The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight: Amazon.ca: Maxwell Eden: Books

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The most comprehensive and fully illustrated bible to kite design, construction and flying basics ever published.

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This comprehensive and fully illustrated bible to kite design, construction, and flight covers kite flying basics, aerodynamics, the kite doctor, kite safety, tools and materials, construction and the history of the kite from its origins to today's computer design techniques. Includes 35 specific construction projects. 1,500 illustrations, diagrams & photos.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Read : kite construction book!, Aug 19 2002

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This review is from: The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight (Hardcover)

This book has several original designs, but some are just overly complicated and time consuming to build. You should try building a simple design : the Trefoil Delta kite! I credit Maxwell Eden particularly for including many useful tips on construction (seams, connectors, knots etc). Together with the book by Pelham you could not go wrong, anytime!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kites, Kites and More Kites, Mar 9 2002

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This review is from: The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight (Hardcover)

This book has an array of kites from easy to make to complicated ones. It has step by step instructions and are easy to follow. I bought it to teach students and they had a ball. Is good for elementary to high school students and also for parents to teach their children the fun of kite creation.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great book but badly edited, Jan 28 2000

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This review is from: The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight (Hardcover)

This book is magnificent but it is filled with many annoying errors, such as references to illustrations that aren't in the book. It seems that the job of rearranging the original 'Kite-Maker' book was botched. This means that I only give the book 3 stars, otherwise it would have been 5 stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! This book flys like a magnificent kite.
Being an avid kite-lover since childhood, I was able to get a deeper and truer understanding of the art and spectrum of kites through Eden's vision. Read more

Published on Jan 7 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about Kites and kite flying!
This excellent book is a revised edition of Maxwell's best-seller "Kiteworks." The book contains new information about kites and the Web, creating kites using your... Read more

Published on Dec 5 1998