Toms Kite Building Site

building your own trickkite


The Sail

Step 1: Putting the plan and the moulds together.

step 2: Cutting the sail, Mylar, Dacron and the fortification for the nose

step 3: Putting together and glueing the sail parts

step 4: Sewing the two halves of the sail

step 5: Glueing the two halves (at the spine)

step 6: Glueing the fortification for the stand-offs

step 7: Glueing Mylar or Ripstop as fortification

step 8: Sewing the fortification for the spine and stand-offs

step 9: Glueing and sewing of the fortification for the upper spreader

step 10: Glueing and sewing the Ripstop for the “trailing edges”

step 11: Glueing of the nose bag

step 12: Sewing of the spine tunnel

step 13: Glueing and sewing of the fortification for the central-T

step 14: Glueing of the leading edges

step 15: Marking the leading edges and the nosebag

step 16: Sewing of the leading edges and the nosebag

step 17: Inserting the leechline

step 18: Glueing and sewing of the fortification of the nose

step 19: Cutting out the space for the yoyo stoppers

step 20: The holes for tensioning the leading edges and placing the stand-offs

Step 1: Putting the plan and the moulds together



1. Print out the plan and the moulds on plain print paper and tape all pages according to their number, using the short lines as guides.


2. Cut out all the moulds. The straight parts can be done easily with a cutter and metal ruler.


3. Tape the plan to the soft side of the hardboard.


Watch Out: Make sure the plan is evened out and flat. Air bubbles under the paper will cause problems when glueing the sail parts together.