Rokkaku kite

The smaller versions are actually for kite fighting. But if you build them big and change up the bridle they are quite stable.



I wasn't able to hook a camera to it on this day. Sadly it was just too windy for a kite this big. It gave me a workout just holding it. The next day of course there was zero wind.

I was just happy that it would fly, and that the day was so awesome, and that we got out of the house, and that the girls enjoyed the day.

The kite is done

It actually is bigger than it looks here.

Kite spars

Getting the kites spars ready. The kite being 8 ft tall needs three separate sections to make up the spine of the kite. I have a graphite ferrule that I cut from a longer rod, that I've glued into a couple of the spars.



Epoxy, that stuff's crazy strong.

My kite

It's big.


It takes up the entire living room floor.

You can see my mother-in-law's knees on the couch, for scale. I've finished sewing the pieces together, and adding reinforcement for the spars. I still have to sew on the pockets and a few other details.