Bell Tetrahedral Kite

Step 6 Making Sails

Use Tyvek (mailing envelopes work great), tissue paper, mylar, or any lightweight sheet material to make the sails. Start with a sheet roughly 20" x 30" in size. Fold in half four times. Make a template out of poster board or a cereal box, and position it on the folded sail material at the closed outer corner, matching a perfect right angle. Cut the material on the 3 angled sides. Unfolded, you will have 8 individual sails. Make as many sails as you need- Tyvek is dirt-cheap.

Comments

[BoondockSaint]

I'm not sure if shops and groceries over in Europe use plastic bags for their goods (I've heard paper is the standard), but plastic bags make great sail material as well.

[bucklipe]

Please note that the template size depends on the type and size of bendy straws that are used. The two longest sides of the template go on the two folded sides of the material being used (Tyvek, etc.)