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History Lesson – Bow Kite Design

 
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Onad

Since 04 Mar 2005
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PostMon Sep 19, 05 5:51 am    History Lesson – Bow Kite Design Reply with quote

Arrow http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/news_show.php?m_id=140

Arrow Arrow http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/KI289.html

Arrow Arrow Arrow http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4708078.WKU.&OS=PN/4708078&RS=PN/4708078
patent pdf. Arrow http://zeroprestige.org/archives/other/legaignoux.pdf

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bandito

Since 07 May 2005
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PostMon Sep 19, 05 6:44 am     Reply with quote

I remember seeing a bow like kite from a company named NEXT Kites a number of years ago. I believe they had a sister company in Europe, but I can't recall the name. They claimed the same near total depower and the better hang time, but they seem to have faded away. Anyone remember the NEXT brand of kites?
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pkh

Since 27 Feb 2005
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PostMon Sep 19, 05 8:11 am     Reply with quote

There's a thread on KF that had pictures of all the original flat kite designs (called "Manta") from 2000-2002 or so. I'll try to dig it up later...

Here it is:

http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=233209&sid=a98e2e19d713843666012a0c91f87b06







I guess the early designs were very safe but didn't jump well.

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