HOW I MADE A NEWSPAPER FLOWFORM 1 Use PgDn Key to Move to the next page. Every now and then I try to use terms used by Harold Prinzler in his page: Flowform FF03A Flowform FF03A Visit also to see‘How to Put Together a Flow Form Type Kite’
My workspace and the material I've used 2
Templates and a newspaper Wiener Kurir 3
4 Template again and a washer to mark seam line when the line is curved
I've already cut out the parts of the flowform 5
I've used white glue; it was easy to glue when the line was straight 6
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10 Now the glue is dry
11 Aids for rib forming ( Harald Prinzler puts it); of two-layers newspaper
12 The aids for rib forming have been glued to the inside of the bottom
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14 A thread glued to both of the trailing edges of the kite for a drogue to be attached later perhaps
15 I marked the trailing edges and part of the the jet chute IN BLACKINK; along this line the bottom and top surface are to be glued
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18 I’ve begun gluing the top surface starting from the leading edge
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20 I’ve soon learnt that it would be better to glue the top surface to the upper seam of the ribs in small parallel steps of about 1.5 cm (about 0.5") to make life easier
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24 I’ve used these boxes to keep the ribs upright while gluing
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31 Step by step
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33 I’ve almost reached the end of the middle ribs
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36 I’ve reached the end of those ribs
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38 The first line of the aids for rib forming has been glued
39 Poor old lady’s face got wrinkled
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43 Its profile
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Hungarian daily newspaper flowform kite NÉPSZAVA szárnyszelvény-sárkány Zmeu profil de aripa Flowform de papel
57 When I make a Tyvek kite, I purchase the material herehere