Saturday, August 30, 2003

Trick of the Eye Kites

Trick of the Eye Kites Another on-line Kite shop, prices seem v low, but then you realise they are ex. VAT. Even then prices seem OK and they list all the size info you need dimensions and m^2

New kite arrived today

Just took delivery of new (to me) kite 10' Flexfoil - original design - had to go and fly it of course, not much wind and very variable, but when it flew it flew (big grin) - can't wait to try it at ainsdale or somewhere similar.

Friday, August 29, 2003

Gibraltar Farm - The prettiest campsite in Silverdale

The prettiest campsite in Silverdale - maybe when it's not spoilt by noisy scousers tho' it is the sort of site where you can do more or less what you want so of course some do with the 'sod everyone else - we're only having fun' attitude.

Having said that, if you get a quiet week/end then it is the best place in the the world - avoid bank holidays and cup final weekends - and you should be alright - the warden (new for 2003) should help keep things from getting too bad - also helps if its raining and blowing a gale - keeps the fairweather gazebo campers away.

Oh and its usually fairly windy, but this week it wasn't - until we're packing up to go home, when up pops a fresh little breeze. The Tolla flies OK, but is not as sharp as the HQ Symphony 1.4 - will have to try on same lines for a fair comparison - also need to find out more about the NASA wing - it definitely does not like any turbulence or changes of wind direction.

Monday, August 25, 2003

How to make inflatable bladders using polyethylene and a soldering iron

How to make inflatable bladders using polyethylene and a soldering iron

Hmmm, would be interesting to find out if anyone else other than Stelios has made bladders like this? Still if it works it means that making an inflatable wing is going to be more possible than before...

Aaaah a bit of wind :)

Flew the new kite (a purple Tolla 1.4 foil) today, not too bad considering the wind was a bit gusty and had to wait til it was going dark before the wind came.
Kite was not as sharp as the HQ 1.4, but this may be due to the longer slightly stretchier lines. Will try swapping them but needed longer lines to get some clean wind on the local field - we don't all live at St Annes you know!!

Sunday, August 24, 2003

Sunday, August 17, 2003

Kiteworks UK (Chalkies) kites, fabrics & clothing.

Kiteworks UK (Chalkies) kites, fabrics & clothing.

As recommended for kite making bits by the good people I met at the NKG while attending the 10th Oldham Kite festival today. It was windy too, not a lot, but just enough ;)

Home - Greens Kites Online Store and Catalogue

Home - Greens Kites Online Store and Catalogue

Would you look at dat another 'local' shoppe wot google didn't find first time, but was on a link from The Kite Society UK So there!

Kiteshop

Kiteshop

This guy hasn't bothered to update his address, however the nice lady in the furniture shop in Fleetwood will tell you where he's moved to, or look for the kites flying on the seafront opposite the mount craft centre (old customs lookout - big hill 1/2 way down the front) oh and he's not open monday and won't let you have a look around even if you have made a special trip :-(

Suffolk Kite Flyers

Suffolk Kite Flyers

Another for the list ;)

Met Office: Weather and climate - North-west England

Met Office: Weather and climate - North-west England
Whats the wind gonna be like today???

KiteBuilder.Com - Your source for kite building plans, information, and kite making supplies

KiteBuilder.Com - Your source for kite building plans, information, and kite making supplies

US Site with a shop (Kite Studio) and other information pages

Yahoo! Groups : kitemakers

Yahoo! Groups : kitemakers

Useful looking yahoo group

GBJ Kites Contents Page

GBJ Kites Contents Page

A very helpful, if minimal, site. Also offers sales of spare kitemaking materials.

Friday, August 15, 2003

Embryonic Web page

Page containing mostly pics of things, to be developed (into something more substantial later, I hope)

Kitelife Magazine - Issue 8: Mar/Apr 1999

www.kitelife.com

What a wonderful place the wibbly wobbly web is - search for the same stuff over and over, then u type something slightly different and you find a site u never seen before! The site also has a link to a list of kites that are easy enough for kids to make which means that i'm in with a chance ;)

Also found this place which sells bits for making your own kite Cochranes of Oxford at not too expensive, tho fabric from Point North (see below) would prolly be cheaper.

And another reasonably priced kites n fings site - Windseekers - not much in the way of materials tho

Here's another let's hope they're not robbers as their name suggests... Highwaymen...these have materials and spars at reasonable prices

I will update/post again if I get any experience of any of the shops eg via mail order or whatever

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Word of the day/week/year (depends how long til the next one comes along):-Tundish.

The laguage of the little known Tund peoples of Inner Mania ;-) but seriously...

tundish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

A word I didn't know until today. How useful it will be I don't know...

''just hold still Sir, while I fetch my tundish!''

''New tundishes for old...new tundishes for old...''

BTW, word of the decade is 'patress' - I know what it means (a sticky on-y sort thing, like what goes between a light switch and a wall, or the curve of an aircraft fuselage skin and the flat base of an aerial) but no official/dictionary definition found as yet Google search for same

Monday, August 11, 2003

Flying Circus Kite Plan Page

Flying Circus Kite Plan Page

Kite Links

Gomberg Kite Store: Giant kites, parafoils, flowforms, line art, windsocks, Peter Lynn, Windfeather banners.

Interesting Commercial site, but with some tips on flying etc. - (which is nice):)

Kite studio

American store in Wescosville, PA (wherever that is!!)

Pointnorth

A specialist fabric mail order place - does ripstop (kite material) tho £3.75 per m^2 or bags of bits for £5.00

Chainsaw Sculptures - by Andris Bergs

Chainsaw Sculptures - by Andris Bergs

Someone to copy/learn from - hope he doesn't mind ;-)

Slight name change

Due to an existing site using the same name - ish I have changed the name of the blog to no log (0) - cos there isn't mathemalogically speaking - so there!

Book of Styles | No table? No problem!

Book of Styles | No table? No problem!

Track this to learn more abt using CSS and mebbe pinch some ideas/layouts :o

Monday, August 04, 2003