| CATEGORY |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
SUMMARY |
LANGUAGE |
COUNTRY |
|
INDISPENSABLE |
Sport Kite Teamflying |
Troy Gunn |
Yahoo Group, discussion forum integrated by pilots from
the whole world. |
English |
-- |
|
INDISPENSABLE |
Teamfliegen |
Teams Garuda & Watnu |
Becoming the World Team Kite Flying Portal at Internet.
Articles, routines, teams, links. |
English |
Germany |
| BASIC INFO |
Ground School |
Top of the Line
Sportkites |
ABC of stunt flight: flight field, winds, take off, adjustments, basic
maneuvers, landings. First flights in team.
OBLIGATORY!! |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Flying Basics
for Dual Line Sport Kites |
Stunt Kites! by David Gomberg |
Very elementary information about stunt flight |
Inglés |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
EduKites |
EduKites Barriletes Deportivos |
Basic site. It's commercial too. |
Spanish |
Argentina |
| BASIC INFO |
Brasilpipas |
Brasil pipas |
Basic site. It's commercial too. |
Portugués |
Brasil |
| BASIC INFO |
Improving
Your Beginning Individual Precision |
Bert Tanaka for www.kitelife.com |
What is looked for in precision maneuvers and how to improve the flight
style |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Normas de
Vuelo y Seguridad Personal |
www.sierpe.org |
Some security rules that everyone must know. |
Spanish |
Spain |
| BASIC INFO |
Competition?
Who? Me? |
Sven Arneson for www.kitelife.com |
Stories of the competition beginnings of the Swedish pilot Sven Arneson. |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Let's Stay
Together - Beginning team basics |
Bert Tanaka for www.kitelife.com |
Recomendations for teams just beginning. OBLIGATORY!! |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Improving
Your Individual Precision Freestyle |
Bert Tanaka for www.kitelife.com |
How to improve your skill in individual flight |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Beginning
Precision |
Bert Tanaka for SDKC |
How to improve your skill in individual flight |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
How to start a Kite Team...or maybe not? |
Eddie Zihlman Jr |
How Austin End Of the Line Kite Team was created (June 1998). OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
Argentina |
| BASIC INFO |
The “NO SECRETS” Handbook of Team Sport Kite
Flying |
Al Hargus III |
Manual containing everything you must know before and during the foundation
of a team. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
The AKA Sport
Kite Team Flying Handbook |
Troy Gunn and Jerry Hershey |
Manual containing everything you must know before and during the foundation
of a team. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Explaining
Competitions |
Ron Graziano |
Simple but excellent explanation of the categories, participants and levels
of competition of stunt kites. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Volando Precisión |
Jorge Offermann |
First steps in precision flight. OBLIGATORY!!! |
Spanish |
Argentina |
| BASIC INFO |
Flight
Training |
PRISM |
Many advice for beginning. Well classified. |
English |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Como voar um papagaio acrobático |
Alivola Kites |
Portuguese language translation of a basic article of stunt kite flying. |
Portuguese |
Brasil |
| BASIC INFO |
Is team flying for me? |
John Barressi for Kitelife |
This is a very good article on team flying.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
english |
USA |
| BASIC INFO |
Sunt Kites |
Dee Doyle |
ABC of stunt flying. Many terms explained. |
English |
USA |
| BOOKS |
Books list of
Wind Wizard |
Wind Wizard |
Listing of books with small summary. Commercial site.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| VIDEOS |
Lista de
Videos de Wind Wizard |
Wind Wizard |
Listing of videos. Commercial site |
English |
USA |
| VIDEOS |
Austin End Of
the Line Team |
Austin EOL |
Excelent video of this team. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| VIDEOS |
Competition
Videos at Satori Kites |
Satori Kites |
Lots of videos to download. |
English |
USA |
|
VIDEOS |
PROKITE News |
MarinDV |
Ballet Videos of Tame Bird & Windy Magic at Berck sur Mer
2004 Championship (at the end of the page) |
Russian |
Rusia |
| BRIDLES |
How to get
the bridle right |
Art & Flywork |
Basic but interesting article. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
Bridas
dinámicas |
EduKites Barriletes Deportivos |
Good article in Spanish about bridles and its variations.
OBLIGATORY!! |
Spanish |
Argentina |
| BRIDLES |
Selected
rec.kites Posts |
Andy Wardley |
Static and dynamic bridles design |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
Cómo hacer
bridas |
Nilo Vélez |
Excellent article of how to make traditional and turbo bridle.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
Spanish |
Spain |
| BRIDLES |
DualLineDeltaKiteBridleCalculator |
Aiken Drum |
Interesting program for the initial mathematical calculation to design
bridles |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
The Active
Bridle |
Andy Wardley |
Active bridles design. OBLIGATORIO!!! |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
The Dihedral
Active Bridle |
Andy Wardley |
Dihedral active bridle design. OBLIGATORIO!!! |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
Turbo Bridle
Adjustment & Tuning Tips |
Allen Stroh |
Excelent article on turbo bridle. RECOMENDADO |
English |
USA |
| BRIDLES |
How to make a
simple Line Jig |
Mike's Kite Site v3.0 |
Simple device to build exact bridles. |
English |
USA |
| BRAKES |
Diaper |
Stanley Kellar |
Traditional Diaper for high winds. |
English |
USA |
| BRAKES |
Airdynamics |
Airdynamics |
Commercial site with diverse types of wind brakes and accessories |
English |
USA |
| BRAKES |
Braking
Technology! |
Sven Arnesen for Kitelife |
Very good article on wind brakes. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| BRAKES |
Wah Pads &
Air Brakes (wind tamers) |
The Power Kite Site |
Wah Pads. A different kind of air brakes. |
English |
USA |
| BRAKES |
Stunt kite
tips for strong wind |
Kites and Music |
Some air brakes models and hot to make them.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| KNOTS |
Kite Flier's
knot gallery |
Simo Salanne |
The site on knots for kites of a specialist in kites.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
Finland |
| KNOTS |
Get Knotted! |
42nd BRIGHTON Scout Group, East Sussex, UK |
Lots of animated knots. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| KNOTS |
Search on :
Knots |
Geometry.Net: the online learning center |
Search result on KNOTS. Of all kind, not only for kites use. |
English |
USA |
| KNOTS |
Siempre Scout - Nudos con movimiento |
Stephanie Reding Garcia |
Site with many knots. In Spanish |
Spanish |
Mexico |
| LINES |
Choosing your
flying lines |
Prism |
Comments about lines. Commercial site |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
Join broken
line |
Kite Fantastic - The UK Kite Flyer's Site |
Repairing method of broken Dyneema lines |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
Kite Flying
Line |
Wind Power Sports |
Another commercial site. Laser Pro line, different types and presentations |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
What affects
the performance of a flyline? |
www.kitebuilder.com |
Excellent comparative between different materials of lines and elaboration
methods. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
How to
prepare LaserPro flylines |
www.kitebuilder.com |
Article on kite lines prepareing. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
Line Length Equalizer |
Sven Arnesen |
Tip to maintain both lines of the same lenght |
English |
Sweden |
| LINES |
Line stretching and knot problems… |
Dan Rubesh |
Method to make and to maintain both lines of the same lenght.
RECOMENDED. |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
Line Equalizer |
Desconocido |
Line equalizer. Aluminum model. |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
Moran - Line
Equalizer |
BFK |
Line equalizer. Plastic model. |
English |
USA |
| LINES |
DSM Dyneema |
DSM |
Web site of a Dyneema manufacturer |
English |
USA |
| MATERIALS |
Stiffness and
Weight of Sport Kite Spars |
Simo Salanne |
Excelent comparative table of stiffness versus weight of spars.
RECOMENDED |
English |
Finland |
| MATERIALS |
Selecting
Sport Kite Spars |
Simo Salanne |
How to select spars for kites. OBLIGATORY!!!
Read Stiffness and Weight. |
English |
Finland |
| MATERIALS |
Bending Spars
with a Coke Can |
Simo Salanne |
Article on comparing spars. Very technical. |
English |
Finland |
| MATERIALS |
Kites,
Fabrics, and Airfoils |
Brian Doyle for North Sails Group |
Good article on resistance, porosity and deformation in fabrics. |
English |
USA |
| MATERIALS |
Why sail
cloth is lighter in USA? |
Simo Salanne |
Explanation of differences in weights because metric and English units.
Interesting |
English |
Finland |
| KITE TESTS |
The Excess by
Atelier |
The Highwaymen of Leicester |
Test of an excellent 3/4 kite. |
English |
UK |
| KITE TESTS |
Excess
Ventile (Atelier Cerf-Volant) |
The Power Kite Site |
Test of an excellent 3/4 kite. Vented |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
The Lithium
by Atelier |
The Highwaymen of Leicester |
Test of an excellent kite, used by lots of teams. |
English |
UK |
| KITE TESTS |
The Lithium
by Atelier |
The Highwaymen of Leicester |
Test of an excellent kite, used by lots of teams. |
English |
UK |
| KITE TESTS |
Lithium
(L'Atelier) |
The Power Kite Site |
Test of an excellent kite, used by lots of teams. |
English |
UK |
| KITE TESTS |
The Heat by
Skyburner |
Glen Warren for kitelife.com |
Exhaustive test of this kite. |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
Master
Control by Lam Hoac |
Glen Warren for kitelife.com |
Exhaustive test of this kite. |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
Mako by Blue
Moon Kites |
Glen Warren for kitelife.com |
Exhaustive test of this kite. |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
The Matrix by
Flexifoil |
The Highwaymen of Leicester |
Specifications of a very good kite |
English |
UK |
| KITE TESTS |
The Matrix by
Flexifoil |
Milotxes Digital 2001 |
Test of this kite |
Spanish |
Spain |
| KITE TESTS |
New Jam by
New Tech Kites |
Kitefan's Web Page |
Test of this kite |
English |
Canada |
| KITE TESTS |
Outer Space (Benson Kites) |
The Power Kite Site |
Test of this kite |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
Precision Kite Company: the NEXT! |
Cutting Edge Kite Shop |
Specifications and and pics of all the colours available. Commercial site. |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
Post
Competition Report AKA 2002 |
kitebuilder.com |
Report after a convention in 2002. Some models are described and rewarded,
included the Master Control kite. |
English |
USA |
| KITE TESTS |
Kite Specifications Database |
The Power Kite Site |
Extraordinary database of lots of kites. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| PLANS |
Raaseri - A
full range of high performance stunt kites |
Simo Salanne |
One of the most known kites. El Fabuloso Team took this kite as a basement
to design their FT kite. |
English |
Finland |
| PLANS |
Aviv by
Elliot |
Elliot Action Kites |
A good kite plan, with all the details to build it. |
German |
Germany |
| PLANS |
List of lots
of kites |
Kitemonster |
A list of links of kites, thumbnails. Kites of all kind: Tricks, freestyle,
precision and beginning ones. |
Italian |
Italy |
| PLANS |
Kite
Photography by John Chilese & Friends |
John Chilese |
Lots and lots of pictures of stunt kites. Even they are not plans, you must
see them. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| DESIGN |
Stunt Kite
Template |
Jim Campbell |
A mathematical way of beginning to design an acrobatic kite.
RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| DESIGN |
Stunt Kite
Design |
David Lord |
David Lord's point of view of aerodynamics of the sport kite |
English |
USA |
| DESIGN |
Standoff Positioning |
Ron Reich |
How the point of tension of a stand off is determined on the sail of a kite |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
International
Rule Book Committee Menu |
IRBC |
Menu of options of the International Rules Book Committee (IRBC) site.
OBLIGATORIO!!! |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
International
Rule Book CommitteePrecision Compulsory Figures |
IRBC |
All the compulsory maneuvers for single, pairs and team; for two or four
lines kites. |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
Rulebook
Proposal |
Hans Jansen op de Haar for Kitelife |
How the organization of a book of general rules began in 1998. Interesting. |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
HistoricPrecision Compulsory Figures (Old AKA) |
AKA |
The compulsory maneuvers.American Kiteflyers Association |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
Compulsory
Figures and Diagrams ("OLD" AKA) |
Hans Jansen op de Haar |
Comparations between the STACK and the AKA rules. At the bottom of this page
there is the access to 3D animation of the maneuvers. |
English |
Holland |
| RULES |
A few
requests to Field Staff |
Adena Schutzberg for Kitelife |
A competition participant's letter to the members of the tribunal of it. |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
The “NO
SECRETS” Handbook for Sport Kite Competition Field Crews |
Al Hargus III (published in Kitelife.com) |
A manual for all the personnel of a competition.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
International
Sport Kite Judges' Book |
IRBC |
International Sport Kite Judges' Book. Acrobat Reader .pdf file.
OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| RULES |
The Nordic
Kite Challenge |
STACK Sweden and Aerialis-dot-com |
An intersting way of compete that Nordics use.
RECOMENDED |
English |
Sweden |
| RULES |
Invitation to
the Ocean Shores International Kite Challenge (1999) |
The North Coast Sky Painters at Cutting Edge |
Invitation to Competence. A good example of what they want from participants
and what they notify. |
English |
USA |
| ROUTINES |
3-D Kite
flying! |
Hans Jansen op de Haar |
The compulsory maneuvers animated in 3 dimensions. They can be seen from any
position of the wind window. EXCELENT!!! |
English |
Holland |
| ROUTINES |
Six-Man Team
Routine |
Hans Jansen op de Haar for Kitelife |
Team Dike Hopper's routine at the World Cup 1991, Bristol. Designed by Nop
Velthuizen |
English |
Holland |
| ROUTINES |
Sky Symphony
Animation Page |
www.freespiritkites.com |
Some sequences and routines in Flash. The music list required to fly them is
indicated. EXCELENTS!!! |
English |
UK |
| ROUTINES |
Lenguage que
podría ser internacional |
Darrin Skinner |
Calls language that could be adopted internationally. This could be a hard
job. |
English |
USA |
| ROUTINES |
Team Kite
Choreography |
Darrin Skinner |
Three kites routines and something more. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
Selecting
Music for Ballet |
Bert Tanaka for SDKC |
What must be looked for in choosing music for kite ballet. |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
Musical Kite
Ballet - Some Observations and Commentary |
Olan Turner for Stunt Kite Quarterly in Kitelife |
A very important person, commenting what he considers basic in kite ballet,
as pilot as much as judge. RECOMENDED. |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
Choreography |
Bert Tanaka |
A Bert Tanaka's article on a six members team. Educational. |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
A View of the
Ballet |
Bert Tanaka for Kitelife |
An article where figure skate is compared to precision and ballet
kiteflying. RECOMENDED. |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
Lam Hoac's
Kite Sitemusic |
Lam Hoac's Kite Sitemusic |
Some advice on music for kite ballet and software to edit it. |
English |
USA |
| COREOGRAPHY |
"KITE
BALLET" what it means to Ron Reich. |
Ron Reich Top of the Line Team |
The three kite ballet types. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| JUDGING |
Learning to Judge - A Workshop for the SDKC |
Bert Tanaka |
Excellent article on how to judge. It helps us to fly better and to
emphasize what is needed. |
English |
USA |
| JUDGING |
Head Judge in
Training |
Adena Schutzberg for Kitelife |
Wich good things a judge sees in other judges. |
English |
USA |
| JUDGING |
Judging? |
Hans Jansen op de Haar for Kitelife |
Philosophical problem of judging. |
English |
USA |
| JUDGING |
The Secret
Language of Ballet Judges |
Adena Schutzberg for Kitelife |
What the judges speak to each other after you carried out your flight. |
English |
USA |
| SOFTWARE |
KiteFlight
(version 2.06) |
Peter van den Hamer |
Animated maneuvers, for DOS, up to 16 kites. Selectable colors. Programming:
full sequential text sentences. Powerfull commands. A little hard to learn
initially, but powefull and versatile. A wide variety of commands. |
English |
Holland |
| SOFTWARE |
Cyberkite V
1.1 |
Nicolas Poursin |
Animated maneuvers, for Windows, up to 8 kites, colors non selectables.
Programming: full graphic environment of editables patterns sequencied.
Fairly easy of programming but limited in possibilities. |
French |
France |
| SOFTWARE |
Sport Kite
Simulator |
KiteSim.Com |
Stunt kite simulatofor PC <only ON LINE> |
English |
USA |
| SOFTWARE |
Kite Cursor for PC |
Kite-O-holix, the Stuntkite Team from Austria |
Animated cursor for PC. |
English |
Austria |
| TRICKS |
Novice Class |
Phil Napier for www.kitelife.com |
How to begin with tricks |
English |
USA |
| TRICKS |
Kite flying
- Adding difficulty levels |
Peter Peters |
Suggested listing of how to go increasing the difficulties in the maneuvers
and tricks. RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
| TRICKS |
Tricks &
Kites |
Mr Freestyle & Co. |
Tricks with their names in French and English, with a punctuation of their
degree of difficulty and best wind to fly them. |
French |
France |
| TRICKS |
Functional
index |
Peter Peters |
Tricks classified |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Flying is a feeling… |
Dante Marello |
To fly is something that all can do. Even not having all the senses. With
imagination. RECOMENDED |
English translation by El Fabuloso Team |
Argentina |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Learning and
Sharing is the Heartbeat of Kiting |
Ron Reich |
Listing of Ron Reich's letters sent to rec.kites.com |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Novice Stars
of the Eastern League |
Phil Napier for www.kitelife.com |
Some pilots beginnings and their small biographies. |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
The Mighty
Zopilotes |
Bert Tanaka for Kitelife |
It is always interesting to read Bert Tanaka's |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Kitebuilder
Tech Sheets |
Kitebuilder |
This is the beginning of all. Kitbuilder began in this way. We took from
this site the idea of our list of technical notes. It has information of
kites of ALL kind. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Hot Tricks
Shoot-Out: The Battle For King of The Hill |
Ron Despojado for Kitelife |
An interesting and funny article of a competition method. |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
The 10
Commandments of Kite Flying |
Andrew Beattie |
The Ten Commandments on sleeveing the lines. |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
You are a kite-oholic when you.... |
rec.kites |
Method to confirm your total adiction to kites |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
How to
Discourage a Kite Flier |
Adena Schutzberg for Kitelife |
Very sensitive article. EXCELENT. |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Interview
with Hans Jansen op de Haar |
Kitelife Magazine |
An interview to one of the most important people of the stunt kite
environment. OBLIGATORY!!! |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Cordless
Electric Line Winder |
Mike Petro |
Luxurious lines rewinder, based on a battery operated screwdriver. Complete
planes. |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Night Lights |
Mike Petro |
Lights to illuminate the whole kite sail. Project cost: U$S 10 |
English |
USA |
| MISCELANEOUS |
Mega-Team
Flying |
Hans Jansen op de Haar for Kitelife |
An article on Mega Teams, relating the different attempts since 1987.
RECOMENDED |
English |
USA |
