Toms Kite Building Site

building your own trickkite

The Sail

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 7 : Glueing Mylar or Ripstop as fortification


1. Turn the sail with the back side up in a position whereby you can easily mark the width of the Mylar/Ripstop in the middle of the kite.


2. From the middle of the seam where left and right half sail are glued together, you may mark left and right at 12.5 mm from the axis. Do this 4 times over the length of the sail.


3. Glue the Mylar/Ripstop ribbon in the middle of the kite.