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

Holy Man Micro

In the search of stability:  I have added a bungee bridle

(Skytex fabric, 6mm Carbon rods, 1,40m high)

see also Holy Man UL

Poppies

In Flanders Fields... 

  the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow 

                                                                           

                                             Thanks Pauline for the invitation