E-book Category: Hobbies
E-book Title: 8 MBK Kites To Make - The Complete 2-Skewer Series
Book Description: This PDF eBook is a collection of useful information for making and flying 8 different kinds of medium-sized single-line kites. These designs fly best in light to moderate wind conditions, but some cope well with very fresh breezes also.
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...
The term '2-Skewer' refers to the fact that the basic 'building block' of these kites is 2 bamboo BBQ skewers, joined end-to-end. Also, except for the Delta, all the designs have a wing-span equal to the length of 2 skewers. A common size for these skewers is 29 c.m., or about 1 foot. This makes the kites just over half a meter (about 2 feet) across. Hence it's not hard to clear enough space on a table somewhere to start construction.
These MBK kites require minimal tools: just a ruler, marking pen and scissors!
Also, the materials are dirt-cheap: sticky tape, bamboo skewers, wood glue and plastic bags!
The eBook is a selection and compilation of information from the My Best Kite website, drawn from 3 areas: - plans and tips from the Kite Plans pages
- detailed instructions from the How To Make A Kite pages, complete with all photos
- selected blog posts from the Kite Flying Blog, which describes some actual flying experiences with each kite!
Get ready to have some building and flying fun!
ALSO:
There is a previously unpublished photo of each kite in flight, and ...
For many of the kites, there is a hyperlink back to a 20 second movie of the kite in flight! See what your creation will actually look like, moving about in the air.
PDF file info: - 92 pages of kite-making information and photos - but it's easy to print out just 1 or 2 kites' info if you want!
- there are plans and template graphics for each kite
- there are more than 70 photos illustrating the building steps...
- as well as 9 close-up photos and 7 launch photos of these high-performance kites in flight!
- contains a detailed 3-page Table of Contents
- suits any computer that has a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat
- file size is 3.9 Mb (all those photos take a bit of space)
Have fun looking over all the different designs. Then pick one, build one, and ... in the nicest possible way of course, go fly a kite! :-) More... | 
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