Which is the best one here are the options.

are you making it for Dwars-phlyer seems to be in his old country colours

Lol i never thought of that lol.

Sorry to be a nuisense but i have come up with a nicer design in my opinion.

I think it has a little more colour without being crazy stricking like number three (which i actually like over the other two)

nah still number 2 for me

I Like number 4 now so thats the one that i think i will make unless there is some big reason that i shouldnt.

if you have to use red instead of white number 2 looks more in proportion than 4

and how is it you get 5 votes and i only get 4? not that i care :? its already half cut out

number 1 I say

how long does it take do make one of those? can any old sewing machine be used?

as long as the sewing machine makes long clean stiches its all good, takes about 4-8hours to print and cut the templates, 3-6 hours to cut the material and quite a while to sew it... + 2-4hours bridaling

works best in teams (1 person cutting as 1 sews) me and blizz got a 5m made in 24hours work(over 2days)

sweet, what do they fly like much lift? can you compare them to any commercial type kites out there?

my 5m is a killer kite lifts cleanly and turns quickly... its probibly more of a race kite but its similar to something between a PL Rebble and a flexifool Blade

nice, where abouts do you get the nylon and how much a metre? what do you print the patterns out with? Im keen to give it a go

Dude hope thats a typo error on the flexifoil name or you will be in trouble

we use the good stuff(spectra at $12 a meter) and print the plans with programs such as foilmaker and surfplan (u get the kite plans of the web)

its a hard process but certainly rewarding

o and norwester i don't mak'e tipos 8)

lol

so can you print the plans with jsut an a4 inkjet

yep make sticking together take longer but given enuf time the result is the same, my 3m junkie was 300ish a4 pages or 180ish a3 pages

Chikara, not spectra. Spectra is the bridle line. You need 3.5-4x the square area (in material) for a foil, plus a few hours sewing experience. I've been making them for 3+ years now. Hate to think how many hours I've spent at the machine.

Hot knife is advised ($350 a pop). Plus nylon bonded thread ($50 for two spools). Also spectra ($100+ for 2-3 kites) is needed for the bridle line.

All adds up, roughly the same price as buying commercial kites (to get set up initially) But the savings in the long run are worth it. After about the 5th-6th kite it starts to be economical.

First kite can take you anywhere from 70 hours up to 150 (I've heard of 200+ being spent on the initial kite)

We take about 30-40 hours. Quickest I've done was like 15 or so. But that was a NASA Wing. Reckon I could do a small foil in less than 20 (including cutting)

Oh, symptom you did make a typo, it's actually spelt flexigay

:twisted:

GO PL KITES!!!

Sorry thats how it is Flexifool Flexifool. Hold on i have a Flexifoil.
Dude hope thats a typo error on the flexifoil name or you will be in trouble :roll:

I'm telling you, it's actually spelt FlexiGAY!!