Toms Kite Building Site

building your own trickkite

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 5 : Glueing the two halves (at the spine)


1. Line the right half (front side) with the outside border of the plan and fix the sail with paper tape.


2. Glue the left half onto the right half, using the printed seam from the plan.


Watch Out: Because the spine side isn't straight we glue the part from nose to the Central-T first. The bottom part (from Central-T to tail) we'll glue when the top-part glue is dry and hard.


3. Leave the sail front side up on the plan for the next step.