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Soar to new heights with a kite you design and build yourself! Using a simple and unique connector system, your colorful kite sails can be configured in dozens of ways to create a wide variety of kites. Astonish spectators on the kite field with your wild and original constructions. Plan, build and test kites again and again to determine which design is best. Experiment with how different bridle confi gurations affect the stability and maneuverability of your kite. Learn about lift, drag, Bernoulli's principle, and the physics and history of flying kites. Build a kite ferry and a kite glider. Calculate how high your kite is flying, and determine the air temperature way up there. A 32-page full-color Experiment Manual guides aspiring Kite Engineers through kite assembly methods and nine experiments. Contents: Experiment Manual, Yellow Kite Sail (18.5 cm x 222 cm), Red Kite Sail (18.5 cm x 222 cm), Blue Kite Sail (18.5 cm x 111 cm), 2 Orange Kite Sails (18.5 cm x 55.5 cm), 35 Spars, 2 Wire Hooks, Elastic, 6 Plastic Beads, Red Kite Tail, Bridle Line, 8 Cross Spars, Kite Line and Reel x 55.5 cm), 35 Spars, 2 Wire Hooks, Elastic, 6 Plastic Beads, Red Kite Tail, Bridle Line, 8 Cross Spars, Kite. |