KiteProject

supplies - initial kite

plastic bag

straws

tape

string, thread

stick

supplies - student designed kite

• sheeting material

plastic bag, tyvek,

light paper, newspaper, tracing paper

• struts

straws, dowel, skewers,

tape

• line

string, thread, strong and light, something to wrap it on

Links

Kitebuilder forums - http://www.kitebuilder.com/forums/

Peter's kite site - http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/p.j.f.peters/kites/index.html

Kite Train tips - http://www.kitelife.com/archives/099/indoors.htm

plans

kite train with several designs - http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue38/nosecrets38/index.htm

Super Easy Starter Kite - http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/super_easy_starter_kite.html

Starter Kite Instructables - http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/8F57984651331029AC23001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS

Teach Engineering - http://teachengineering.com/view_activity.php?url=http://www.teachengineering.com/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_building_tetrahedral_kites/tetrahedral_kites.xml

Kite Project by undergrads at WPI - http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/f/kitereport.doc