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Art & Flywork - Kite building plans, tips and techniques.
Bending Spars With A Coke Can - Measurements of the relative stiffness and weight of spars.
Bensontwins - Tips for tuning a Tim Benson Gemini sport kite.
Chevron - Detailed discussion of soft foil design and construction.
Chinese Kites - Hints and tips for building Chinese kites.
Hata Making - Explains the traditional construction of the Japanese Hata.
Hobby Fanatic: Kites - Power kite design and construction, buggy plans, trick kites, and photographs.
Miniature Kite Designs - A site dedicated to miniature kites including plans, kits, construction tips, building materials, photo galleries and contest results.
Ozon Scientific-Technical Center - Russian site with tools for modeling the behaviour of textile structures interacting with fluid.
Team Triangle Kite - Plans to build the Team Triangle and vented Team Triangle kite.
Traction Foil Design - Design and building instructions for ram-air foils and inflatable sled-style foils using CAD type software.
WW2 Target Kites - Details of Paul Garber's World War II naval gunnery target kites. Includes contemporary instruction manual and patent data.

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