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These were workshops that were proposed or somehow requested for the 2003 March workshop. This page was here to promote discussion and make the choices easier at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting on January 5, 2003, the projects that will be done were selected. They may be viewed at: http://www.geocities.com/gengvall/2003/bol.html.
Any discussion should take place on the CTKiters Yahoo Group.
Woven Ripstop
Kite with Scott E. Spencer
Rating: Beginner and up.
There is very limited, easy sewing. The work is in the weaving.
8 foot Bol by Jim
Johannesen
Rating: Intermediate and up.
The sewing is esy, but there is a lot of it. As the Bol gets bigger, it is
more tricky to sew.
Rowlands Flow
Form
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Pillow Sock
Rating: Beginner and up.
Big Spin Sock.
(Somebody has to say how big is big and clear any patent infringement
obstacles . . .)
Rating: Beginner and up.
Cooperative Club Arch
Rating: Beginner and up.
Personal Size Club
Banners - 4 foot or 6 foot
Rating: Beginner and up.
Joe Tricarico Sewing Machine Seminar - I am lobbying hard for this. I thought I knew everything there was to know until I heard Joe's seminar. Everyone should take Joe's Sewing Machine Seminar.
Box Rok Rokkaku
Kite
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Catherine's Wheel
Rating: Intermediate and up.
The sewing is simple, but there is an aweful lot of it.
Roller
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Bags (kite bags, or kite sleeves, or tote bags, or zippered tote bags.
Rating: Beginner and up, depending on project.
Sleeves or Bags for Stacks make ideal First Time Beginner Projects.
Tote Bags, Zippered Tote Bags, MLD-style zippered kite bags are Intermediate
level projects.
Sand anchors.
Rating: Beginner and up.
An Easy Beginner Project (TBA)
Ideal Beginner Projects: SquareFlake, Kite Sleeve, Sand Anchor.
Good beginner projects that are a little more work:Rokkaku, Circoflex
Tetrahedron with
Drake Smith
Rating: Somebody ask Drake . . .
Ultra Light Indoor Kite with Franklin Zito.
Rating: Beginner and up.
Quad Kite: Tirips Outdoor Quad Kite with Harold Ames and/or Paul
LeMasters.
Rating: Beginner and up.
The participant will build an original quad line kite, loosely based on a
familiar quadline kite, with the instructor's guidance. Ron Graziano says;
"This is possibly the best flying, most well-behaved quad-line kite design
there is. It is stable, precise, and capable of all the tricks in the book.
And it's nice to look at, too."
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More information is available at:
Quad
Pyro
(delta kite with long flowing tails)
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Why is the Pyro an Intermediate project when the Delta is advanced?
The long tails of the Pyro help cancel out any mistakes in sewing the sail
by adding lots of drag to the back of the kite.
A Delta kite is either sewn right, or very, very wrong.
Turbo
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Crossdeck: Richard Bromley said there was a request to do a Crossdeck.
IMHO, if we want to do that, we ought to invite Carl Crowell, the guy who
invented it, to do the workshop.
Rating: Advanced.
The Crowell Kite Gallery
Crossdeck
Plans
Ron Gibian Idol Fish, or 'First and Goal', or Noodle with Points kite.
Maybe we should invite Ron Gibian, if only to find out what to call the kite?
Projects from the past that could be done again:
Delta
Rating: Advanced.
Rokkaku
Rating: Beginner and up.
Soccer Ball /
Spike Ball
Rating: Intermediate and up.
Squareflake / Snowflake / Reflex
Rating: Beginner and up.
Circoflex
Rating: Beginner and up.
Whack Chop Parafoil
Rating: Intermediate and up.
