Welcome To My Kite Page
One of my hobbies is building kites and doing kite aerial photography (KAP). This page contains pictures of my kites and some links to web sites that I visit regularly.
My preferred type of kite is the flowform. It's a soft kite without any spars. It flies very stable in various wind conditions. It is often used for lifting objects like a camera of other large inflatable kites.
My Kites
January to March 2009
This new kite is a Pit-Bulldog. I built it for the creation contest at the International Kite Festival 2009 in Dieppe, NB.
The contest theme was "Welcoming skies of Acadie". This kite was a cooperation project with my mother. We did not win but I received a lot of
good comments from the other kite flyers and the judges. For more details click here.
The shape of the kite was designed by the American John Waters. This kite is designed to fly in strong winds. It is very stable, even in gusty winds.
On the www.kitebuilder.com forum, Barry Ogletree, an American, organised a project where he prepared 50 kits to
build Pit-Bulldog kites. Each participant chose their color pattern. Barry and his team ordered the material, cut all the pieces and sent all the kits
by mail to each participant. On the forum we could discussed the building details and exchange tips and pictures.
Dimensions: 3m x 2,31m (10' x 7'6")
Weight: Coming soon
May 2006
I've decided to build an inflatable Sponge Bob to learn new technics in kite building. This kite does not contain any rigid framing. I have to thank all the people who help me on the forum www.kitebuilder.com and my family and friends with their useful suggestions.
Dimensions: 2,65m x 1,62m (8'8" x 5'4")
Weight: 0.91kg (32oz)
November 2005
November 5, 2005, our kite club has organized a workshop to build a Circoflex kite of 1.85m (6feet) diameter. The workshop was prepared and presented by Peggy Macdonald and Bernie Houle; two very active members of our club. There are pictures of the workshop in my photo album.
Dimensions: 1.85m x 0.45m (6' x 18")
Weight: 0.34kg (12oz)
May 2005
I fabricated a Dopero kite. This kite is mainly for lifting my camera in light winds. The kite was invented by a german named Ralf Beutnagel. He has merged two "Peason Roller" kites to make a Dopero (DOuble PEarson ROller).
This kite flies at an angle of about 80 degrees as the flowform (see below) flies between 45 and 60 degrees most of the time. A higher flying angle permits to take pictures at a higher altitude for the same length of line.
Dimensions: 3m x 2,5m (12' x 8')
Weight: 2kg (72oz)
February 2005
I fabricated another flowform but this time, half the size of the previous ones. This kite is mainly to lift my camera in stronger winds and it will pull less on the main line.
Size: 1,4m x 1,12m x 32cm (55" x 44" x 12,7")
Weight: 312g (11oz)
October 2004
During the Summer, I started building a forth flowform using nylon ripstop. My mom took care of the sewing. This kite was completed in October 2004.
Size: 2m x 1,6m x 46cm (78" x 63" x 18")
Weight: 653g (23oz)
September 2004
In September 2004 I followed a sewing workshop for kite building. The workshop was given by Peggy and Bernie, two very active kitebuilders from our kite club. In this workshop we each built a 4foot Rokkaku.(1,2m).
Size: 1,2m x 1m (48" x 39")
Weight: 170g (6oz)
February 2004
In December 2003, I started to build a third flowform using nylon fabric. I built it with my mom who did the sewing. This kite was finished in February 2004. During the Summer, my mom built two inflatable Acadians to add to the Acadian Flowform. Since we were celebrating the 400th anniversary of Acadie in 2004, I flew this kite as much as I could everywhere I went this year.
Size: 2m x 1,6m x 46cm (78" x 63" x 18")
Weight: 1193g (42oz)
January 2004
My second kite that I built is another flowform but this time using red tape so we could see the kite structure while it flies. Harald Prinzler's has posted a copy of this kite on his web site. After, I built the "Garbage Man" using Tom White's Tom-EEE plan, garbage bags and packing tape.
Size: 2m x 1,6m x 46cm (78" x 63" x 18")
Weight: 1051g (37oz)
October 2003
I built my first kite using polyethylene and packing tape. It's a modified version of the American flowform. I used Harald Prinzler's plan to build it.
Size: 2m x 1,6m x 46cm (78" x 63" x 18")
Weight: 767g (27oz)
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