The Kite Building & Kite Flying Handbook, with 42 Kite Plans"Explains how kites fly, surveys the different types of kites, and provides detailed instructions on the construction of a variety of kites."--Amazon.com. |
Contents
How Kites Fly | 13 |
Tools Work Areas and Materials | 31 |
Basic Construction Techniques | 59 |
Copyright | |
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aft end aluminum arch stick bamboo blades bow string box kite bridle strings coping saw cross stick cut the covering decorating delta wing detailed in Chapter diameter fiberglass flat kite flown give the kite glue glued and lashed guideline string heavier covering material holes inches long joining covering material keeping the proportions kite construction kite design kite flying kite frame kite is bowed kite is shown kite sticks larger sticks lashing string less in length lighter weight covering longitudinal stick man-lifting kites Mark the pattern Measure and mark metal notches passing through sleeves Pattern for covering Pattern for sticks pattern shown plastic film pliers proportionally smaller sticks round wooden dowel scissors to cut scroll saw sewn shown in Fig solder square knot star kite sticks and heavier sticks and lighter sticks can vary styrofoam tail required tape tetrahedron three-stick kite Variations variety weight covering material wood wooden sticks