 5.75 1.35 1.55 45 10.0 M
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S = Based on measurements by Simo Salanne
L = Based on measurements by David Lord
M = Based on manufacturers data
9.0 Stunt kite plans on the Net.
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Esben Collstrup <ecol...@aabc.dk> February 1996
To use a WWW-phrase: "this section is under construction."
If you run a WWW homepage and have a stunt kite plan on your site,
could you please e-mail me the URL(s) along with a one-line
description of the kite, I will then try to incorporate it into
the next update of this list.
Esben Collstrup <ecol...@aabc.dk>
99.0 Signatures
=====================================================================
Esben Collstrup, Simo Salanne March 1994
May your lines never tangle and your sewing machine never get
stuck.
Esben
Smooth Winds
Simo
David Gomberg
Feb 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/20/96
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Thanks for your hard work compiling this post. I have two
pieces of feedback for you.
First, my book, Stunt Kites! (please note the exclamation
point is part of the title) is actually in its *sixth* edition
now. All illustrations and much of the wording has been
re-done since the version you are reviewing. Cost is
$10.95, not $8.95.
Second, you reference Brooks Leffler as the source of
the Sport Kite Rule Book. Brooks has retired. The AKA
Executive Director is Mel Hickman (lom...@aol.com).
Hope this helps.
--
David Gomberg phone 503-996-3083/fax541-994-9692
Gomberg Kite Productions, International
Importer of Peter Lynn giant inflatibles. Email us for prices.
Al Johnson
Feb 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/21/96
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I don't recall seeing this bibliography before, but it is really nice. Thanks
for taking the time to maintain it. I do have one question. Is there an
English version of either Skywork Experience or Skywork II Experience.
Thanks
for taking the time to maintain it. I do have one question. Is there an
English version of either Skywork Experience or Skywork II Experience.
Thanks
Al Johnson
Reston, VA
Simo Salanne
Feb 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/23/96
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Al Johnson wrote:
>
> I don't recall seeing this bibliography before, but it is really nice.
>
> I don't recall seeing this bibliography before, but it is really nice.
Because of it's size it has been posted only when updated. It has been available
on rec.kites archives and on http://www.kfs.org/kites. (Now, I will need some
time to update the web-version.)
> Thanks
> for taking the time to maintain it. I do have one question. Is there an
> English version of either Skywork Experience or Skywork II Experience.
I suppose English versions are not available, but the majority of the pages
in those books are drawings. If you master metric dimensions, mastering Germany
is not necessary to build kites from the plans.
Simo
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