The Rebelauthor: Pim Kusters

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First things first: here's a list with the building materials:

0.5 m2 chicara ripstop or icarex3 pcs 1.5 meter carbon 2mm1 pc 1 meter carbon 1.5mm3 m bridle cord10 pcs vinyl endcaps 2mm2 pcs plastic endcaps 2mm for the wingtips (with a slot for the tensioning string)

a little bit of dacronisolationtape or superglue

First you have to make some templates. The measurements for these can be found inthe picture below:

First draw a raster of squares (5x5 cm) , then draw the line of the spine in this raster,Be sure to leave some space on the under side because the wingtips will be a little bitlower than the spine. Now you can set the waypoints for the curvature of the wing.The measurements are given every 5 cm starting from the spineside of the kite.

This is the distance of the lines AB and CD to the Leading edge and the Trailing edgein cm.

line AB line CD

0 0 0

5 2.7 3.4

10 5.4 5.9

15 8.5 7.4

20 12 8

25 15.6 8.3

30 19.5 8

35 23.6 7.4

40 28 6.4

45 32.7 4.9

50 37.5 2.4

55 43.2 -1

61 -5.2

Well let's begin building !!

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The places for the gaps of the upper and lower spreader are both measured from thetip and the gap for the center hole is measured from the tail.

When you have made the templates (best out of cardboard) you can copy them ontoyour fabric. try to keep the grain alligned with the spine. The only place where youshould keep some seam allowance is at the side of the spine ( 1cm ).

Start the construction by sewing the two halfs togetter at the spine side. use astriaight or a zigzag stitch.. Then take the fabric and cut out two pieces of 2cm by 80cm. These will be used as LE tunnels. Fold them and sew them on the leading edges.

Next cut out two pieces of 1cm by 80 cm fold these over the TE and sew them in.Nowtake a piece of dacron of about 4x4 cm fold it and sew it in as nose sectionleaving room for the wing spars and the spine spar.. Take another piece of dacron of6x1 cm, fold it double so it will look like 3x1. Fold this one over the tail and sew it init's place with a straight stitch creating a tunnel for the spine.

take two other pieces of dacron (4x1 cm) and fold it once in the length and then oncein the other direction creating sort of a loop. Sew these in at the wingtips, these willbe used for the tensioning strings.

The last pieces of darcon will be used as reinforcements of the whiskers. take twopieces of 2x4 cm, fold them over the TE at 22.5 cm from the spine.

Now make the holes for the upper and lower spreader, the center hole and smallholes for the whiskers.

Cut the spars so you will have the following pieces

2x 2 mm 81 cm for the LE's

1x 2 mm 78 cm for the Lower spreader

1x 2 mm 32 cm for the upper spreader

1x 2 mm 46 cm for the spine

2x 1.5 mm 12 cm for the whiskers

Now u have to make some holes in the vinyl end caps. I used a soldering iron for this,but you can also use a hot needle.

Take 6 of them and make two holes a the end so you can stick a spar trough it (A).Take two other ones and take a bit out of the side of it (look at the pictures at thebottom of the page)(B) .Take 1 and. make 4 holes in it so you can stick 2 spars troughit creating a cross(C).

Start by putting an endcap on the bottom side of the spar you're using for the spineand also lide end cap C on. Put the spine in it's place by sticking it in the nose pieceand then bending it a bit and stick it in the tail reinforcement.

Now you can put the LE's in. Slide two endcaps A on them at the holes for thespreaders, also put the two plastic end caps on the tips and add the tensioning wire.

Take the lower spreader and slide it trough the C endcap that's allready mounted onthe spine. Take two A endcaps and slide them on. Now you can mount the lowerspreader in the connectors on the LE and you can also put the upper spreader in it'splace.

Now take the two whiskers and thicken them on the end with some tape so they willfit the 2mm endcaps. stick them in the A endcaps that are on the Lower spreader andtake the two B endcaps. Put them on half way and then stick the whisker through thedacron reinforcements on the other side you can put the rest of the endcap on..

Framing the rebel

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And here is the bridle ...

There will be an update soon, because the kite still has a tendancy to stay in abackflip position.

I will overcome this problem by adding a little bit of weight to the spine. The kite fliesgreat as it is, but this will improve it's trickability.

Have Fun Building !!!!

CAUTION!!!

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