How to Make a Sled Kite

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The MBK 1-Skewer Sled 

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How to Make a Sled Kite
Flying!

First, if it's very windy outside, stay home! This is a light-to-moderate-wind kite and won't like being launched in a gale.

Assuming there is some breeze outside, just dangle the kite at arm's length until the wind catches it. As long as you feel the kite pulling, let out line slowly by taking loop after loop off the winder.

Another approach is to get a helper to hold the kite up and let it go, on the end of maybe 15 or 20 meters (50 feet) of line. This way, the kite soon gets high enough to make it easy to let more line out.

The picture shows the 1-Skewer Sled on its second outing on a spring day with a moderate breeze. After this photo was taken, the little sled went on to reach almost 200 feet above ground.

Have fun flying, and I hope you've enjoyed learning how to make a sled kite!

Now, just in case you have actually made and flown this kite at least once already:

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