Dave’s Kites

Here is a Linefoil made by Karen of the Kite Collective, UK. She is using two large tube tails to successfully provide enough drag to stabilise the kite. It flies well in a range of winds, and can be used as a pilot kite itself to lift up your line junk.

Here is a Pacman kite made by Martijn Vermeulen of the Netherlands. You can see that he has used large tube for stability (by his head!) I have used a series of balls, that look like the Pacman pills. The tube tail that I use with my Linefoil also produces good flying characteristics, especially in the skipping rope arrangement. The kite flies well in lighter winds, even without a pilot kite.

Here is a Linefoil that was successfully made by Spence from Houston, USA. Initially he tried to fly it with a small drogue, but found that it was not very stable. Finally, he made a tube tail, similar to the one discussed on the kitebuilder forums and found that this cured the instability problems. Does anyone else fancy building one. There is now a growing number of people to share their experience and make it an easy project (if a tad time consuming!)