Completely forgot about a kite I made a long time ago....
Was found by my brother in my father's old house.
I will see if I can post a picture from my phone. Edit...I can't because the file size is too big.
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Completed . . . about 1981.
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Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
And here you go:
Sewing . . . terrible. Also, four too many spar segments (doubled in the apex of each sail). Sail material - terrible (an old cotton sheet, IIRC). But it makes me happy anyway. I had completely forgotten about this kite.
Sewing . . . terrible. Also, four too many spar segments (doubled in the apex of each sail). Sail material - terrible (an old cotton sheet, IIRC). But it makes me happy anyway. I had completely forgotten about this kite.
Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
Neat! Did it fly?
Bill
Bill
Photos of my kites: http://basicbill.com/search/Bills+kites
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Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
Yes, but not well. IIRC, it needed a LOT of wind, and one of the dowels broke. There's a second splinted dowel glued / hand sewn next to another one (just as badly sewn as the rest of the kite). I'm going to bring it back to Illinois and if we get a REALLY windy day, I'll bring it out. Probably will need a tail to give it some stability.
For years, I've been thinking I wanted to make a tetra, and I've always liked the geometric qualities of those kites. Now I think I know why . . . but of course it's making me concerned about what else I've forgotten . . . .
For years, I've been thinking I wanted to make a tetra, and I've always liked the geometric qualities of those kites. Now I think I know why . . . but of course it's making me concerned about what else I've forgotten . . . .
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Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
Yep, homemade tie dye. I think I went to a summer session at the school or something where we made tie dye, and then I took a sheet and made some more. I probably made my mom crazy - hey, take me to the hobby store to get dye, and give me a sheet to cut up!
Of course, if I want to redo that kite now, I'd have to figure out how to tie dye sailcloth . . . and I don't think that technique works on ripstop nylon.
Of course, if I want to redo that kite now, I'd have to figure out how to tie dye sailcloth . . . and I don't think that technique works on ripstop nylon.
Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
Unique. I think that may be the only mono-chromatic tie dye in the entire world.
Bill

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Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
Love the dye job. Shows how creative you were in 81. 

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Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
basicbill wrote:Unique. I think that may be the only mono-chromatic tie dye in the entire world.![]()
Bill
Well, I think 30+ years of fading may have have had something to do with it.
And robbie . . . . . yeah, I don't know what happened to that kid. He had a lot more free time back then.
Re: Completed . . . about 1981.
I know what happened to that kid. It's a thing called life. We all have to live it. The good and the bad.
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