looking for really good cody kite plans

[Dave Collins]

Hi there everybody, I'm looking for some top-notch Cody box kite plans,
complete with instructions. I've never even seen a Cody kite close-up, so i
haven't the foggiest idea of what i'm doing and need a good guide for my new
project :)

Any help would be much appreciated!

-Dave Collins
cow...@softhome.net

[white.ian]

Dave Collins <cow...@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there everybody, I'm looking for some top-notch Cody box kite plans,

(snip)

Dave,

I saw a book in my local (UK) library with several detailed plans for Codys,
Extended Codys etc.

I won't be able to get in there until Thursday, but I'll send you the title
then.

Ian.

[Dave Collins]

thanks! i'd appreciate that
-dave

[Dave Collins]

On second thought, i just noticed on the Gone with the Wind site that a Cody
100 needs 2500 to 3000 lb line. Hmm... i wonder if i'm getting into
something over my head. I had a funny image in my mind of me tying a 16
foot Cody to my car bumper and watching in horror as my little car is
dragged across the flying field :)Does anyone have experience flying Codys?
Is there anything I should know before attempting to build/fly one?

-Dave Collins
cow...@softhome.net

[Steve Ferrel]

Ive heard it said, that "when you finally have made a well built Cody,
you've arrived as a master kitebuilder." Be very, very comfortable with
kitebuilding before you attempt such a project.

Plans? hmmm....... funny you should ask. In the works is a very cool
searchable database of plans, tech sheets, weblinks, and biographies....
soon to be available on kitebuilder.com

Ive noticed good info at:

Peter Peter's web page, out of the books
Skywork Experience II by Christine Schertel,
Making & Flying Box Kites by Dr. Bill Cochran,
S.F. Cody War Kites by Hugh Andrew,
and TONS of info at the Drachen Foundation www.drachen.org

please keep us posted on your progress...

~Steve

* * * K I T E S T U D I O * * *
http://www.kitebuilder.com

"Dave Collins" <cow...@softhome.net> wrote in message
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[iric...@my-deja.com]

Hi Dave,
Information on how to obtain Hugh Andrew's book "S.F. Cody's War Kites"
is available at http://www.cody-kites.co.uk
This contains the most comprehensive set of plans and detailed building
instructions for making a Cody War Kite that I am aware of.
Plans and some instuctions can also be found in "Box Kites: Making and
Flying" by Bill Cochran. This is a good reference for plans for all
sorts of box kites.
Detailed plans and instructions on how to make a Cody Compound kite are
available at John Maxworthy's web site, http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/
jmaxworthy/plnindex.htm
Good luck,
Ian

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Before you buy.

[white.ian]

nt

[kr...@my-deja.com]

A lot of them in www.batoco.org, planos section.
Good luck with the project! 8)
Gabriel Krasnopolsky

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[Famille Moix]

Hello Dave!

You can find very interesting instruction about Cody at

http://www.meykites.de/plaene/newsgroupplaene/cody_workshop/cody.htm

I want to make such a kite too and it is the best informations i've found on
the net.
(It's a German Site!!)

Good luck.

Cédric

[Stan Swanson]

Dave Collins <cow...@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Hi there everybody, I'm looking for some top-notch Cody box kite plans,
> complete with instructions

The Drachen Foundation, www.drachen.org, owns a large part of the Cody
archive, including photos, kites, and plans. I'm not sure if everything is
available yet, but they would be a good source to contact on this, or any
other historical questions.

Stan

[Dave Collins]

WOW! these instructions are AWESOME... thank you so much :) Now if i could
only read better geman... babel fish doesn't help much :)

-Dave Collins
cow...@softhome.net

Famille Moix <famill...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Dave Collins]

does anyone know where i can get this book? the author hasn't responded to
my e-mails, is there another place i might be able to obtain it?

-dave collins
cow...@softhome.net

[Tim Hampson]

"Dave Collins" <cow...@softhome.net> wrote in message

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> does anyone know where i can get this book? the author hasn't responded
to
> my e-mails, is there another place i might be able to obtain it?

I've just finished my first Cody, using the "guidelines" in "Kites" (Ron
Moulton/Pat Lloyd?)

I've put the piccies up at http://www.devonair.co.uk/cody

--
cheers

Tim

High as a Kite in devon
http://www.devonair.co.uk

[Peter Seddon]

Why try a 'full-sized' cody ? I bulit one which was about 5foot front to
back and whilst it needed a reasonable wind it didn't pull your arms out of
their sockets!! There was a train built in the 80's in the UK for
man-lifting - is that what you had in mind ?

Regards Peter

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Regards Peter Seddon

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[Dave Collins]

That's a beautiful kite Tim! I hope mine turns out half as good :)

-dave

[Mark de Roussier]

This book is definitive if what you want to do is make a Cody in absolutely as
traditional a way as possible, down to the use of Bamboo and Herringbone pattern
binding tape. If what you want is something that looks like a Cody and flies like a
Cody, without necessarily being built like Cody would've built it, other sources may
actually be more helpful.

MdeR.
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[michael m. moss]

Do you still have the plans for your 5 footer around?

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[US]

If you want to see the German page in English, just go to:
http://translate.lycos.com/
Type in the web address, and that you want German to English translation.
Fantastic web page.

"Dave Collins" <cow...@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> WOW! these instructions are AWESOME... thank you so much :) Now if I

[Andy]

I got my plans, and loads of help, from Gary Engvall.

These are not 'replica' kites, more 'in the style of', but reasonably simple
to build.
http://members.aol.com/gengvall/

Hope this helps.

Best regards
Andy & Christine

[Andy]

http://members.aol.com/gengvall/ and his photos are at
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=144985&a=8093767

I got my plans, and loads of help, from Gary Engvall.

These are not 'replica' kites, more 'in the style of', but reasonably
simple
to build.