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woodpekr
Joined: 25 Nov 2003
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Location: USA Oregon Portland
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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject: Rang Thang |
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The inspiration for this kite is Lee Sedgwick's Ring Thing which won "Most Innovative" at this year's AKA convention.
The Kite was made with a 1/2 section template out of scrap Ripstop sent to me as packing for a Kite Studio order (Thanks Steve).
The wand is 1/2" PVC 5 feet long. It's too heavy. After an hour of waving it around my forearm was fatigued. I also tended to choke up on it, so I'm going to try a 4 foot piece of Carbon tubing. I must have something in the kite closet that will work.
The control line is 12 feet long with a knot in the middle to keep it with the wand. There is 1 foot hanging out the end of the wand there for someting to grab to reel the kite in.
Layout is based on 3 x 48" (1/8") Carbon rod. Yields 144" circumference, which yields a diameter of 45.85" for the the frame. I arbitrarily decided on 45" for the diameter of the sail.
The template was made full size and then cut to 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/12 sections.
Thanks to CJQ and RevFlyer for answering some questions I had when it came to putting this together.
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wdrwilson
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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Location: Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Rich,
Looks very Cool!!  ...
How is it birdled?
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CJQ
Grand Champion
Joined: 27 Dec 2003
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Location: Coopersburg, PA - USA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:15 pm Post subject: Rang thing |
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Hey Rich , very clever. I tried Lee's toy out at Seaside It's great fun to fly , say! Good use of stuffer material. It's a bummer for me as Steve never ships my orders I just pick them up , so I never get scraps. Maybe I should ask him for the stuffing he would have used for my order. (ya right). Ho-Ho .
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woodpekr
Joined: 25 Nov 2003
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Location: USA Oregon Portland
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| wdrwilson wrote: | | How is it birdled? --Bill |
Right now, it's not really bridled. It's set up to use with the wand. There is a single line attached top and bottom, through a tab and around the frame. It's as tight as I can get it without deforming the frame. There's a snap swivel at the end of the control line from the wand. So when flying it with the wand, the snap swivel will shuttle back and forth on the top to bottom line. The top to bottom line (someone give me a better name) is the brilliant part of Lee's design. It allows the kite to keep traveling a bit when you've let the contol line all the way out.
Hold the wand in one hand, do a frisbee toss of the kite, and by waving the wand and manipulating the length of the string through the wand you can fly circles overhead and "pin ball" the kite all over the place.
Lee also flies these kites as a quad line. That's the next step for me this coming weekend.
I'll put pigtails at 60, 120, 240, & 300 degrees on the circle and have at it.
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Portland, Oregon
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knotronda
Kite Builder II
Joined: 22 Jan 2004
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Location: Lincoln City, OR USA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm thinking this would work well in Tyvek!! (A little spray paint. . .) Of course, in a no-sew version!
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woodpekr
Joined: 25 Nov 2003
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Location: USA Oregon Portland
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| knotronda wrote: | I'm thinking this would work well in Tyvek!! (A little spray paint. . .) Of course, in a no-sew version!
KR |
Lee Sedgwick mentioned that he has also done this kite in mylar.
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Portland, Oregon
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woodpekr
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Location: USA Oregon Portland
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Russ Mozier
Joined: 19 Dec 2003
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Location: Glassboro, NJ
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:15 am Post subject: Yfo |
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| Lee has named this kite the "Yfo". I first saw this kite in Wildwood last May. Lee was teaching my granddaughter Lacie to fly it. They were flying it as a quadline. Lee said it could also be flown as a dual line and a single line, he flew it as a single line in the indoor competition Memorial Day. Lacie asked Lee about getting one of the kites and Lee said for her to get me to build her one. He sent me a full size pattern for the skin and I finally got around to building it for her for Chriistmas, it's pink and black (her choice of colors). I still haven't figured out the bridle, Lee's description is "the bridle runs from the joining of two colors 90 degrees to the other side to the other two colors". I'm not sure if this is for 1, 2 or 4 line. I'll be taking the kite to Florida with me next week and I'll experiment with the bridle there, it's been too windy here to try it. |
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Russ Mozier
Joined: 19 Dec 2003
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Location: Glassboro, NJ
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:56 am Post subject: Lacie's kite |
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I forgot to put the photo of Lacie's kite in my last post so here it is
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KiteSquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
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Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:01 am Post subject: |
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High contrast!!!!! GREAT!!!!
It looks like the bear on the shelf want to go fly it!!!!!!
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King George VA
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