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*KITE HISTORY: A GLIMPSE {VARIOUS DESIGNS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD & THROUGHOUT THE AGES}
ENGLAND 1940
USA 1940
USA 1953
USA 1898
HOLLAND 1618
ITALY 105 CHINA 1644
CHINA 480 BC
AUSTRALIA 1893
*FLAT FORMS {UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF FLAT KITES & THE FLEXIBILITY OF THEIR SKINS}
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SL
ST ED
AR
*CELLULAR FORMS {UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF CELLULAR KITES & THE FLEXIBILITY OF THEIR SKINS}
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BOX
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*KITE HISTORY: INNOVATION {SPRING 2012 STUDIO: ST. LOUIS, MO}
*INITIAL EXPLORATIONS {FROM FLAT TO CELLULAR: ESTABLISHING A MODULE}
FLAT FORM
VERSION I
VERSION II
GROUPING
CELLULAR EXTRUSION
SKIN
ASSEMBLY
FINAL MODULE
*PROTOTYPE I {JOINING THE MODULES WITH A CENTER AIR POCKET}
KITE TESTING FLIGHT *TESTING FLIGHT {CATCHING AIR WITH PROTOTYPE I}
*PROTOTYPE II {ALTERING THE DESIGN TO INCORPORATE WINGS FOR LOFT}
*PROTOTYPE II {RENDERINGS OF REVISED DESIGN}
*ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS {PROTOTYPE II PLAN & ELEVATION}
*ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS CONTINUED {PROTOTYPE II SECTIONS}
SECTION KEY
A
C
B
SECTION A
SECTION B
SECTION C
*ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM {DIAGRAM FOR WARPED CONE}
CONE 1 ASSEMBLY
CONE 3 ASSEMBLY
*ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM CONTINUED {DIAGRAM FOR REGULAR CONE}
CONE 2 ASSEMBLY
CONE 4 ASSEMBLY
*HEXOCONE KITE {FINAL MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS WITH JOINT DETAIL IMAGES}
DETAIL: ARM JOINT & CONNECTION TO ADJACENT CONES
DETAIL:SLOTTED HEXAGON FOR ARMS
*HEXOCONE KITE {FINAL MODEL IN FLIGHT}