Stars

 

There is much to say about the symbolic of all these stars.

Anyway, This Circoflex kite is a real eye catcher at your festival

See also:

Some data and plans on how to make a Circoflex

My Circoflex consists of 20 panels of 60 by 60 cm with gold colored stars stitched in. A panel of 5 cm (with seam) at the front containing a glass fibre rod of 4mm. At the back we have also a 5cm panel with a 2mm line to ply the fabric into a curve that increases the wind pressure. 12 bridles that joined in groups of 7 and 5, interconnected with a string to adjust the flight angle.      The inventors of the Circoflex are Tom Oostveen Helmut Schiefer my kite was built based on the info found on the website of Anthony Thyssen     (pictures: mieke.deblaere & Jeroen)

1000 holes

On other great picture of this kite in Sola; Norway
The plan
Cutting Edge

Vented Easy bol consist of 12 panels of 74cm -150 cm with 120 burned holes of 2cm in each panel. 8 meter bridle line

La Hulpe

 

Flying our kites at Solvay Castle in LaHulpe at the Folon Foundation

Some more links:

KAP Parc Solvay 

Oil

More than 10 meters of pipe...I am sure that they will need it.

(Made at the time that there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico) 

Some more info:

-  OIL I

-  OIL II

-  OIL III

Cutting edge

Rotor with a red cutting edge 

Based on the Easy Bol Plan found on different websites. Scaled down from the original plan by approximaty 50%. (see also "1000 holes"). Red Dacron reinforcement areas and Eyelet inserted for connecting the 12 bridle lines of 3 meter each.. Yields a bol of about 1,5 m in diameter when inflated and spinning

Some other pictures (Zeebrugge)

Some other pictures (Sola)

Plan 

Some more: The drawing
Some more: The palace of justice 
Some more: For my friend Bouch
Some more: Folon 

Fish

A Long fin Banner Fish based on a design of Robert Van Weers (New Zealand) . The Heniochus acuminatus is it’s scientific name. This piece of line art is1,75 cm tall.

53 on a string

 

The Malay kite with in the background a train of 53 Eddy kites

extras

Black & White

One out of a couple, This kite is combing the best design elements of a Sled and a Flare. Stable, strong, for light-wind and it flies at a high line angle. The Fled is my preferred KAP kite.  

Based on a plan of Bill Wilson at the Kitebuilders forum

Tahara

A newbie to my kitebag: The beautiful Tahara kite made by Karl Longbottom.

Karl added a nice feature to this traditional fighter kite; He integrated a wind harp onto the kite frame.

The sound of the  Aeolian kite instrument is giving that extra when flying this large fighter... Thanks Karl

 

The Cornish Flag

More info on this kiteplan: Check out the Japanese kite collection  or use public information of  Leon Chee Wan about the Tahara.

Birds

A flock of 11 birds on one single string

Some links:

- Birds-

- Birds on a single line

- Birds in Borneo

Deca 01

The Synergy deca A-1 kite was designed by Marc Ricketts - GuildWorks and was produced/made by Invento in 97 or 98.

The kites are now only made by Guildworks only sold directly ( you wont find them in the kite

stores or on the Invento website)). Marc Ricketts put the first synergy deca on the market 10 years ago in 94.

Synergetic Skies,

Marc Ricketts

GuildWorks

2322 Atwood Ave.

Madisoon, Wi 53704

608 249 2725

What is a Synergetic Series Kites?
Dynamic and sculptural in design, three-dimensional and feature a state-of-the-art Tensegrity framework combined with a tension-suspended, aerodynamically-shaped sail. Tensegrity, short for tensional integrity, is a system where the spars do not touch each other, but are suspended in a continuous network of integrated tension lines. Tensegrity is one of the lightest yet strongest structural systems known.(According to Marc Ricketts)
On other Synergetic kite (it's not a Guildworks one)

Edo

Kite-flying was very popular in Tokyo since the Edo period.  "Edo" is the old name for: "Tokyo". This beautiful rectangular kite, called Edo is flown with 14 red bridle lines each 20 meter long. 

Left over

Nona

I designed this small kite as a birthday present for Nona.    Now I am building custom made kites for all kind of opportunities… think about; A birthday present, A party or just because an "I love you" present

Some other examples:

Special for Helena 

Special for Roos

Special for Arno 

Special for Zora 

Special for Nona 

Special for Arthur 

SnakeRok

 

A traditional Japanese fighter kite with a beautiful snake applique

Rokkaku dako => From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rokkaku dako(六角凧) is a traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite. Traditionally it is made with bamboo spars and washi paper. The rokkaku kite is often hand painted with the face of a famous Samurai. The structure is a vertically-stretched hexagon with a four-point bridle. One spar runs from tip to toe and there are two cross-spars. Flown on a taut string the kite is stable and rises rapidly. When the line is released the kite tumbles until tension is put on the line, at which point it takes off in the direction of the spine. Fighting two or more of these kites involves tipping over or destabilizing the opposing kite or cutting its kite line or bridle.

Stability can be increased by bowing the cross spars, making the kite stable enough to fly without a tail. The rokkaku kite is often used for kite aerial photography and in atmospheric science, thanks to its large surface area and simple construction.

UFO

 

UFO (Ultimate Fun Object) based on Lee Sedgwick’s design -> Revolution.      The original UFO got the most innovative award at the AKA Convention in Seaside (2007). The disc shaped kite is about 1m in diameter and can be flown in quad-line, single line and no-wind single line configurations. 4mm fibre spare.

Tribal

Skyship

This kite has a tensigrity design.  According to Wikipedia: Tensegrity or tensional integrity is a property of structure with an integrity based on a balance between tension and compression components. 

To see some other kites based on this technique; click here and/or  here

To see a drawing of this Sky Ship

Slip

The long way home

Some pictures taken at an indoor session in the new palace of Justice in Antwerp, just before closing time...
Thanks to Evi for these nice pictures.

antwerpen vlinderpaleis

The long way home from Horvath

manufacturer	horvath.ch: swiss made
ready for shipping . . .	standard colors: 11 workdays, special colors: 15 workdays
wing span	2.74 m, 9 ft
weight	114 g, 4 oz
wind range	zero, lightwind to gentle wind
sail	icarex, reinforcements dacron and ul-kevlar, precision cnc cutted
color	4 bright standard and many special colors
frame	balanced pairs of smoothed skyshark 2pt and a mix of ul-carbon and fiberglass components
pack size	min. 1'140 mm, tube 1'140 mm ø 50 mm
line included	none
recommended lines	zero.7 for up to 250 m, zero.6 for very high flights
accessories	black sandproof tube, vinyl cap for extreme glides, fieldcard and flightcard
characteristic	steady glides combined with agility, loves broad space and very high flights

Delta Wing

A leading Edge of 2m20

Holy Man UL

A Holy man Ultra light 1,50 m wide and 2m high, The total sail surface is 2.4m².  Made with 7 Skyshark rods type: II P2X;   Sail: Black Skytex fabric 36gr/m², 170 holes of 2 cm.   Bridle and flying line: Climax Blackline.

For those really low wind days.   To be used with ultra light RIG . 

This  Holy Man UL is pulling up my standard RIG (700gr) in a wind of 6km/h (1 a small 2 Bft)

For more pictures at the low wind speed;  Click here  (Doel: is a small village near Antwerp surrounded by the harbor and a nuclear reactor. There are clear plans to demolish the whole village to expand the harbour furthermore.

Go to part II

Some drawings