Kitecraft

The kite is usually made of a framework of wood, is lashed together with cord, strung with cord according to design, and finally is covered with paper; but in each case some oth...

=The Bridle.= The kite is not supposed to be finished until the bridle (or belly band) is attached. Nearly all kites require a bridle, a very few have the kite line tied directl...

Kites are so numerous in kinds and design nowadays that, in order to get at any kind of intelligent discussion of them, it will be necessary to segregate them into classes and v...

The tailless continues to be the most popular of all the kites. No matter how artistic, how representative, how curious, or how mechanical the new kites may be, the tailless is...

=The tailless kites= are nearly all constructed so as to have a keel projecting out to the front. In order that the keel may be of more service, the covering is not stretched ti...

=Box-kites= were a new invention a very few years ago. People said, “No use trying to put a drygoods box up in the air,” and yet something very similar in shape has been success...

=Straight Extension of Surfaces.= One of the most efficient and popular kites in the combined construction group is the two spined tailless, called the house kite, and the trian...

Kites may be decorated in three general ways. Piece work in covering; overlaying, called aplaca; and brush work. The decoration of kites presents some unique problems. The great...

All are more or less familiar with the piece of paper with a hole in it that is slipped over the string of a kite high in the air. The wind catches it and whirls it along, until...

Most of the moving devices on kites are operated best by means of windmills. The windmill can be placed back of the kite out of sight. Various movements can be devised such as o...

These devices are usually suspended from the kite line. It is necessary to have enough suspension cords attached to prevent twisting up with the main line. Most of the devices w...

=Balloons= that really go up are always attractive but by thoughtful planning they can be made much more beautiful. A nice white balloon against a blue sky is very pleasing, but...

=Reels= are very convenient for most kite flying and quite necessary for high flying where so much string must be let out and wound in again, but an absolute necessity for event...

It will be seen at a glance that this chapter should be expanded into a book by itself. Mr. Collins has written an excellent book, “The Second Book of Model Aeroplanes”, on the...

=In group C= is to be found the most profitable source of study for the self-propelling model aeroplane. The glider has no motor and no propeller, but is made on the plan of the...

=Self-propelling air devices= must be of the lightest possible weight and yet they must have strength. There will be no attempt to give a great variety of model aeroplanes; but...

3. Built up propellers. In this type a small block is used as a hub, and the wood or metal fans are projected out from this. The fans are attached on the diagonal.

All of the work of construction and flying of kites is interesting and profitable for development yet there is opportunity for furthering this interest by bringing about yearly...

The newspapers are glad to publish notices and pictures, and some will even print plans of work free. They are very persistent in getting reports of the tournament, so the judge...

Kite making and kite flying have been enjoyed for centuries in the orient and for a good many years in this country, and will continue as a seasonal sport for perhaps all time....

Hunter, H. C. _The modern kite and the government experiments._ Outing 39:43 _Investigation of the upper atmosphere by means of kites._ J. Soc. Arts 50:858 Blackw. 179:743 Liv....