Ruan Basson: ELDS 205 Final: Kite

My kite was inspired by the Orca whale.  I felt that since it is going to be a large object in the sky, it could represent a large animal.  I chose the Orca because I like their black and white color.  It was relatively easy to make and I enjoyed making it too.  I would not use packing tape next time, however, because it was not as sticky as I hoped it would be.  I can't wait to make another.  It was also fun to fly it at Tybee.  I was afraid the loose tape would make the whole thing fall apart, but to my surprise, she took right to the sky and stayed there.  At one point near the end of her flight, she came undone, yet she still stayed airborne.  This just goes to show how forgiving the Delta kite design is.  After a quick repair she was up and flying again until I brought her back down to pack up.

Thank you for a great quarter and I wish you all the best.  Great ending to a great class!

Savannah Sears and Shameka Browne

Our inspiration for this kite was a mix between a moth and a butterfly, since both animals are sort of triangular in shape. We thought the geometric patterns we created by painting our kite greatly resembled the moths with "eyes" on their backs, while the bright colors felt more like a butterfly.

We were very pleased with how well our kite flew and surprised at how much fun it was! 

Ellen Siu & Jeffrey Tindi | Kite | Week 10

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Our kite wasn't started with an initial concept. We chose a simple color scheme. We taped the edges with red tape and a bit of silver tape.

To create the kite we used plastic table cloth and used paper cement, duck tape to combine our pieces. 

Nico DeLuca-Verley and Blake Stephenson: Week 10 Kite

     Our Delta kite was designed to include pieces of the flags from our home state. On the left wing, the kite is decorated with 11 stars. Since Nico is from Rhode Island, the right side of the flag includes an anchor and a little flag at the bottom that says hope on it. Blake is from North Carolina so the right side includes a large N and C that lay beside the anchor. The color scheme we used includes the all American red, white, and blue. Then the panels include a golden yellow, black, white, and a lighter blue as well. 

     Our kite was assembled by the instructions that professor Scott sent to us.

     The materials we used were...

Sarah Brodsky Christian Edwards Week 10: Kite

Close-up Kite

30 Second Flight

High Flight Shot

Sketches

For our kite design concept we wanted to create something that honored a cat named Frank. During this initial concept contemplation we decided that a tail would be appropriate to balance the kite in flight. Additionally we double taped the outline of the kite to make it sturdy and this did not effect the performance of our kite as we had anxiously anticipated.

In creating the kite we first folded our plastic tablecloth and measured out our measurements and cut the kite accordingly into an isosceles triangle. Next we arranged our wooden dowels and outlined the kite with two layers of duct tape for extra support. Then we attached the smaller cut isosceles triangle in the middle. After that the grommets were added. Then it was the fun part where we got to paint Frank's lovely face.

To create this kite we gathered plastic tablecloth, rubber cement, duct tape and a line to hold the kite. These materials were great because they were lightweight In addition to these materials we used paint to create a cat face honoring the great cat Frank. Grommets were also used to attach the kite to the string used to have the kite in flight.

Katharina Fuetterer and Melissa Shuford: Week 10 Captain Kite

Quinn Baldacci Week 10: Kite

I decided to have fun with this project and make an Iron Man kite.  I found an stance I liked and placed it on a black background.  Then I simplified it to three colors and vector shapes.  To print on the plotter I brought it all the way down to line work but that was mostly to save ink and printing time.  I used red duct tape and black, red, yellow, and blue tablecloths.  It was a pain in the ass to glue together because of all the angles.  It never wanted to lay down smoothly.  When I got to the beach it really felt like it wanted to fly.  Unfortunately the 3/8ths dowels were too thin to support the pressure and my span beam snapped.  I tried duct taping it back together but then it snapped again with the grain.  Luckily for me but unluckily for Jace, his kite dove and ripped all the way up the side.  He let me have the thicker dowel he had used to try again.  It worked perfectly.  Almost too perfectly.  I had 250ft of string and it took almost all of it and would have taken more if I let it.  I don't have a picture of it on the ground but I have a video of it flying.  For reference my kite is almost 9 feet tall and is 8 feet wide.  Luckily I brought it back down to a point that when it dove it didn't hit hard enough to break anything.

Tim Hardin: Week 10 Kite

I went with a montana gold spray painted/ black accented color way for my kite. The design is supposed to resemble spotlights/the environment of a huge concert since my creations always put on a show. (update with sketch soon)

Juan Sebastian Moreno_ Crystal Polvinale: Final Project Kite

Concept Design

 Final Design

 First flying Attend

In the Air 

I was pretty exited to make a kite, since I had never mane one from scratch. Now, for our design Crystal and I decided it could be a good idea to made an Alien since there most seen in the sky. We first buy the materials that include table wraps of color, masking tape, rubber cement, grommets, and any decor that we could find to make our kites stand out in design. For the Kite, its design is a delta kite which is made up of using wooden dowels and a triangular figure with dimensions of 60, 30, 90 degree angle. 

For construction, its pretty straight forward, just following the exact measurements and than later placing the wooden dowels among the edges. Something we did not follow was that interception of the top dowel. We decided it would be better to lower its placement so that it could be better to fly.

All in all, im glad I share this experience with my class I would have never though of making a Kite and actually make it fly. I will carry along with me this experience and hold on the technical lessons taught with in this Final Project! Great Way to end Finals!! Thank You Professor Andrew P. Scott