Mike wrote:A 4 meter rotor? That's huge! Is a rotor like a bol or basket?
And a 68 cell catherines wheel!
Dude, with all the stuff you've already made you will own the sky!
We'll have to rope off an area at the next festival just for you.
Or how about a section just for people named Chris? (with a guest membership for Ken

)
I'm not messing around anymore....
The 68 cell (it was supposed to be a 64 cell but I screwed up my count somehow...lol) is really big.... it's amazing how exponential the sizing is! almost 600 feet of bridle in 2 tiers... I just wish I could fly it and get outside long enough to connect them all inside of each other..
The rotor is from over on the Kitebuilders forum.
I had some 1.5oz, 60" wide so I decided to build it full scale... cut out 12 rectangles 55.75" x 15.5" and will cut them diagonally to get my triangular pieces... each one has a folded hem and right now, I just need to figure out how (and how others) hem it down to the sharp edge that sits as the inner ring....... the full diameter is just short of 4 meters and is going to use a lot of bridle as there is an attachment at both the inner and outer ring, all cascaded down to the swivel...
Tonight, I start sewing... Then, I'm going to have to build some kind of heavy lifter to get all my crap up in the air at once... I like the Trefoil Delta shown in this thread holding the rotor up
http://www.kitebuilder.com/forums/viewt ... ight=rotor.
I suppose by the time you get back, I'll have a few things done as I just can't seem to find the energy to sit down and do nothing... Elie REALLY wants a 'Spikey Ball' too so I'll have to get going on that one..
Chris found a nice sewing store this week near us and they seem very interested in what we are sewing up... either that, or they are just amazed that there really are men out there who can be man-ly and like to sew...
I was also talking with Chris about projects we could do as club projects, especially since the weather sicks... I mentioned that banners/feathers, etc with the IKE logo might be a good project for 'club sew' rather than a 'club fly'until the weather breaks and we can stand outside for a few hours...