PAPER KITES

TRAMA

The tetradedral kite is an ingenious combination of spars&sails joined together to create an uniquely versatile flying structure. Developed by Alexander Graham Bell in the early 1900s, this type of kite lends intself to kit form as it is made up of small "cells" that can be joined together in a modular fashion to make a huge variety of kite shapes.

NOTE LIBRAIO

Paper Kites contains everything you need to make a four-cell tetrahedral kite, using 24 paper straws, a sheet of tissue paper cut into 4 sails, string and a handle. An accompanying book includes step-by-step instructions for building the basic 4-cell paper kite, along with details More...of how to expand it to a 16-, 32- or 64- cell version - and so on, ad infinitum. A CD-Rom provides you with printable sails designs, ranging from traditional dragons to contemporary manga cartoons. You'll soon have a high-flying handmade kite and the knowledge to build a whole lot more.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781907332722