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EiSvIn · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Oslo, Norway

Anyone used umbrella febric to build kites? There are some realy interesting patterns out there. I am thinking of using it on a small quad. Any thoughts?

stevef · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject:

Never tried it.... but believe it or not, you can use just about any kind of fabric to make a kite. I hate to say it, but for some designs, an old pillow case will work better than Ripstop!

check out this article:
http://www.kitebuilder.com/techsheets/kiteclot.htm

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smarties · Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 839 Location: Dieppe, NB, Canada

Interesting article Rolling Eyes

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torontokitefliers · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:30 pm Post subject:

The late Mike Decker of the Great Lakes Kite Society made a kite out of a large Hawaiian muumuu. It flew great and was quite a conversation piece.

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EiSvIn · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Oslo, Norway

Ok, heading off-topic here, but we actually flew a raincoat at the Nordic Kite Meeting 2004 last weekend:

More pic's from NMK2004 here

kiteguy · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject:

And what story is behind this disturbing photo?

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EiSvIn · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Oslo, Norway

Oh... Thats the Aerialis Team Flyers. They had some accidents during practise. If I dont remember to wrong, they broke 4 out of 6 kites at the NKM. Due to some very impressive field repair, they all flew to the end.

Doesn't sound to much a team with so many chrashes, but they are. The wind was angry, from 8 to 12 m/s, making speed control very hard.

You can see more of them at http://team.aerialis.no

gmakleppin · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject:

Kathy Goodwinds had some of this fabric which she says one of the kitemakers used for making his kites. (Don't remember who it was.) My husband, Jerry, just used some to make a 4' bol and we will fly it next week for the first time at Ocean Shores. The fabric had stripes, which he cut on an angle, effectively turning the project into Seminole Patchwork design. Very eyecatching on the sewing table. I'm anxious to see it in action. We plan to make matching banners, etc.

gmakleppin · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:42 am Post subject:

Here is the 4' bol Jerry recently made from unbrella cloth. The cloth is a bit soft and so the wind has to catch it just right to make it open, but once it gets going, it's awsome!

The cloth was striped, so he had to do some fancy cutting to get the design he wanted.