MY KITES II- GALLERY

John Maxworthy, Long Island, NY.
Updated: July 13, '01

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The following images are reduced photos of kites I have built and enjoy flying.
Click on the image to bring up a larger picture.

With faster modems in use since this page was originally setup, I have started to replace
the images with larger files sizes to provide better clarity.
Those images replaced have the kite name in bold type.

Cellular, built 1995
5 1/2 ft long x 8 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing, graphite tubing
Comments: A photograph of a similar design appeared in Dracken magazine in 1995.

Cellular, built 2000
5 1/2 ft long x 8 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing, graphite tubing
Comments: Same design as above but has additional circular openings in front of body.

Modified Cross Deck - Cellular, built 1995
5 ft high x 5 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing, graphite tubing
Comments: original cross deck construction plans in Kite Lines, summer 1993 by Carl Crowell.

Cellular, built 1995
4 1/4 ft deep x 5 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, 3/8" dia. wood dowels
Comments: So many kites only have a nice appearance from directly below;
this one has an interesting side profile also.

Stone Mountain, built 1994
7 ft wide x 3 1/2 ft deep, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, .188" & .250" dia graphite tubing.
Added yellow fabric panels & changed spars to all graphite in 1999.
Comments: Has large lift area and very stable design.
Original design by Mr. Robert Stanfield. Construction destails are mine.

Flare, built 1993
3 ft long x 5 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing
Comments: design in book, Making & Flying Kites, 1988 by Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig.

Cellullar, built 1995
7 ft wide x 5 ft deep, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass & graphite tubing.
Comments: takes forever to assemble, but has a different look in the sky.

Rok, built 1995
9 ft high x 7 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing
Comments: Graphic is M.C. Escher's "Sky and Water I".

Cellular, built 1993
6 ft high x 9 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, 3/8" dia wood dowels & fiberglass tubing.
Comments: design in book, The Kite Store Book Of Kites, 1988 by Mark Cottrell.
It is called the "Multi Jib" by Mr.Cottrell.

Cellular / Box, built 1996
7 1/2 ft high x 6 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing & graphite tubing.
Comments: shape is similar to a cross deck but somehow looks like a cody.
flies in very lite winds because of large sail area and graphite spars.

Cellular / Box Model, built 1996
15" high x 10" wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, 3/32" fiberglass rod.
Comments: This is actually a model I made to test the spar tensioning
method of the above Cellular/Box. It occurred to me to fly it as a kite recently.

Box, built 1996
7 ft high x 6 1/2 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass & graphite tubing.
Comments: inverted the body & stablizer to face "out" as with a box kite.
wanted to determine difference in flying characteristics between this and above design.
flies well with tail... looks terrible from any angle except when directly facing.

Tri-D, built 1993
3 ft high x 4 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, graphite tubing
Comments: original Tri-D I built.

Vented Roller Glider, built 1993
5 ft high x 4 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass rod, graphite tubing
Comments: design from Penguin book, "KITES".
stopped using "hot pink" fabric because of fading in sun; vent & rear rudder very effective.

Brogden's six-winged, built 1996
5 ft high x 5 1/2 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing
Comments: design from Penguin book, "KITES".
scaled to diagram in book; used adjustable bowed spars instead of original fixed dihedral angle.

Brogden's six-winged, built 1996
9 1/2 ft high x 5 3/4 ft wide, xxxx ozs.
3/4 oz. ripstock nylon, fiberglass tubing
Comments: this time used my own sense of proportion and again used adjustable bowed spars.

Additional images in MY KITES I and MY KITES III GALLERIES.

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