Build a Mini Pulse kite

The Mini Pulse is a quad-line kite close in size to a Revolution 2, about 183 cm wide. The plans support several variants depending on the ventilation level you want to build.

Thanks to Josh Mitcheson and Matt Constable for sharing the plans and tutorial videos.

On The Line was an initiative led by Matt Constable and Josh Mitcheson, two experienced English kitefliers. They produced tutorial and podcast series, available on their YouTube channel.

On The Line teamed up with KiteTec for this series of tutorials. KiteTec was a company led by Josh. He designed the Mini Pulse based on his “Pulse” kite, close to a Revolution 1.5.

To build a Mini Pulse with the instructions below, you’ll need the following materials and tools:

• Materials
  • Icarex fabric
  • Dacron strips, 50 mm and 60 mm widths
  • Carbon rods, preferably Skyshark P100
  • Bridle, 150 lb dyneema
  • 3 mm bungee cord
  • 4 washers (preferably: 3 mm ID, 8 mm OD, “cup washer”)
  • 6 endcaps
  • Mesh
  • 6 mm wide double-sided tape (3M ATG recommended)
  • Polyester thread
• Tools
  • A sewing machine
  • A ruler (preferably 1 m)
  • A sounding iron
  • Scissors
  • A scalpel or cutter
  • A pencil
  • Coloured markers

Here are all the plans (in PDF format):

• Panels to cut out
• Complete kite with panels
• Right wing only with panels
• Kite without panels (if you wish to design your own panels)
• Instructions for bridle and rods

These plans do not fit on a single A4 sheet. You can either:

• print them in one piece through a print shop;
• print them over several A4 or A3 sheets and tape them together.

The plans allow you to build several models: standard, semi-vented, vented and more. All you need to do is use mesh instead of icarex for some panels. Here are the panels to replace with mesh depending on the model:

• Standard: /
• Semi-vented: C4 panels
• Vented: C2 and C4 panels
• Ultra-vented: panels C1, C2, C3, C4

Josh and Matt document the full build over about 7.5 hours of video. The videos are in English; YouTube subtitles can help if needed. (How to enable subtitles)

This first 1:30 video explains how:

• Cutting panels (from 4:20)
• Pasting these panels (from 55:51)

Part 1

This second 2-hour session includes how:

• Cutting the dacron reinforcements for the tips and center (from 6:03)
• Sewing main panels (from 23:53)
• Marking future hems along trailing edge (from 1:01:35)
• Stickings the reinforcements on the tips and in the center (from 1:06:58)
• Folding and sewing hems along trailing edge (from 1:14:34)

Part 2

This 2-hour third part explains how:

• Cutting the dacron reinforcements for the leading edge (from 5:32)
• Sticking these reinforcements onto the sail (from 12:23)
• Attaching leading edge mesh (from 24:33)
• Preparing and sticking the leading edge dacron tunnel (from 1:10:14)
• Sewing this dacron tunnel (from 1:36:16)

Part 3

This last part lasts 1h45 and includes how:

• Cutting holes for bungees (from 5:48)
• Cutting the bungees (from 20:45)
• Attaching the bungees and end caps to the sail (from 27:31)
• Making the bridle (from 43:11)
• Attaching the bridle to the kite (from 1:11:56)
• Cutting the rods (from 1:21:57)

Part 4

In this 30 min bonus, Josh and Matt debrief with some of the kitefliers who built their mini pulse.

Bonus section

Last updated Jul 17, 2026