Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 05:02:21 GMT
From: Matthew.Appler@launchpad.unc.edu (Matthew Appler)
Message-ID: <1993Feb19.050221.11912@samba.oit.unc.edu>
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Subject: Sail measurements

Marty, or Jeff, you might be able to help me with this one.....

I've restarted work on my stunt kite lately with the advent of more time
on my hands....  Here is the problem I have:

THe kite currently works.  It is on a stable frame and it is a standard
delta pattern....very simpl stunt kite, no standoffs or anything like that,
although I would love to add them once I get the sail stuff worked out.  
To get the kite to fill with enough air to work, I had to disconnect the
sail from the spine of the kite.  So, basically, the sail is currently
hanging off the fraame by the wings.  Well...I want to re-make the sial so
that the kite will be connected at the spine, but without reducing the
volume of the air pockets it currently has.  Now, I've had up through the
3rd semester of calculus, multivariable, and I can't seem to figure out a
way to make the calculations required to find the new sail dimensions.  :)
 Could anyone help me out with this?  If it is too hard to describe, I can
send you current dimensions, but I"d prefer to know how to do it myself. 
Don't worry about getting too mathematical, as I ahve had quite a bit, as
stated above......

  Thank you very much,
     Matthew Appler
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