Hardware Store Kite Site ... go to ‘Techniques’ and click on ‘Bow strings’ ...

a thought ... make a small bamboo one and move it to the lower bridle point of a fighter ... obviously a thicker spine is required ... i keep thinking of a ‘hata’ type frame, but definitely an ‘indian fighter’ shape ... not disimilar to a Paul Shirey ‘Stryke’ ...

membuat layang-layang ... never mind tha language, just look at the pictures ... hmmm ... on the sidewalk ... cut, make and fly ...

Staffords’ Corner and The World ... “Stafford Wallace has done more than most to popularize single line manouverable ‘Fun Kites’. He writes regularly appearing columns for his local kite club and has donated several of them to our web site [NFKA].

I have come across Stafford Wallace in many of the sources I am currently perusing and it seems he is one of the ‘gurus’ of the art of making, flying and promoting fighter kites ... I hope to be in touch with him one day ...

Fighter Kites of Dennis Ische ... Small Kites, BIG Delight ...

Publix Fighter by Walt Whippo [Oct, 2000] ... “here’s a design that works ... it tracks well, parks ( briefly ) and has very good low level performance ...”

It seems to be the same as the Dragonfly Fighter by Tom Humphrey [Aug 24, 1999].

anyway, i’ll try this one in a couple of days ...

Bruce’s Accident: A Color Reduction Process ... “One day while building a fighter kite, I didn&rsquot wait for the acetone on my glass work surface to dry completely; I use acetone to clean off the glass. For this particular kite skin, I had decided to use a solid colored metallic blue plastic film, similar to mylar. So, I put the colored side down on the glass, as I always do, and proceeded to cut out the kite and complete it.

What a wonderful surprise I got, when I removed the kite. The glass surface was a mottled blue and the kite was a beautifully mottled variation of blues and silver. It was a totally random pattern and I liked it. An accident I liked. Hmmm!”

I’m gonna try this ...

Fighter Kites from Patrick.

WindArt ...

“Being this site in a place of clear physical limits to your senses,
when entering it, you must let yourself be transported
by your imagination. Since there is no logical order in this space,
you are encouraged to follow your own personal path
and interpret it as you see best!”

although not about fighters, this is a must see ...

Bamboo Wind Organs ... stick ’em in the ground and make music while flying your kites. Then there is this plasorgan ... a plastic bottle version ...

The Drachen Foundation ... Dedicated to the increase and diffusion of kite knowledge by teaching the historical, cultural, scientific, and artistic aspects of kiting.

NPW5 ... this is the Nasa ParaWing 5 ... very interesting ...

Bamboo ... tools and techniques for processing.

Le Mac Gowan ... found this fighter ... french text, but enough english on the diagrams ...

The Desperato ... looks so similar to some of the other ‘fighters’ i’ve seen ...

plastic shopping bags for the skin and bamboo [3mm x 2mm] should make a good solution ...

Reach Up and Touch the Sky ... although this has nothing to do with fighters, it does have amazing art on the kite skins ... you will find sketch books showing the development of the art ... much to be learned from here ...

i keep mentioning the concept of being ‘purist’ ...

Kite Stamps from Israel ...

Simo Salanne’s Kite Flier’s Knot Gallery.

Real Knots ... knotting, bends, hitches and knotcraft.

Hata Making ... with Mr. Kuwata

Fighter Kite Niche ... We Fly Fighter Kites and We Want You!

Kite Knots ... the most commonly used knots for kite flying lines and bridles.

Flying kites involves working with string or line. Working with string or line involves working with knots. Knots are one of the basic skills essential to flying kites. They allow us to quickly and easily attach our flying line to our kites, laundry to our flying lines, and even our lines to our reels. Knowing when, where & why to use which knot, and how to tie it, can make kite flying very easy. These are the most commonly used knots in kite flying.

The Stryke Fighter may very well be the most tunable and technically sophisticated production fighter on the market today!

Construction Plan for Indian Fighter. This kite constitutes the basic model used in India during festivals and in combats.

Encyclopædia Britannica ... The Indian Fighter Kite: oldest known heavier-than-air craft designed to gain lift from the wind while being flown from the end of a flying line, or tether.

Need to join two pieces of flying line so that they never come apart? Here is a diagram of the blood knot.

Please Note: they should be the same type and thicknes of flying line.

Indian Collection from KiteMan.

some of the best photographs and skin ‘graphics’ of Indian Fighters i have seen so far ...

Patrick’s Kite Site .. a site devoted to the art of building single-line kites ...

Highwaymen Kites ... a beginners guide to flying Indian fighter kites.

Fighters from Free Spirit Kites.

Vari-Fighter 2000 ... variability applied throughout fighter kite design [revised 5/2002] by Ed Alden.

Indian Fighter Kite Design ... This relatively simple plan produces a highly maneuverable and durable little kite.

single line kite plans ...lots of them ... sorry, you’ll have to sift through to the fighters on you own ... enjoy ...