How to make a kite

Kite

A kite is an object that can be flown in the air. It usually consists of paper or cloth that represents a sail. It is mounted on a frame of wooden pegs and connected to it by a string. To facilitate the task of flying, nylon or plastic is also used. To make a kite, as it is lighter than paper and more durable, and kites are of several types, including: the triangular kite that is widely spread, the flexible kite, and the box kite.

There is also a flat plane, a curved plane, and others, and kites are considered one of the oldest forms of planes. It was found in China 3,000 years ago, and from there it spread to all parts of Asia, and then to Europe, and this type of aircraft is usually flown; For the purpose of fun and entertainment, the kite played a major role in the development of regular airplanes. Kites had multiple uses, taking into account their shape and weight. Box ones were used; To raise people, types of them were also used; To measure the weather, flying it is considered a sport that requires skill and high precision.

Making a kite

How to make a delta plane

To make a delta kite, you can follow the following steps:

• Bring a plastic bag, making sure it is closed on one side, and then spread the bag on a flat, clean surface.
• Place three points on the bag, starting with the first point from the bottom of the upper left corner of the bag, where a point is placed there, then placing a point below it, 70 cm away from it, and then moving to the right, and placing a point 70 cm away from the second point as well, i.e. When the points are connected together, we must form a right-angled triangle, and here the ruler can be used. To ensure that the lines are straight and of equal length.
• Draw a similar triangle on the other side of the plastic bag, so that we have a large isosceles triangle when the bag is opened.
• Cut the plastic bag; Only the triangle that was drawn remains, as it will be the sail of the Delta kite.
• Installing wooden pegs on the sail. This is done by bringing a peg 5 mm thick and 70 cm long, and then installing it in the middle of the sail, so that one end of it is at the head of the triangle, and the other end is at the base of the triangle or the sail. An insulating adhesive tape is used for installation.
• Bring two wooden pegs, each 80 cm long, and then install the first one on one of the legs of the triangle, so that it is touching the bottom corner, and not extending to the head of the triangle, and install the other peg on the other leg of the triangle in the same way, using insulating adhesive tape.
• Bring a wooden peg 70 cm long, and install it in the middle of the sail transversely, so that it is 31 cm away from the tip of the triangle. As for the ends, it must be fixed using insulating adhesive, and the peg in the middle should be fixed to the peg on the leg, without placing the adhesive tape on it. The sail itself.
• Tying the plastic string for kites, where it is tied in the place where the two wooden pegs intersect in the middle.
• The tail of the kite is made by taking a strip of plastic bag 5 cm wide, with a length exceeding four times the length of the kite itself, and then tying it to the bottom of the longitudinal peg with a simple knot, and thus the Delta kite is completely ready.

Making a diamond-shaped kite

The diamond-shaped kite is known as (Diamond Kite), and to make it, you can follow the following:

• The frame of the plane is made by forming the letter T from wooden pegs, so that the length of one of the pegs is 51 cm, which is the horizontal, while the length of the other is 61 cm, which is the vertical. If you want to make a larger kite, you can use longer wooden pegs. Taking into account that the length difference between them is 10 cm, the two pegs are fastened to each other using glue and threads.
• Use scissors; To make horizontal slits at the end of each wooden peg, so that the string is fixed to it when it is wound in the next step.
• Wrap the string around one end of the vertical wooden peg, then connect it to the end of the horizontal wooden peg, and wrap it on it, then move to the other end of the vertical wooden peg and wrap the string around it, and from there move to the end of the horizontal wooden peg, and wrap it around the cracks that were made. Make it, and when finished, tie the thread well and cut off the excess.
• Bring a plastic bag 100 cm wide, preferably white, or any light color, and place it on a flat surface. To prepare the sail for the plane, a large paper plate can also be used, provided that it is also 100 cm wide.
• The wooden frame that was made in the previous steps is placed on the plastic bag, and lines are drawn on the plastic bag, such that a diagonal line is drawn from the upper end of the vertical peg to the right end of the horizontal peg, and then a line is drawn from the upper end of the vertical peg to the left end of The horizontal peg, and draw a diagonal line from the lower end of the vertical peg to the right end of the horizontal peg, and a final line from the bottom shelf of the vertical peg to the left end of the horizontal peg; This creates a diamond shape on the bag, and in the middle is the wooden frame.
• Cut the resulting diamond shape, making sure it is approximately 5.1 cm wider than what is drawn on the bag. This is to leave room to wrap the sail around the frame.
• Place the wooden frame on top of the plastic bag, put glue on the edges of the diamond shape, and then bend it. To be glued to the wooden frame, and installed.
• Make a hole in each corner of the sail, insert the thread into it, and tie it, make a hole in the center where the two wooden pegs meet, insert the thread into it, wrap it around the center, and tie it well, taking care that the threads are free to move and not taut, and then collect the threads. The four are tied together in one knot, after which another thread is tied to the knot according to the desired length, or the connected thread is tied to the thread roll.
• The tail of the plane was made, using a strip of cloth 1.8 meters long, and then tightly attaching it to the vertical wooden peg from the bottom, then bringing an inch and tying it around the cloth strip that represents the tail, and repeating this at widely spaced distances until its end. These inches would make the tail More balanced, so the diamond-shaped kite is ready to be flown.

Making a Bumblebee kite

To make a Bumblebee kite, you can follow the following steps:

• Bring a regular sheet of paper, colored or white, and decorate and color it as desired.
• Fold the paper exactly in half.
• Measure 2.5 inches from the edge of the paper, and place a mark there, then measure 3.5 inches from the same edge, and place another mark, making sure that the mark is placed on the side of the fold.
• Fold the edge of the paper towards the first mark, taking care not to emphasize the fold mark, but rather keep it curved only, and then fold the other edge in the same way.
• Staple the two ends that were bent with the edge of the paper, using a paper stapler.
• Make a hole with a paper punch in the place of the second mark, taking care to keep the hole away from the fold mark.
• Insert the thread through the hole and tie it, and the plane is ready after that.

Tips for flying a kite

The first thing to take into consideration when wanting to fly a kite is that the place be open and free of any things that would hinder flying the kite, such as rocky areas, or areas full of trees, and recommended open places include parks, farm fields, and beaches. It is usually advised to avoid flying kites in public streets, or places where flying kites interferes with the normal movement of aircraft.

As for the safety rules, which it is recommended to follow when flying kites, the most important of them is not to fly them during stormy times, or in the event of rain. As static electricity in the atmosphere can be transmitted to a person through the plane, and can cause him harm, one must also avoid flying it near power lines or antennas, and one must be careful not to have any metal in the thread used in the plane, and the person is usually advised The one who holds the string of the plane must wear gloves with his hands. To avoid the pain that results if the string is pulled quickly, one must also ensure that the plane is safe and assemble it appropriately before flying it, and one must take with him some of the necessary materials to repair the plane if any part of it is damaged.

How to fly a kite

One must monitor the wind speed, as one can infer the speed and strength of the wind through the movement of tree branches. It can be said that the maximum wind speed that kites can withstand is 40 km per hour, and airplanes differ among themselves in terms of the wind speed they need; Some planes are light and need a very light breeze to fly, while some are heavy and need wind speeds of more than 6 km per hour to fly.

As for the method of flying, it consists of there being one person launching and another person being a flyer, so the launcher walks while holding the aircraft a distance of at least 15 meters away from the flyer who is holding the string in his hand, and the wind is in the face of the launcher and at the flyer’s back, and the flyer must pull the string strongly. So that it is never slack, and when the pilot indicates to the launcher to launch the plane, he must comply with him and launch it, and if all the conditions are appropriate for the plane to fly easily, it will fly high, and here it must be noted that the pilot must maintain the force of attraction The thread, and not to be lax in holding it, and to move it smoothly.

If the wind speed is low, the pilot’s attraction to the string will push the plane higher. If the wind speed is high, there is no need for the flyer to move from his place. To avoid the plane falling and colliding with the ground if it begins to retreat, the pilot must relax the string. ; In order for the plane to balance again, but if the pilot wants to land the plane, he must walk towards it while pulling the string towards him, and wind it on his own coil, until the plane lands completely.