With a surface area of about 900 square meters (10,000 squareįeet) each and a sizable gap between the top and bottom surfaces, I This improves stability since that big volume of air does have a significant mass. The reason for this arrangement is that the flying kite can shift around while the internal air tends to stay stationary. Instead, the bridle lines go right through and anchor the upper surface Similar to a flat parafoil with all the internal cell divisions missing. The constructionĬoncept does not look complex from a distance, with the kite looking Sedately floating at a modest height off the ground. The first picture down there is of the Mega-Moon, which was made for a Japanese owner.Īirborne, one of these kites appears much like a giant mattress, All haveįlown at least once at an international kite festival. Giant kites are identical, apart from the decorative work. Undoubtedly, some multi-millionaires somewhere have put several more on order since then! There were three of these in existence in 2009, as far as I know. This is closer to most people's idea of a "big" single-liner for personal recreation. Multi-Dowel kites with the spans doubled yet again to 2.4 meters (8 feet). By now I felt the kites were quite impressive in size!įinally, the time seemed right to come out with. Later, I doubled the spans yet again, to 1.2 meters (4 feet) using 5 mm Tasmanian-oak dowels. Then I doubled the spans by using two skewers butted together, for another series of kites. I started making a range of tiny kites from bamboo BBQ skewers, quite some years ago. The Big MBK E-book Bundle is a collection of downloads- printable PDF files which provide step-by-step instructions for many kites large and small. Want to know the most convenient way of using it all? On this site, there's more kite-making info than you can poke a stick at :-)
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