Design and Construction

Art & Flywork :

- Kite building plans, tips and techniques.
Bending Spars With A Coke Can :

- Measurements of the relative stiffness and weight of spars.
Bensontwins :

- Tips for tuning a Tim Benson Gemini sport kite.
Chevron :

- Detailed discussion of soft foil design and construction.
Chinese Kites :

- Hints and tips for building Chinese kites.
Hata Making :

- Explains the traditional construction of the Japanese Hata.
Hobby Fanatic: Kites :

- Power kite design and construction, buggy plans, trick kites, and photographs.
Miniature Kite Designs :

- A site dedicated to miniature kites including plans, kits, construction tips, building materials, photo galleries and contest results.
Ozon Scientific-Technical Center :

- Russian site with tools for modeling the behaviour of textile structures interacting with fluid.
Team Triangle Kite :

- Plans to build the Team Triangle and vented Team Triangle kite.
Traction Foil Design :

- Design and building instructions for ram-air foils and inflatable sled-style foils using CAD type software.
WW2 Target Kites :

- Details of Paul Garber's World War II naval gunnery target kites. Includes contemporary instruction manual and patent data.