Furrylump - 4-7-2005 at 02:35 AM
Hi, i'm building a kite, and i want to make the shape a teeny bit like a bird. Anyway i was wondering if i used a design like two power kites joined
together with a small body, would it work?
I need it to be a serious kite not like one for little kids or something, but one which flies really well and works as a power kite.
dai_pie - 4-7-2005 at 01:28 PM
My initial thoughts are; sounds cool but could prove difficult to build.
My reasoning:
Power kites produce a lot of pull so anything trying to hold two together would have to be VERY strong, for the bird like appearance do you intend
to have a rigid body? The question over a rigid body is important as when power kites are crashed the can come down with a big thump but as they arent
rigid they simpley crumple then re-shape when launched - a rigid body may well break.
My final thought is how will you controll it - controlling one power kite can be hard, two would be even harder, but I'm sure theres a way, perhaps
using a controll bar and conecting the two sets of inner lines (nearest the birds body) in a Y
Anyhow it sounds cool and GOOD LUCK! :singing:
Furrylump - 5-7-2005 at 02:43 AM
I was going to have the middle rigid butnot sure about the rest
pgrepps - 10-7-2005 at 04:17 PM
This sounds interesting. I'm not a kite designer but have been reading alot about it on the web. Why not invent some bridling system to hold the
form of a trailing body and bird's tail while gaining all of the power from the bird's wings. The body and tail can simply be thought of as a tail to
the kite controlled or held into place using the bridling system. Use lines inside the seams instead of making it rigid.