Sled kite

The kite does not have hard parts; almost any raincoat fabric is suitable for its manufacture. You will also need a sewing machine and some experience using it. The shape of this kite is maintained by "balloons" inflated by the wind. Cylinders have the shape of a narrowing cone and when air passes inside, excess pressure is formed, which gives the cylinders spatial rigidity sufficient to maintain the shape of the entire kite. No rigid and supporting inserts are required for a kite when properly manufactured.

We make fabric patterns. Details 1,3 and 4 must be made in 2 pieces, right and left. To do this, we fold the fabric in half, pin the patterns with needles and cut out along the contour. We get two details at once. Part 2 - the central panel - is required in the amount of 1 piece. All received parts must be correctly oriented to the fabric in the direction of weaving the threads, which is indicated by a cross on the patterns.

We sew the details of the kite. The connection diagram of the parts is shown in the figure. The seam allowance is 1 cm. We sew with a straight stitch, we make the stitch step maximum 4-5 mm. If there is little experience in sewing, then I recommend pre-chopping the seam with needles. The seams must be straight, otherwise there will be antics and folds on the finished kite in the flying position.

We make a tail. A kite of this design necessarily needs a tail. There are two of them in our model. From the remnants of the fabric, we cut strips 7-10 cm wide, sew the strips into long ribbons, the longer the better. You should end up with two ribbons at least 5 meters long each. The edges of the ribbons can be folded over to prevent fraying. The tails are sewn to the trailing edge of the kite next to the balloons. It is enough to sew with one line, which is superimposed directly on the already made hem line.

The tail can be made of any design, for example, as in the video at the bottom of the article. The main thing is that it should be massive enough, in terms of the area of the spent fabric, it should be at least half of the kite's dome itself.

We make dome slings and rails. There are only two dome lines. To attach them to the corners of the leading edge, we sew two loops made of a sling about 1 cm wide. Dome slings are tied to the loops. The length of each dome sling is 1.5-2 meters, always the same length. Well, we are already attaching a handrail to the junction of the under-dome slings.

The next step is to test your new kite. Wait for a good wind, find a place where the wind is even and there are no wind eddies from standing objects. Unwind about 5 meters of the rail and let the assistant straighten the kite with his hands and, as soon as he puffs up, let him go. The kite will soar up, and you just have to slowly unwind the railing to its full length.