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The 3.4mē NPW9b Project

Start Date: 2/15/2003

* Wide Center Panel, B=(A/100)*66
* Cascade Bridling
* 3.4mē Sail, A=150 cm, LK200
* Initial Mod: T=(A/100)*6.3=9.4

As I was considering building my next NPW9b I was contacted by Uwe Rex (http://www.tenforward.de/) in Germany. Since we were both interested in building the same kite we decided to build them "together" and exchange findings.
Email me if you would like to join us:
muk@att.net

 Sail Layout
These screen shots are from the excellent calculator program we are using by Tom White - Get It Here! (Beta)
The following are the specs (version 0.54 Beta Program):
fabricLayout.gif
fabricLayout.gif 		bridleCalc.gif
bridleCalc.gif 		bridleConnections.gif
bridleConnections.gif 		cascade.gif
cascade.gif
02-12-03 Made the template for the wing panels. Ran out of cardboard for the center template. WIDE! - 0:15/0:15
2/14/03 Center template, made new bridle board and tested the fid. I wanted to use Tom's bridal board as he designed it. Could not find piano wire at any hobby stores in our area; using a 0.01 guitar string (95 cents) that is working great. 0:30/0:45
2/15/03 Cut fabric, built left wing 1:15/2:00
2/15/03 Built right wing. Wings done. 0:45/2:45
2/16/03 Built center panel. Attached wings. Flat sail done. 0:50/3:35
2/16/03 Darts and nose tie attachment.Sail done.
0:40/4:15
2/17/03 Attached the center secondary bridle lines. Have little experience attaching the bridles to the sail in this way (see pic). An experiment for me. 1:15/5:30
2/17/03 Attached the middle and edge secondary bridle lines. Secondary bridles done. 1:05/6:35
02/22/03
Uwe enjoys the first flight of his fine looking NPW9b in Oberhausen at the "Halde Haniel". Flew GREAT!
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2/24/03 - KITE DONE! Finished primary bridles. Weather and schedule bad. Can't wait to fly it! 0:35/7:10
Meet Uwe Rex
Uwe is from Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He enjoys buggying and builds NasaWing kites.
"I have started buggying in 1999 with an homemade buggy by an friend and an home made NPW5/LK175. It makes a lot of fun to feel the wind in the kite an to drive with an buggy with about 35 up to 45 km/h over the beach. My first time in a kite buggy was on a great parking lot at Warner Bros. Movie World in Bottrop-Kirchhellen. The wind was about 5 - 6 bft. and it was really exciting. I will use the NPW9b for buggying. From end of april to mid. of may I'll spent my holidays in Denmark on the island Roemoe. I hope i can test the NPW9b extremley ;-)"

Uwe buggying with a Peter Lynn Buggy on the danish island of Roemoe using his NPW5/LK150