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Bob and Charmayne's kites 2000 |
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Bob and Charmayne's kites 2000 |
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Wadsworth Spinning Boxes or what we call Wadsworth Rotators. A great kite designed by England's Nicolas Wadsworth. |
| Bat kite. This kite is far different than the
little trash bag bat. Big and durable.
Later he was joined by 2 more. |
 In 1991, Manfred Uphoff of Germany used what he
found in a kite book to make “der Fledermaus”. We saw it in Fanø and needed
one! Or a colony! Ralf Dietrich wrote the article for Drachen Magazin,
from which we got our plan. We later wrote an article for the AKA magazine
KITING, translating and expanding Ralf's Drachen Magazin article. |
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The Indian was the second in our Hi-Flier replica series. The Jolly Roger was the first and we built him in May, shortly followed by the Indian Chief. This became a long term and fun project. |
This is the Roloplan kite we made this
spring to take to Fano. The Roloplan was the Fanø Classic kite for 2000. |
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Dot, the Koi. Dot is a real Japanese koi. He lives in our pond with 4 other koi plus three goldfish. Dot, the Koi kite is about 2 meters tall and is patterned after a tiny kite by Japanese kite master Nobuhiko Yoshizumi. We used Design Master spray paint to get the decoration on him. We broke all of Scott Hampton's "painting on ripstop rules" but he looks good in the sky anyway! It was just an experiment. Little did we know how well he would fly! We plan on a few of his buddies to be joining Dot in the sky but will be waiting for warmer weather for future painting. Dot went to India with us. Good thing! He is a floater and we surely needed light wind kites in India. We can fly him with a single or 2 point bridle. Update 3/2020. Dot is still flying! |
| The start of a new line of line junk. |
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We thought a Peter Lynn pilot kite might travel well and be another lifting kite. It is a soft kite (no rods) so this gives it some disadvantages if the wind isn't smooth. It will hold up line laundry but not nearly what our 2-meter parasleds can carry. After some slight modifications we have deemed it a success but it is not our first choice for a lifter kite. It is better used as a pilot or helper kite for giant soft kites.
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A prototype kite. It is small, perhaps 18 inches
tall. With the tail, it is a good flier. It is a ripstop meteor! |
