Design and Construction

Art & Flywork - Kite building plans, tips & techniques.
www.xs4all.nl/~pdj

Bending Spars With A Coke Can - Measurements of the relative stiffness and weight of spars.
gamma.nic.fi/~sos/spars/cokecan.htm

Bensontwins - Tips for tuning a Tim Benson Gemini sport kite.
home.versatel.nl/bensontwins/

Chevron - Detailed discussion of soft foil design and construction.
www.chevron.tug.com/

Chinese Kites - Hints and tips for building Chinese kites.
www.geocities.com/SoHo/1911/chinese.htm

Hata Making - Explains the traditional construction of the Japanese Hata.
www.asahi-net.or.jp/~et3m-tkkw/process.html

Hobby Fanatic: Kites - Power kite design and construction, buggy plans, trick kites, and photographs.
www.hobbyfanatic.com/kites/

Kite Kapers - Building guide for a Peter Lynn look-alike kite buggy. Detailed description with illustrations.
kitekapers.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Miniature Kite Designs - A site dedicated to miniature kites including plans, kits, construction tips, building materials, photo galleries and contest results.
miniatures.kitingusa.com/

Ozon Scientific-Technical Center - Russian site with tools for modeling the behaviour of textile structures interacting with fluid.
www.mtu-net.ru/mosseev/rd.htm

Team Triangle Kite - Plans to build the Team Triangle and vented Team Triangle kite.
www.freewebs.com/kites/plans.htm

Traction Foil Design - Design and building instructions for ram-air foils and inflatable sled-style foils using CAD type software.
foilivier.free.fr

WW2 Target Kites - Details of Paul Garber's World War II naval gunnery target kites. Includes contemporary instruction manual and patent data.
robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites/