Double Diamond

This is my first attempt at designing a cellular kite. Previously I had only done flat and bowed kites of varying complexity. I found I had to take a completely different approach: When creating a flat kite I have a design in mind and then construct a frame to match; for cellular kites it seems better to start with a frame and then play around with different ways of attaching sails to it.

Dan Leigh offers this bit of wisdom:

The best kites are extremely simple. You can't remove anything more.

In keeping with this, I came up with a very simple design. I am rather pleased with it: It flys nicely and by limiting it to a small set of primary colors it really stands out in the sky.

I am not aware of ever having seen this design before. I believe it is an original design, though obviously I was influenced (at least subconsciously) by other kites I have seen.

	full view (10K)		detail view (20K)
	look, no tail (24K)		pair flying (12K)

Specs:

• carbon framing: 6 and 4mm
• height: 165cm, width: 118cm
• tube tail: approx 10m; the kite will also fly without a tail, but it is more skittish then
• wind range: medium to strong

Finally, here is the 'vented' version for high winds.

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