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Cincinnati Fire Kite

Cincinnati Fire Kite
This simple kite will rise ~30 ft. in the air, until it consumes itself in a blaze of destruction. Great fun, very simple to construct.

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For this to work, you will need one each of the following:

*Newspaper/Tissue Paper
*Tape
*Fire
*Lack of Wind

all of them more or less free or freely available
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Apr 25, 2011. 9:13 AMloolee says:
my son and I have done this a bunch. It is really cool and so much fun! We use newspapers and the trick is to fold it evenly and tape it close to the middle. You want to make it like a bubble... When you light the corners, light all four corners as close to the same time as possible. The hot air fills the cavity and rises. At night, you can see the flame and then you can see the embers of the glowing paper. Also, the coler the temp, the better it works. After all, hot air rises!
Apr 20, 2010. 10:57 AMMundoTozz says:
 This will work.  it is actually the ash of the paper that fills with the hot air.   

there can be NO WIND!!!!   No Humidity  or very little.  The colder the air 40F not 90F  the more height and faster it rises.

Must get the Square of newspaper to light  and burn evenly.  light opposing corners.  Be paitent when it works its magic.
Jan 1, 2011. 7:01 AMdombeef says:
No, some other fire kites do that but this one is like a miniature hot air balloon
Mar 22, 2010. 12:19 PMnotyouraveragejoe says:
 isn't the kite supposed to float? 
Jan 10, 2009. 3:58 PMnate121 says:
does any one know the history of the Cincinnati Fire Kite?
Dec 30, 2009. 5:08 PMyour dog says:
here's what i got for the book, Backyard Ballistics.

1946 A humid night on the Ohio- Kentucky border. A group of Forth of July picnickers enjoys the warmth of the long summer evening.

 Suddenly, someone in the group points to the south. there, behind a small grove of pine trees, a floating circle of fire rises like a phoshorescent Portuguese man-of-war in a dark lagoon. (good description huh!) "What's that?" they wonder. "A UFO? a shooting star?" the Cincinnati fire kite makes it's first recorded appearance.

Like i said, i did not write this
Jun 29, 2009. 10:15 PMfunwithfire93 says:
getto tea you live around cleveland
Feb 12, 2008. 7:42 AMgabba_h says:
you can do this in miniature size whit a tea bag, open the staple, get rid of the tea and find out that tea bags aren't bags at all. you should end up whit a tunnel. place the tunnel standing up, light the upper end of the tunnel.
Jan 27, 2008. 7:55 PMbigfootduck says:
Hawaii ROCKS!! I live in California, but i've been to hawaii a few times. MAUI IS THE BEST!!!
Dec 28, 2007. 2:32 PMHawaii00000 says:
Doesn't work that well in Hawaii to warm.
Dec 4, 2007. 7:15 AMjam1478 says:
this is really ard to get to work I tried it out of a book and all I got was a few floating ashes.
Nov 7, 2007. 1:20 PMi make shooting things says:
thanks for the credit
Nov 4, 2007. 8:06 AMjoemonkey says:
we had a "cermony" and launched 3 in celebration of getting guitar hero III!
Nov 4, 2007. 8:04 AMjoemonkey says:
i was about to post this from backyard ballistics! these are awesome. these nights lately hve been perfect! cold, still, and dark!
Nov 4, 2007. 6:01 AMDorkfish92 says:
Ha,ha. Looks like it was too windy. Was it cold outside? I think it works better in the cold.
Nov 4, 2007. 4:13 AMKiteman says:
Very well written 'ible - just a shame it didn't work! I may have a solution, though! You seemed to light the kite at the bottom-centre. but, according to Backyard Ballistics, page 52:

Turn the kite over so the paper seams are on the bottom. With one, two or three assistants, strike multiple matches and ignite the kite at each of the four corners. Try to ignite all four corners as close to the same instant as possible.

Hope that's some help - if it works, you can add another video.
Nov 3, 2007. 7:59 PMJohn Smith says:
Dang... ...now I have to clean drool off my keyboard.

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