thanks Ray maybe a good project with the grand kids. we used store bought kits bfore. and the string , well we used fishing line and a old small rod and casting reel . Lee
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:07:47AM +1100, Ray Boyce wrote: > Make a Box shaped work of art and watch it soar in the sky.Building and > flying kites is fun for kids of all ages. > Download <http://media.rd.com/dynamic/19/91/34/Make%20a%20Box%20kite.pdf> > Kite for Kids project PDF. > > These kites are constructed with 6mm timber dowels, called spares, with > short lengths of plastic tube for flexible joints. The sails are made of > Tyvek, a light, moisture-resistant, tough and inexpensive material. It's > easily decorated with paint or felt-tipped pens and doesn't tear easily. > Find Tyvek at hobby shops and speciality kite suppliers such as Kite Magic > (www.kitesite.com.au), along with kite flying lines on plastic handles. The > tails are made of lengths of nylon ribbon. > This design flies well in moderate winds. Run into the wind to launch the > kite and add a tail to the spar where the line connects if it needs extra > stability. > > STEP 1 > > Cut out and decorate > Cut two 1200 x 320mm rectangles of Tyvec and divide into quarters with a > pencil and decorate. Cut the spars with a handsaw. > TIP: Make sun designs using marker pen outlines, with poster paint infill, > decorating with glitter or streamers. > > STEP 2 > > Make the connectors > Cut 40mm lengths of 6mm PVC tube with a utility knife. Cut 75% through to > make right-angles, bending the tube back, sliding one end of the split tube > down so it exits via the slot. The remaining section is a coupling for > another spar. > > STEP 3 > > Position the long spars > Lay the sails face down, position the PVC connecters 150mm from the ends of > the spars, with the spars across each quarter. Fold the sails under and tape > the ends to form two boxes with the spars connecting them. > > STEP 4 > > Attach the cross spars > Feed the cross spars into the PCV tube, fitting one end into a connector, > flexing the other into the diagonally opposing connector, and repeating with > each cross spar to fully stretch the kite open. > > STEP 5 > > Finishing the kite > Attach the kite flying line to any one of the spars where it enters the > sail. For balance add a tail to the opposite end of the same spar. TIP Flex > the second spar to make both spars fit. > > Do you have a favourite design that you made when you were a kid and enjoyed > making and flying your kite, then let us know how it all went together. > > Ray > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- It's a bird.. It's a plane.. No, it's KernelMan, faster than a speeding bullet, to your rescue. Doing new kernel versions in under 5 seconds flat.. -- Linus, in the announcement for 1.3.27 Are you curious? Visit my web site: http://www.sedac.mailsent.net
