I now have the 7.6 npw9 all sewed together. Now to make the bridle lines and sew the nose darts and it will be ready to go. Here is a picture.

Susan (npw goddess)

Finished the 7.6 npw9. Here is a picture.

Susan (npw goddess)

Awesome looking npw, kitemaker!

I can't wait to get this kite - its going to be my main low wind buggy engine.

Hey guys, ive been reading through this thread and I am verry impressed with the amount of Nasa`s that kitemaker4 has been making . On a production line eh, well done.
Im over in England and have been flying NPW9`s for the last 8 years. Most of the time ive flown them on a two line bar connected directly to the bridles, flown in two line mode. Mostly on a mountain board.
At present I only have a 5.3m and a 3.4m NPW9, but have had the 7.6m and the 15m and another 5.3m ( was a spare but never got used as you know Nasa`s last forever. )
Keep up the good work,

Si

Oh, if anyone over here in England wants a 9m NPW5, I know a local guy who wants to get rid for a verry small price.

simon, you had a 15 sqm NPW9 ??? impressive ! how did you like it in low winds? was it able to pull you on the board, or was it to difficult to handle ?

It was great, but had a limited wind range. I got it for low winds and it worked great when other kites couldnt fly, and had a nice steady pull, trucking all over on the board, but as a sidways puller, my thighs got a REAL workout, and as soon as the wind picked up to 10mph, I was going downwind fast, even the board was being dragged sideways, curling the tyres. If I was a bit heavier than 11stone, maybe I could have managed it more. No lines method gave me a bit more wind range with it, but when the kite wanted to go somwhere, you just had to say ok , and go with it.
I bigger , heavier guy with a heavy buggy could manage it.

Thanks Simon for the kind words.

Susan (npw goddess)

Anyone made a NPW21?

I have not made anything as big as a 21 meter but it would not be a problem to make.

Susan (npw goddess)

I'm sorry I wasn't very clear, but I was asking about the design (NPW5,NPW9, NPW21,etc.)

what was improved from model 9 to model 21 ? is there a webpage?
i didnt know that model 21 exist. just heard about the high ar nasawing.

http://users.telenet.be/claeskites/
This is the only webpage I can find aside from the NASA reports. From what I can tell from the reports, the 21 has 12 fewer bridles, and different angle for the center panel. The reports show an increased lift to drag ratio, but not much. The main reason I was interested is the fewer bridle lines.

I did not know of the npw21. I do know about the high ar one. I have built several of the h. ar ones and did not like how they flew and went back to the npw9 model. There are two ways of bridling the nasa wings. The classic and the cascade. The cascade uses less bridle lines and that will decrease drag.

Susan ( npw goddess )

Susan, we talked at NABX about the bigger size NPW9(15m) and making the bridle lines longer. Do you think this is part of the change or difference in the NPW21? Any thought on the change, or did we forget? lol. I know I did.

I will have to go and study the site and see what they say about the bridle lines for the npw21.

Susan (npw goddess)

Jeff

From what I can remember talking in the desert was you were asking about making the brake lines longer. Am I correct.

Susan (npw goddess)

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Originally posted by bigkid Susan, we talked at NABX about the bigger size NPW9(15m) and making the bridle lines longer. Do you think this is part of the change or difference in the NPW21? Any thought on the change, or did we forget? lol. I know I did.

It took me a while but I found the nasa site that talks about all the models of nasa wings that nasa made years ago. The npw 21 model has the same amount of bridle lines as the npw5 and the center panel is different from the npw5. I could not find out if anyone has made any and used them as a buggy engine.

Susan ( npw goddess)

Susan, right about the length of the brake lines. Been working with the 15m and added some bridle material to all the lines,(where they connect to the last one at the end), Basically to flatten out the kite, because it resembles a parachute with the shorter bridles. We were able to fly in even less wind with about the same performance.
It's hard to watch and see the difference with out doing it yourself.
Just wondered if the 21 addressed that issue.

From what I read on the report of the npw 21 they did not talk about longer lines.

Susan (npw goddess)

We made the bridles 24" longer, was a lot of work extending each line.

You added 24 inches to each of the bridle lines where they attach to the kite? That would mean 48 extensions. Trying to understand what you did. Looks like I will be making a new kite and try out the longer bridle lines.

Susan (npw goddess)

Hi guys was wondering if anyone has made a NPW-HA im very interested in this kind of nasa wing but was wondering if it was any good or not thank you josh

Someone on the forum has made a npw-ha nasa wing. His user name in Van. I am not sure how it came out. I have found that the npw9 works best. I have made a few of the teega kites and they did not do as well as the npw9 so that is what I am sticking with for now.

Susan ( npw goddess )

cool thank you

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Originally posted by kitemaker4 Susan ( npw goddess )

Susan does make some great quality kites.

:roll: Hey Susan... I'll race ya to the water tower and back with one of my homemade kites against yours :wee:

Winner has to cook the Turkeys, and the loser has to carve them up...

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:roll: Hey Susan... I'll race ya to the water tower and back with one of my homemade kites against yours :wee: Winner has to cook the Turkeys, and the loser has to carve them up...

No problem but don't we do that already. :singing:

Susan (npw goddess)

It has been a while but this is what I am working on now to bring to nabx. This is the center panel for a npw9 9 meter.



Susan (npw goddess)

Great job - love it! Would be great to see the nasa when it's done.

Which seams did you use for that? I'm currently working on a similar piece for a single line kite and have some issue with 'pucking'.

I am using a straight stitch and zig-zag on the raw edges. Puckering happens when you do not line up the material and things are not coming out even. You can not be rushed on something like this. You have to line up everything. Good luck.

Susan (npw goddess)