Description

  
 Kite Making and Flying by Harold Ridgway
(eBook on CD)

This book was published in 1962 and it's a wonderfully complete book on not only making and flying kites but the science behind kites.  There are 19 different patterns to make and the rest of the book discusses "kite-craft" and goes in depth.  (160 pages - Author - Harold Ridgway - eBook)

Table of Contents:

Part One - Kites to Make: Making: Flying

1. Tonking: Pegtop: Loose Cover
2. High Flyer No. 1: High Flyer No. 2: Hexagonal
3. Star: Three-T: Forktop
4. Festoon: Happy Man: Small Fish
5. Butterfly: Double Butterfly: Glider
6. Sail: Wing: Box: Smiling Face
7. Tools, materials, methods, accessories
8. How Kites Fly

Part Two - Getting the Most From Your Hobby

9.   Make your own style of kite
10. Be weather-wise
11. Form a club
12. A brief history of kites
13. The educational value of kite-craft

Index

Excerpt taken from book:

In the first section of the book (Chapters 1-8) instructions and diagrams are given for making 19 different kites. It will be found that some are easy to make; others require more time and skill. Again, there are several sizes which range, for example, from the 'Small Fish' kite to the large Box kite.


This selection is offered for certain reasons. One is to help the beginner to progress from the simpler to the more complex forms. In this way he will gain skill in making and handling many different kites, and at the same time he may build up a collection of which he can be justly proud.


Another and related reason is that many people do not know how large the scope is in kite design. These chapters will reveal something of that scope, and so may serve to correct the idea that kites are limited to the Box and Pegtop styles. Literally speaking, dozens of different styles could be made, and they would fly, if certain rules were kept. From the large number available, a selection has been made in which the reader may find much that is of interest and satisfaction to him.

The rest of the book (Chapters 9-13) is concerned with a number of important things, each of which forms a part of kite-craft. They may serve to prove that this hobby opens a door to a variety of interesting activities and studies. The writer's intention has been to present in as simple a way as is possible the obvious and less obvious factors in kite making and flying. It is earnestly hoped that the book may succeed in attracting many new friends to a hobby which can be of absorbing interest to all who take it up.


This is an 160 page book that has been scanned and converted into a digital electronic book (eBook) which is burned onto a CD and mailed to your home where you can access it on your computer for reading and/or printing out.

This eBook comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. If you're not 100% satisfied then just return the CD in resalable condition and we will cheerfully and promptly return your money - no questions asked!

 Thank you for Reading!
 

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