Gary Engvall's Kite Site

The American Kitefliers Association
Thank you for electing me AKA President!
Click here to learn more.

Click here for the Kite Event Calendar:
A list of kite events and festivals throughout the northeastern USA.

Kinko's Sled kite plan
How to make a great flying kite out of a bag from FedEx Kinko's.

SLED KITE PLAN:
If you met us at one of our kite making workshops for kids,
here are the Plans for making the Polymorphic (Sled) Kite:
Making the Wonderful Polymorphic Kite

	6-Foot Rokkaku Plans	Our Kite Sewing Workshops Page
	Kite Sewing 101, all the basics of sewing nylon and polyester into kites, as presented at the American Kitefliers Association National Convention in Ocean City, Maryland in October, 2002	Our Kite Workshops for Kids Page

Our local kite store that supports our kite events: Sea Side Kites Hull, MA
Other online Kite Stores: Kitty Hawk Kites The Kite Loft Into the Wind Gone With the Wind
Where to get Kite Making supplies:
Kite Studio	Hang-'em High
Where to get the Giant Peter Lynn Show Kites:
Peter Lynn Giant Show Kites	Gomberg Kite Productions International

Kite Forums Kite Forums are great for talking about kite flying and kite making.
Kitebuilder	Gone With The Wind	Revolution	Fighter Kite Central

Quick page/site navigation:
Click on what you want to find in this table:

Kite Plans	Kite Clubs	Kite Events Calendar
Kite Catalogs	Kite club URL's:	My Kite Pictures
Kite Stores	Computers and Kites	My other pages

If you are looking for information about any kinds of kites,
we hope we have a way to find the information here.
If you don't find what you are looking for, please e-mail me and I can try to point you in the right direction:
E-mail: gengvall@cox.net
E-mail Maggie at: maggiekite@cox.net

Kite Stores
Kite Stores:	On the South Shore (near Boston): Sea Side Kites 293 Nantasket Ave., Hull, MA. 781-925-3277 http://www.seasidekites.com E-mail: Greg	Online Stores: Kitty Hawk Kites The Kite Loft Into the Wind Gone With the Wind
A great way to find a Kite Store or a Kite Club near you is on the AKA page: The American Kitefliers Association On the AKA page, top left, Click 'Table of Contents', then click 'Regional'.	To find a Kite Store near you in the USA, check out Dave Gomberg's kite store page: Gomberg Kites: Kite Store Directory	If you can't find a store close enough, then follow the Kite Catalogs link here for links and addresses of great kite mail-order catalogs. Kite Catalogs

Kite Clubs:
The best way to get into kite flying is to join a kite club near you.
There are local and regional Kite Clubs all over the world.

Looking for a kite club near you in the USA?
The American Kitefliers Association home page is the place to start:
On the AKA page, at the top left, click on 'Table of Contents', then on 'Regional'.
Then, on the map, click on your State.

The American Kitefliers Association

Kite Plans:

	Kite Plans Pages by me:
	6 Foot Rokkaku	8 Foot Rokkaku
	Kinko's Bag Sled Kite	Kite Making Books
	Catherine's Wheel	Circoflex Plans
	SquareFlake	Bol - Johannesen
	Kite Sewing 101	Kite Knots
	Other great sources of kite making information:
	Kite Builders Forum: a great place to learn how to make kites.	Pete Peters terrific Plans site.
	Peter deJong Plans site	kites.org
	Super-duper kite sites for KIDS !!!
	David Ellis' Resource Page	BOOKS

Here's how to use the computer to find out lots more about kites.
Usenet Newsgroup rec.kites, IRC, e-mail groups and more;
Kites & computers

Want to buy or sell a used kite?
Check out the Kite Classified Ads web site: http://www.primoweb.com/kites

The picture to the left is of a (Samuel Franklin) Cody War Box kite that I made. It was the first time I had attempted to make something that size without any plans. It is built around S.F.Cody's favorite measurement, 6. It is 6 feet long, front to back, with a 6 inch "rake" or forward lean. Each box is 2 x 2, making the main Box kite 4 feet wide, 2 feet tall, and 6 feet long. Each portion of wing is 2 feet wide, making each wing tip 5 feet away from the box, for a total wingspread of 14 feet. The material is 3/4 ounce Icarex (polyester). The longerons are K-75 fiberglass, and the cross sticks are FL-505 fiberglass. All of the fittings are ABS plastic rod cut to length, center drilled for sticks, and cross drilled for line.
NOTE: I am frequently asked for plans for this Cody Kite. I want to make it clear: There aren't any plans! Yes, I made templates and yes, those have been occasionally loaned out so other people could make this kite. But I simply didn't make any when I made the kite.

Photo above by Alice Hayden

I make a lot of kites, single line and dual line. Will fly quad (4) line kites under duress. I also make and fly fighters and rokkaku's.

Stacks of kites are favorites of mine, especially a stack of 28 Dyna Kite Colormasters (above). My wife and I each have a 12 stack of 1987 vintage wooden framed Dyna Kite Flightmasters. We recently added a 12 stack each of the new carbon frame Dyna Kite Stuntmasters. I have a stack of 24 Trlbys (I have flown 100 Trlbys at once), 12 stack of hyper kites, a 5 stack of Flexifoil (6 foot wide) Stackers.

I do kitemaking workshops, everything from elementary age kids making kites out of trash bags or tyvek and dowels, to teaching people how to sew their own kites. If you are interested in seeing what an easy Kids Kite Workshop can look like, click here: http://members.cox.net/kiter/workshop/wrkshp.htm. For a Kite Sewing Workshop, from Beginner to Advanced, click here: http://members.cox.net/gengvall/wkshpkites.html. To book a workshop for your kite club, school, or organization in the northeastern USA, please e-mail me: gengvall@cox.net

If you are looking to get together with other Kiters in the Northeast USA, The ConnectiKITERS is a very active Kite Club that would love to hear from you.
Clicking here, ConnectiKITERS , will take you to their web page.

Another very active northeastern USA kite club is the New York Kite Enthusiasts.
They are located mostly around Albany, NY.

Maggie & Gary Engvall
Gary E-mail: gengvall@cox.net
Maggie E-mail: maggiekite@cox.net

Yves LaForest may phone us at (401) 942-3606

Other pages:
Kite Catalogs	Circoflex Plans	Trilobite Repair Progress
Kite Books	Kinko's Bag Sled Kite	Kite Knots
Kites & computers	Trilobite Disaster II	NYKE Club News and Gossip Page
Workshop BRING list.	Kite Sewing 101	6 Foot Rokkaku

Kite Club links:

AKA	ConnectiKITERS	Mid-Michigan	Pittsburg, PA	Indiana
LVKS	Charlotte, NC	Minnesota	Quebec, Canada	South Jersey
KONE	Central Illinois	New York Kite Enthusiasts	Toronto, Canada	Richmond, VA
WOW	Great Lakes	Ohio	Japan	Savannah, GA

	The picture to the left is of a (Samuel Franklin) Cody War Box kite that I made. It was the first time I had attempted to make something that size without any plans. It is built around S.F.Cody's favorite measurement, 6. It is 6 feet long, front to back, with a 6 inch "rake" or forward lean. Each box is 2 x 2, making the main Box kite 4 feet wide, 2 feet tall, and 6 feet long. Each portion of wing is 2 feet wide, making each wing tip 5 feet away from the box, for a total wingspread of 14 feet. The material is 3/4 ounce Icarex (polyester). The longerons are K-75 fiberglass, and the cross sticks are FL-505 fiberglass. All of the fittings are ABS plastic rod cut to length, center drilled for sticks, and cross drilled for line. NOTE: I am frequently asked for plans for this Cody Kite. I want to make it clear: There aren't any plans! Yes, I made templates and yes, those have been occasionally loaned out so other people could make this kite. But I simply didn't make any when I made the kite.
Photo above by Alice Hayden	I make a lot of kites, single line and dual line. Will fly quad (4) line kites under duress. I also make and fly fighters and rokkaku's.
	Stacks of kites are favorites of mine, especially a stack of 28 Dyna Kite Colormasters (above). My wife and I each have a 12 stack of 1987 vintage wooden framed Dyna Kite Flightmasters. We recently added a 12 stack each of the new carbon frame Dyna Kite Stuntmasters. I have a stack of 24 Trlbys (I have flown 100 Trlbys at once), 12 stack of hyper kites, a 5 stack of Flexifoil (6 foot wide) Stackers.