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kite

Larry's delta kite - made with rip-stop nylon and the old Singer 237. It is 60" (152 cm) wide and 30" (76 cm) high.



eddy

Larry's "Eddy" Kite - this one is 30" (76 cm) high and wide. It is made with nylon from an old car cover and the hems are glued with Aleene's Tacky Glue.



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sled

The Sled Kite by Larry
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ed-sm

The "Eddy" Kite by Larry
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del-kor

Here is Larry' small Eddy Kite
Click hereBuild an Eddy Kite for building instruction sheet (pdf)
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kor

Delta 46" from "Kites on a Roll"


super

The Super Flyer 46" by "Go Fly a Kite"


rr

The Wild Flyer 50" by "Funtastic"



kor

A small Delta 28" made with nylon, dowels and glue


super

A Wild Flyer, modified to make it a two line "stunt" kite


rr

A larger, 39" delta which is similar to the 28" delta


The two kites below were made from the book "The Great Kite Book" by Norman Schmidt.
The construction is of tyvek and dowels with glue, and they are painted with acrylics.
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bfly

Sasha, flying the Red Admiral at the beach


bsw

Larry, getting the Barn Swallow ready



wind

Here is my wind sock, sewn up with kite material
and blowing in a nice breeze


winder1

Also, from kite material,
the "spiral wind twister", a little wind indicator


winder2

Line winders made with wood, CD disks,
bolts, dowels,
and a pvc coupling


pac1

Larry's aerobatic (stunt) kite "The Sparrowhawk". Shown here with spars of wood. Waiting for the carbon to come.
It actually flew this way and did a few turns.


pac3

Here is wind sock (twister) #2. This one is 49" (125 cm) long and requires a little more wind to make it stand up and spin.



Tails will often help stabilize a kite and, what I like about them is they look great too. Here are a few of my kite tails.

pac1

This traditional kite tail has 80 pieces of nylon and is 10' (305 cm) in length.

pac3

The wind sock was not made as a tail but it works well behind my delta.

pac1

The tube tail here is about 4' (122 cm) but only 2" (5 cm) in diameter.


pac3

This was the first tail, made with pieces of tyvek and nylon.



Flying kites near trees is not very healthy for the kites. However, since we live in the forest, I do not have much choice
but to test fly among the trees. The wind is usually light—when it does come it is in short gusts.
The "flo-form" was launched from our lawn, with not much space to get it air-born.


iris

Here is the small "Iris-spinner" by Larry
The size is 36" (92 cm) in diameter.


flo

The Flo-Form 15
This kite is my biggest project,
so far. Lots of sewing.


col-edd

Larry's color "Eddy" kite.
Made of rip-stop nylon,
It measures 40" (102 cm).



The three pictures below are from a kite building workshop at "Pacifica, A Garden in the Siskiyous" for their Art Sunday
All of these kites, made by children and their parents, were from "Kites on a Roll" www.kitesonaroll.com


pac1

The Spider Man delta kite. The first one
completed at the workshop


pac3

Spirals, a beautiful yellow, green and white
color combination


pac4

Another great design. In the light breeze,
all the kites flew wonderfully well



iris

Lots of kites hanging in the Kite Shop and waiting for a breeze


iris

My "Ultrasonic Wind Speed Meter" - built from a kit and spare parts

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