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Making Stunt Kites
Where To Find The Info You Need
A lot of people these days are interested in making stunt kites. Are you one of them? To save you the trouble, I've gone on a big web search to uncover as many books on this topic as I could find.
It turns out there's just a few very detailed and well-illustrated books that are very well known and widely used. However, there are also a number of older books that might be cheaper. You might still find something you want to build, each book of kite making instructions has its strengths. Maybe you'll come across something really unusual which will turn heads when other kite-flyers see it! Some general points... - No prices mentioned, most are quite cheap. You can nearly always get a second hand copy from eBay for just a few dollars!
- All editions below are paperback, some have hardback versions.
- I've tried to list the most recent book by the author, which specifically covers stunt kite construction.
- The German authors also have the same, or earlier, books available in German. As far as I know, the book by Peter Rieleit is only available in German.
- The books below are listed with the most recently published first.
| Title | The Kite Making Handbook | | Author(s) | Rossella Guerra and Giuseppe Ferlegna | | Publisher | David & Charles Publishers - March 2004 | | ISBN Number(s) | 0715318551,978-0715318553 |
128 pages. Mainly about single liners, but does have a section on making stunt kites. There are a few 2 and 4 line kite designs.
| Title | How to Make and Fly Stunt Kites | | Author(s) | Jeremy Boyce | | Publisher | Parragon Publishing 2001 | | ISBN Number(s) | 0752524356,978-0752524351,0-75256-336-X |
64 pages.
| Title | Making and Flying Stunt Kites and One-liners | | Author(s) | Wolfgang Schimmelpfenning | | Publisher | Sterling, July 1997 | | ISBN Number(s) | 0806908718,978-0806908717 |
80 pages, hardcover also available. Covers construction and flying of some more unusual stunt kites as well. For example, some with tails, domed wings and box structures.
| Title | Stunt Kites II | | Author(s) | Servaas van der Horst and Nop Velthuizen | | Publisher | The Netherlands, THOTH Publishers, May 1995 | | ISBN Number(s) | 9068680854,978-9068680850 |
This is the revised edition. An errata is available for the first edition.
| Title | Skywork II Experience | | Author(s) | Christine Schertel | | Publisher | self-published by Skywork-Agency, Hamburg 1993 | | ISBN Number(s) | none |
Stunt kite plans for the Arrow, Elegance, Nodronte, Flitz Jr., Wolkenstuermer 101, Hunter, Lite Flite S, Bombus and Stunt Starte. Does not contain a single photo, each kite is drawn as an aquarelle by the well-known German photographer Bernhard Maas.
| Title | Leistungsstarke Lenkdrachen zum Nachbauen | | Author(s) | Peter Rieleit | | Publisher | Ravensburger Verlag, 1993 | | ISBN Number(s) | 3-473-42286-X |
In German, 96 pages. Contains plans for making stunt kites (7) and stunt parafoils (3), amongst others. The title in English means 'Efficient Stunt Kites to Build'.
| Title | Swept Wing Stunt Kites | | Author(s) | Mark Cottrell | | Publisher | self published, 1990 | | ISBN Number(s) | none |
In depth treatment of the hows and whys of stunt kite design. The anatomy of a stunter explained. Why not be really well prepared for making stunt kites!
| Title | The Stunt Kite Book | | Author(s) | Fujino, Alison and Benjamin Ruhe | | Publisher | Philadelphia, PA Running Press 1989 | | ISBN Number(s) | 0894716972,9780894716973 |
There have been at least 2 printings of this book for making stunt kites.
| Title | One-Hour Kites | | Author(s) | Jim Rowlands | | Publisher | St Martin's Press, 1989 | | ISBN Number(s) | 0-312-03218-8 |
Emphasis on quick and easy!
Last updated: 29 Jun 2007
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