Build an Essentials 4-line kite
The Essentials are Revolution 1.5-style kites, available as standard, semi-vented, vented and extra-vented sails.
This tutorial is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. You are free to use it as long as you don’t use it for commercial purposes.
Various examples are available on the Spence’s website.
The materials
Section titled "The materials"To build an Essentials with the instructions below, you’ll need the materials listed here.
Here are the plans in PDF format:
- Essentials S, standard sail
- Essentials V, semi-vented sail
- Essentials XV, ventilated sail
- Essentials XXV, extra-vented sail
- Cutting panels
Spence has published a guide describing one possible technique for building an Essentials: guide.
Resources
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