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Kite Constructing,
Making Kite Systems, Building Kites, Manufacturing Kites

Tools, materials, crafting tips, construction methods, fasteners, knots, finishing tips, materials inspection, sealing, bridling, mass production, templates, fixtures, gussets, crack prevention, subassembly testing, standards of workmanship, suppliers, lessons, tutorials, results reporting, advanced materials, upcycling materials, welding, gluing, tapes, taping, whipping, threads, lines, laminating, rip-stopping, joining, woods, canes, beams, metals, gases, bags, cutting, computer programs, photography of steps, video of constructing, procedures, discussions on all constructing matters, spinners, jewels, ceramics, swivels, generators, lamps, sensors, meters, wing-integrated heater, valves, chargers, turbines, conductors, tubes, composites, textiles, papers, treatments, safety, mobile tooling, field tooling, repairing, journal, log, sewing, shaping, foams, making test rigs, machining, molding, inventory, shop tips, historical construction, control systems, inflatable parts, kytoon making, splicing, reel construction, anchor construction, auxiliary systems constructing, net making, rigging, space-frame making, joints, pockets, reinforcing, line adjusters, terminals, bling, stops, assembling, training tactics, cluster tactics, line choosing, safety margins, inspection and certification, experimental versus commercial, testing, AWES constructing, electronics, decommissioning builds, recycling materials, fatigue inspecting, aircraft constructing with eye toward energy kite systems, static electricity, atmospheric electricity, converting energy in a kite system, sleeving, tensioning, detensioning, moisture proofing, scaling, domes, lattices, arrays, networks, carousels, etc. For interest and some application to kiting, we include some attention on plane geometry "kite" constructing.
Style?
  • Safe?
  • Fine art?
  • Trash-upcycling only?
  • Plant materials only?
  • Synthetic materials only?
  • One kind of material dominant?
  • Special constraint to guide the construction?
    • One-minute kite?
    • One-dollar kite?
    • Never-before-seen kite?
    • Fulfill a given published plan?
    • No-stick kite?
    • No-sewing-machine kite?
    • Textile and sewing kite?
    • Special application or task to be fulfilled?
    • Paper-only kite?
    • Type of kite?    See Kite Types
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Scale, purpose, budget, time, shelf-life, materials, integrated mechanisms? 
  • Easy DIY toy first kites?
  • Challenging miniature kites?
  • Festival show-and-tell kites?
  • Sport power kites?
  • Human-carrying kites?
  • Kites too big to handle safely by hand?
  • Industrial energy-producing kites?
  • Record kites?
  • Classic kites?
  • Historic replicas?
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How to video
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Plane geometry "kite"

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