How to Make a Kite – After building a number of kites from a recent description in Amateur Mechanics I branched out and constructed the…
The material required for the making of a war kite is three pine sticks, each 60 in. long, one stick 54 in. long, one stick…
Box-kites may be purchased ready-made in a number of sizes, but they are not cheap, and it will pay any boy to take the time…
How to Make a Malay Kite – The Malay tailless kite is probably the most practical kind ever invented. It will fly in a wind…
A Tailless Kite – The frame of a 3-ft. kite is made of two sticks, each 3 ft. long. These are tied together so that…
How to Make and Fly a Chinese Kite – The Chinese boy is not satisfied with simply holding the end of a kite string and running…
A simple method of constructing a box kite is given in detail as follows:The sticks should be made of straight-grained wood, which may be either…