Box Camera Kite
This short piece describes an early attempt with kite aerial photography.
Aerial Photography with a Box Camera
Sep 162010
Man Lifting Kite
Here is a short piece describing using kites capable lifting an observer.
Using the Man-Lifting Kite to Watch the Enemy
I am too much of a coward to even imagine getting aloft by kites. What do you think about the idea?
Camera Kite
In this article in November 1928 author Rudolph F. Fischer describes his very hefty kite design which he used to snap, what he calls “airplane view” photos. The kite’s wingspan is 12 feet and the overall height is 6 feet. The design is worth studying for ideas.
What do you think?
Kite Structure
C. M. Miller explains his method how to create a kite framework for any kite shape. The outline is made of split bamboo. As other articles by C. M. Miller this one is worth a careful study.
Any thoughts?
Sep 132010
Kite Looking Like Airplane
C. M. Miller explains how to build kites that look like airplanes. Miller’s articles about kites are worth reading.
Constructing Kites that Look Like Airplanes
Any ideas or thoughts?
Kite for a Man to Fly
C. P. Bradley explain how to build this large airplane like kite which will “move a 100 pound wagon”.
An Airplane Kite for a Man to Fly
Any comments?
- Kites Supported Aerial
Here is an ingenious idea on how to support a radio antenna by kites. The original idea came from a interned German steamship.
The author is Stanley Y. Beach who was also involved with Gustave Whitehead in some early aviation projects.
Employing Kites to Support an Aerial
Fishing Kite
Here is a great idea which combines fishing with kite flying. Perhaps we could improve on it by having the kite just deliver our hook and bait and we could bring it back to repeat the task. What do you think?
He Hitches His Fishing Line to a Five-Foot Kite
Sky Banner Kite
Here is a description of how to build your own “sky-banner” kite. The author E. E. Harbert calls it a triangular cellular kite.
How to Make a Sky-Banner Kite – Popular Mechanics, April 1906
