Gravel at Frankley School

My Kite

In class for our Te Ara Tika, we built kites and tried to make them achieve lift, be durable, and be aerodynamic. Some of our kites did all 3 but some others did 1 or 2, and some weren't successful and their kite didn't do any of the 3.

My design is shaped like a plane kite for the top, and at the bottom it just has a bit cut off so that it is flat, so it is lighter than before because before I cut it off there was a lot of bamboo that was acting like weights. I chose a plane kite because in research 2 or 3 websites Jack and I saw said, having a point on the front of a kite made it cut through the air, and helped it stay in the air.

The materials for my kite that I chose were bamboo, because it is durable, string, to hold some parts together and for me to hold on to and control my kite, tape, to hold it together, rubbish bag, for the body of the kite, and finally some material hanging off the wings, to catch the wind. I made  these decisions because they are all good for kites but if I use too much bamboo and sellotape, my kite won’t fly. It was hard to pick these materials, but I had it all at home, and its pretty good, so I chose them.