Excellent work, great to see it in the air.

Let see it in anger.

@zmax kudos for the kite!

SInce I came from hobby design world (kite-stuff.org) I'd be happy to support you with drtuba.eu items! Have a lot of stuff, contact me if you need anything.

PS: you'll remove flutter with simple triangle cut-offs between struts at TE (but play with correct lengths 1st) or place a simple batten there (maybe a better option for a start). I'd get rid of that Y front lines because you will get better behaviour from the kite if front lines are full length.

Thanks for the tip Gigi. I'll have to try that. Looks like you made several kite yourself. Your kites look very good! Nice video too. I like the progression of your kite designs, and looks like your construction has improved with each kite.

You're welcome! Sadly I have no time to do hobby stuff anymore...

AWESOME Build there --zmax-- !!!

FUN wasn't it ??
Learning something New, is as Fun as the Build !



Yes , All the above is true ; also, just the width of a pencil line off on the
applying of your seam-stick & parts will translate into a wrinkle on the TE.

After Ya figure out your TE, (trailing edge) you can apply This stuff to it and
keep it the intended way you designed for many years , they also sell seconds
to keep the price down.
http://www.kitebuilder.com/catalog/prod ... 5d3b2eaa6c

Bille

I Also got a Kite-Build going on ; will post progress on it
in a few weeks .

Bille


Ps : this place Also sells a good variety of Cool stuff, including
the reinforced Mylar sandwich.

http://www.sailrite.com/

Very cool and interesting!

Cool, glad somebody posted this thread, thanks zmax.

I have a few questions for people who are kite builder hobbyists here. I posted the same message on yahoo groups inflatodesign, re-posting it here just in case I get a faster response:

I am using the surfplan hobby software, and I just finished building the layout for a 3 meter inflatable bridled kite, printed the plan, taped the 90+ pages of layout pattern, and finally, the patterns have been cut to their appropriate individual pieces.

My materials have arrived (ripstop cloth, dacron, lines, bladder material, etc.), and I am now ready to trace my pattern to the cloth, cut and sew.

I noticed that the patterns do not include the sewing points for the bridle connections and valve positions for the leading edge and struts.

1) Is there a way in surfplan to include these items in the layout? Or, did I
just make a mistake on my plan and accidentally remove these marks?

2) If the sew points for the bridles are not shown in the hobby software, do I have to make the marks on my own in the pattern and then transfer the marks to cloth?

Regards,
Rey