Dowel Sled Kite - Light Wind Version

A Big High-Performance Sled

This PDF eBook is a collection of useful information for making and flying a high-performance light-wind Sled kite.

At 1.1 meters (3.6 feet) tall, it's a fairly large Sled compared to the typical small designs sold to children from kite shops. As long as the air is smooth, for example in a sea breeze, this kite will achieve very high line angles in light to moderate wind strengths.

The eBook can be read off a computer screen, but is designed to be printed off and put in a binding of some sort. This handy kite-making reference would even make a great birthday or Christmas gift for a kite-mad friend!

Use this eBook to ensure your big home-made kite is...

• accurately made
• light and strong
• properly balanced
• easily connected to various flying lines
• and hence, a great flier!

Benefit from my many hours of trial and error!

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The cost? Just $3.95 USD for the opportunity to build a sizable Sled kite that is easy to transport and quick to set up!

Any round hard-wood dowel, such as oak, can be used for this kite. This design is 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall, and somewhat more than this across when laid flat. However, it's not hard to clear enough space on a floor somewhere to start construction.

What's more...

This Sled kite requires minimal tools: just a ruler, marking pen, scissors and a small cheap hack-saw!

Also, the materials are dirt-cheap: sticky tape, electrical insulation tape, dowels, wood glue and plastic bags!

Get ready to have some building and flying fun!

Being a roll-up Sled kite, it's a slim 1.2 meter (4 feet) package that will fit just about anywhere. Strapped to a bicycle, tossed in the back of a car or even a backpack. Even a large suit-case could probably fit this kite diagonally across, so you could take it on a plane.

Measurement Units:

Chances are you have already browsed through quite a few kite designs on the Web. The measurements are either in Metric, Imperial or some kind of generic units. Too bad if your accustomed measurement unit isn't there...

Guess what... This eBook gives you all 3!

Every measurement is in Metric and Imperial units. Do you like to scale kite plans up or down? No problem, all measurements are also quoted in Dowel Lengths (DL), where 1.0DL is the flat wing-span of the kite. That's all the measurements on the Plan graphic, Template graphic as well as every reference to a measurement in the text. For example, 0.5DL (600mm, 24").

The last revision was in October 2009, when Metric and Imperial units were added for all measurements.

PDF file info:

(Don't have Adobe Reader? Get it here, so you can read PDF files.)

• a total of 27 pages of kite-making information and photos
• plans and template graphic
• there are 10 photos illustrating the building steps, plus in-flight photo and launch photo
• Appendix 1 goes into extra detail on the tools and materials requirements, with photos
• Appendix 2 goes into extra detail on making a simple but highly effective winder and preparing the flying line, illustrated with 11 photos and a diagram
• Appendix 3 goes into extra detail on the knots required, with 33 illustrative photos (not all of these knots are required for the Sled kite, but they are handy to know)
• contains a detailed Table of Contents
• suits any computer that has a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat
• file size is 1.4 Mb (all those photos take a bit of space)

You just can't go wrong with all that info!

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Click here to buy this eBook and download it. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, delivery might take from a few seconds to perhaps a minute or 2.

The cost? Just $3.95 USD for the opportunity to build a Sled kite that is capable of flying as steeply as a good Delta!

If any questions or problems arise, feel free to contact me.

Wishing you Good Winds!

Last updated: 11 Jan 2010