Design and Construction

» Art & Flywork
   Kite building plans, tips and techniques.

   
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~pdj

» Bending Spars With A Coke Can
   Measurements of the relative stiffness and weight of spars.

   
   http://gamma.nic.fi/~sos/spars/cokecan.htm

» Bensontwins
   Tips for tuning a Tim Benson Gemini sport kite.

   
   http://home.versatel.nl/bensontwins/

» Chevron
   Detailed discussion of soft foil design and construction.

   
   http://www.chevron.tug.com/

» Chinese Kites
   Hints and tips for building Chinese kites.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1911/chinese.htm

» Hata Making
   Explains the traditional construction of the Japanese Hata.

   
   http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~et3m-tkkw/process.html

» Hobby Fanatic: Kites
   Power kite design and construction, buggy plans, trick kites, and photographs.

   
   http://www.hobbyfanatic.com/kites/

» Miniature Kite Designs
   A site dedicated to miniature kites including plans, kits, construction tips, building materials, photo galleries and contest results.

   
   http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/

» Ozon Scientific-Technical Center
   Russian site with tools for modeling the behaviour of textile structures interacting with fluid.

   
   http://www.mtu-net.ru/mosseev/rd.htm

» Team Triangle Kite
   Plans to build the Team Triangle and vented Team Triangle kite.

   
   http://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.

   
   http://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.

   
   http://robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites/