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Thorough, expert guide with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions for creating more than 50 awesome, airborne objects -- everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers. The author also covers windsocks and toy parachutes. "It's like having a veteran kitemaker in the classroom." --" Science and Children."
| Introduction | |
| Classroom Kites | p. 3 |
| Wind Scale | p. 12 |
| Flying, Bridles, Lines, Knots, Reels | p. 13 |
| Fabric Kites | p. 17 |
| Kite Directory | p. 24 |
| Kites to Make | |
| Vietnamese Kites | |
| Vietnamese Kite | p. 26 |
| Vietnamese Bag Kite | p. 28 |
| Snake Kites | |
| Siamese Snake Kite | p. 29 |
| Bag Snake Kite | p. 32 |
| Plastic Snake Kite | p. 34 |
| Fabric Snake Kite | p. 35 |
| Paper Kites | |
| Paper Kites | p. 38 |
| Dutch Kite | p. 40 |
| Paper Dragon Kite | p. 42 |
| Sled Kites | |
| Sled Kites | p. 44 |
| Kite Safety | p. 44 |
| Trashbag Sled Kite | p. 45 |
| Mini-Sled Kite | p. 46 |
| Stapled Sled Kite | p. 48 |
| Fabric Hornbeam Sled Kite | p. 50 |
| Bookmark Sled Kite | p. 51 |
| Bullet Kites | |
| Mini Bullet Kite | p. 52 |
| Plastic Bullet Kite | p. 54 |
| Fabric Bullet Kite | p. 56 |
| Square Kites | |
| Whole Bag Kite | p. 58 |
| Plastic Fantasmo Kite | p. 60 |
| Fabric Square Kite and Diamond Kites | p. 62 |
| Eddy Kites | |
| Eddy Kites | p. 64 |
| Conover Eddy Kite | p. 66 |
| Traditional Eddy Kite | p. 68 |
| Lee Toy's Eddy Kite | p. 70 |
| Delta Kites | |
| Delta Kites | p. 71 |
| Little Delta Kite | p. 72 |
| One-Piece Delta Kite | p. 74 |
| Tony Cyphert's Delta Kite | p. 76 |
| Joseph Lee Delta Bird Kite | p. 78 |
| Harper's Ferry Delta Kite | p. 82 |
| Zephyr Delta Kite | p. 84 |
| Box Kites | |
| Trashbag Box Kite | p. 86 |
| Mini Winged Box Kite | p. 88 |
| Fabric Box Kites | p. 90 |
| French Military Kite | p. 90 |
| Winged Square Box Kite | p. 92 |
| Corner and Facet Kites | |
| Single-Cell Corner Kite | p. 94 |
| Two-Cell Corner Kite | p. 96 |
| Facet Kites, General | p. 97 |
| Four-sided Facet Kite | p. 98 |
| Five-sided Facet Kite | p. 100 |
| Flow Form Kites | |
| Flow Form Kite | p. 104 |
| Flow Form Kite Instructions | p. 106 |
| Kite Tails, Bags, and Windsocks | |
| Tails | p. 108 |
| Kite Bags | p. 110 |
| Streamer Windsock | p. 111 |
| Ribbon Windsock | p. 112 |
| Fabric Windsock | p. 114 |
| Parachute | p. 116 |
| Resources | |
| Resources: Books, Magazines, Materials | p. 118 |
| Index | p. 120 |
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ISBN: 9780486452951
ISBN-10: 0486452956
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 132
Published: 27th October 2006
Dimensions (cm): 27.8 x 21.2
x 0.9
Weight (kg): 0.358
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