The Barn Door Kite

My 1 skewer barn door kites are probably some of the smallest ones around at less than 29 cm 11 inches tall.

The barn door kite. Some dihedral gives extra stability and shortens the amount of tail required. A more common size is between 1 and 2 meters 4 7 feet tall. At 29cm 11 1 2 from tip to tip the mbk 1 skewer barn door kite is a rather small barn door with dihedral and simple 1 leg bridle. The little barn door is a fine light to moderate wind flier.

The mbk 2 skewer barn door is medium sized at 58 cm across and 57 cm tall with a single looped tail. Build a barn door kite. These barn door kite plans and hints are aimed at summarizing the more in depth instructions to be found in the how to make a kite section of this website. This kite is strictly a light wind flier but can cope with gusts as long as they are not too strong.

The kite is designed to roll up into a slim cylindrical package like a sled thanks to the 4 detachable corners of the sail and the toggle linked bow line. The 2 skewer barn door is a very nice light to moderate wind flier. Learn how to build a terrific barn door kite just follow along with this how to video. Use your imagination and you ll being soaring the friendly skies in no time.

And if you are a visual learner it should be possible to complete the kite by referring only to the pictures. As we found out on its first time out it can cope with a rather strong breeze too. Either just in front of the rear seat or flat in the trunk boot. The mbk dowel barn door is a large tail less design based on the traditional american kite.

If you haven t already do it now to see what s needed for making a barn door kite. Have you read the page on kite materials. The dowel barn door is a fairly large tail less design based on the traditional american kite. How to build a barn door kite step by step page 1 of 3 the mbk 2 skewer barn door.

The mbk 1 skewer barn door kite is a rather small at 29 cm across and 26 cm tall with a tail. You will need a plastic sheet wood dowels cloth tape ribbon and scissors. As a bonus these instructions also show you how to string several of these kites together in a kite train. The 2 diagonal spars can be arranged to meet at the top or bottom of the kite or left parallel or somewhere in between.

The one on the left is of the front surface. For each of the barn door plans below there are also a pair of plan view photos. The 1 skewer barn door is a very nice little moderate wind flier. However it will still fit into nearly all road vehicles ready to fly.