How NOT to get invited back to Kite Festivals. ‘orrible weather here; our coldest October since 1943 and November’s even freezinger. It’s 8 degrees today and this is summertime and we’re on the same latitude as the south of France. Our warming seems to have been stolen- probably it’s [...]
The PL Kite Economy. Herman & JeannetMichel DekkerJenny CookCraig HansenSimon Chisnall & Cuttlefish kite I’ve now been back in New Zealand for nearly four weeks, intending not to travel away again until after Xmas. Three months uninterrupted workshop time!: Winch systems for UKS, the next Stirling engine [...]
Rip-Offs. A Chinese Allegory: Long ago in a land far away there lived a very poor couple. They had nothing except a one roomed shack to live in and a raised platform for sleeping on. One evening the husband was awoken by an intruder. There’s a thief in our [...]
Errata Yes, mistakes have been made! Religion for one thing: faith based beliefs are a really really bad idea- and nothing will persuade me that this isn’t so. Climate change for another. What if we’re about to tip the planet into meltdown?- and what about if we’re not? And [...]
Back in 1973 I reckoned I'd have this done by my 30th birthday (1976), but it's taken a bit longer: Why kites (don't) fly- single line kite stability. For a kite to fly on a single line, it must, as the most basic condition, have some way to detect [...]