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The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by bethekidyouwant »

you can get some amazing kites on aliexpress these days, the (innovative to me) reel winder took the last annoyance of kite flying out of the equation and the kids love them. I seems like the rigging from flying wings is the big innovation that could have been solved(discovered?) years ago but was not...

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Post by samudrijan »

We used to fight kites when I was a kid. Bamboo frame, shield kites, really maneuverable. We’d line the first 20m of string with a mix of glue and ground glass.

If a kite was cut loose, whoever caught it could keep it, so naturally everyone ran after a free floating kite.

If you were really good you could entangle the freed kite in your kite tail or string and reel it in.

Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by sriacha »

bethekidyouwant wrote: post #2

you can get some amazing kites on aliexpress these days, the (innovative to me) reel winder took the last annoyance of kite flying out of the equation and the kids love them. I seems like the rigging from flying wings is the big innovation that could have been solved(discovered?) years ago but was not...

Can you recommend some specific ones?

Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by bethekidyouwant »

sriacha wrote: post #4
bethekidyouwant wrote: post #2

you can get some amazing kites on aliexpress these days, the (innovative to me) reel winder took the last annoyance of kite flying out of the equation and the kids love them. I seems like the rigging from flying wings is the big innovation that could have been solved(discovered?) years ago but was not...

Can you recommend some specific ones?

I guess "Orca Kite" for beginner/with kids but if you want to have fun get a small flying wing, aka "kite surfing trainer"

Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by murillians »

sriacha wrote: post #4
bethekidyouwant wrote: post #2

you can get some amazing kites on aliexpress these days, the (innovative to me) reel winder took the last annoyance of kite flying out of the equation and the kids love them. I seems like the rigging from flying wings is the big innovation that could have been solved(discovered?) years ago but was not...

Can you recommend some specific ones?

Emmakites on aliexpress is a well recommended seller in the kite community

Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by dwa3592 »

samudrijan wrote: post #3

We used to fight kites when I was a kid. Bamboo frame, shield kites, really maneuverable. We’d line the first 20m of string with a mix of glue and ground glass. If a kite was cut loose, whoever caught it could keep it, so naturally everyone ran after a free floating kite. If you were really good you could entangle the freed kite in your kite tail or string and reel it in.

this reminded me of my childhood.

Re: The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

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Post by zabzonk »

samudrijan wrote: post #3

We used to fight kites when I was a kid. Bamboo frame, shield kites, really maneuverable. We’d line the first 20m of string with a mix of glue and ground glass. If a kite was cut loose, whoever caught it could keep it, so naturally everyone ran after a free floating kite. If you were really good you could entangle the freed kite in your kite tail or string and reel it in.

Can be very dangerous: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37115032

Actually, a large kite (I know fighters are not large) can be dangerous without glass on the string.

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