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smarties
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 Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: Double star plan |
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Anyone knows where I can find a plan to built a double star kite like Ferruh Baysu?
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Dorsal
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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Smarties -
I believe it is the same as the Snowflake, except the pieces are hollow squares instead of solid squares. I think it was talked about in one of the Squareflake threads, a couple months ago.
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kiteguy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Almost, but not quite. The one that was discussed looks much more like a Snowflake than this one does. I am not sure but I think plans were in the Drachen magazine a while back. I do not have access to the Drachen magazine, nor could I read it if I did have access.
However, I can understand most kite plans, no matter what the language.
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EiSvIn
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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It is not a snowflake, it looks a lot more slimmer and using spars in cross instead of the circular spar on the outside as Snowflake uses.
But what if I make a slim and hollow Snowflake, would it work? What to think of to keep flying angle, bridling an such? Any thoughts? |
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rbojarski
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| Flying Wings (maker of Beetle stunt kite) just brought out a single line kite called the Lotus which is very similar. You can view it by going to the Into the Wind site and doing a search for lotus. |
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Don Lord
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| kiteguy wrote: | Almost, but not quite. The one that was discussed looks much more like a Snowflake than this one does. I am not sure but I think plans were in the Drachen magazine a while back. I do not have access to the Drachen magazine, nor could I read it if I did have access.
However, I can understand most kite plans, no matter what the language.
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I have the two most recent issues of the Drachen magazine, Hoch Hinaus. I have found a photo of this kite heading an article reporting on the 2003 St-Goar kite festival but I have not seen any plans in these issues, or mentioned in the magazine's archives.
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knotronda
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Spectre is a mystery man. He did not put his town or country in his profile. Is he from Germany? I did notice that when I was at the Berck Sur Mer festival a few years ago that the Germans liked to build the big versions of various kites. The proportions were impressive.
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Gary
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| EiSvIn wrote: | | But what if I make a slim and hollow Snowflake, would it work? What to think of to keep flying angle, bridling an such? Any thoughts? |
The only 'issue' I have had with making high aspect (skinny) Facet Kites (Hi Scott) is that the shorter spine length has less 'authority' over the corners and the kites like to distort out of shape. The cure was to either bend metal tubing for the outside corners or use dihedrals.
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Don Lord
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| knotronda wrote: | Spectre is a mystery man. He did not put his town or country in his profile. Is he from Germany? I did notice that when I was at the Berck Sur Mer festival a few years ago that the Germans liked to build the big versions of various kites. The proportions were impressive.
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Ronda; by his name and what I read on his web site, I would say our mystery man is from Turkey.
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