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Don Tuff's Dragon Kite
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Saturday afternoon, at the 2011 Dieppe (Canada) International Kite Festival. I believe that this is one of very few (four?) "Wyverex" kites, created by Rolf Zimmermann.
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Achtkant Train of Six Kites
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This is an Achtkant Train of six kites, as seen from the anchor point. It was built by Marion Steeves. This was a kitebuilder.com Forum Project. It's like a kitebuilding "...
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Kites at Fort Beauséjour, on New Brunswick Day 2011
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The Club de cerf-volant Lignes-au-ciel / Sky-Lines Kite Club of Dieppe, New Brunswick, was invited by Parks Canada to fly kites at Fort Beauséjour. The weather was perfect ...
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Winding Up Tube Tails
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This is how I wind up my tapered tube tails. This pair is 13.7 meters (45 feet) long. I always start by going upwind with the trailing ends, so that the wind collapses the ...
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Mini-Mock kite over Mount A
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My Mini-Mock with the 45-foot tails, over Mount Allison University's MacAulay Field. It's not like they were using it at the time.
I forgot to bring my 200# line, but I rea...
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Sue's Patchwork Serpent Kite
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Sue made this Patchwork Serpent Kite.
It's 32 inches wide at the head, 32 feet long, and it tapers down to 10 inches wide at the trailing end, in a sort of shallow "V" rat...
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11 Meters of Red Organza on a Mini-Mock Kite
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This sparkly red organza fabric was on sale for $2 a meter, so I bought the rest of the roll. It's 11 meters long and 64 inches wide.
For this test I just sewed a narrow ...
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"Deep Pocket" Sled experimental kite - part 2
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This experimental design was supposed to be a variation of a Buck Childers' Pocket Sled kite (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Wy5XOrdPA ), with the pocket cells extend...
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"Deep Pocket" Sled experimental kite - part 1
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This experimental design was supposed to be a variation of a Buck Childers' Pocket Sled kite (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Wy5XOrdPA ), with the pocket cells extend...
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Three Pocket Sled Kites
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I made these pocket sleds from the plan by Buck Childers. I no longer have them because I gave them to the kids of my niece and nephew. I'll have to make some more for myse...
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