From: reich@nosc.mil (Ronald S. Reich) Subject: Re: How to 'tune' a 1st. attempt stunter Date: 21 Oct 94 19:26:10 GMT >From: R.B.Birch@lut.ac.uk (Ray Birch) >I have tried without success to make a kite which I made from a >plan in a book called "Kites to make and Fly" by Jim Rowlands >fly properly.... Stuff deleted.... The tolerance on the up and down bridle adjustment of a kite is directly proportional to the amount of billow in the sail. For instance a kite with a very flat sail will require very fine tuning in order for it to fly correctly and a kite with a lot of billow will fly well over a large range of bridle settings. For your case I would suggest changing the cross spreaders (shorter ones) to increase the amount of billow and then try again. You may have to also shorten the top spreader if there is one. (to keep from bending the leading edge) Let us know what happens. Good Luck Ron Reich