Build an Essentials 4-line kite

The Essentials are kites similar to Revolution 1.5, available as standard, semi-ventilated, ventilated and ultra-ventilated sails.

This tutorial is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. You are free to use it as long as you don’t use it for commercial purposes.

Various examples are available on the Spence’s website.

The materials

To build an Essentials with the instructions below, you’ll need the materials listed here.

Plans

Here are the plans in PDF format:

• Essentials S, standard sail
  • Complete kite
  • Left wing only
• Essentials V, semi-ventilated sail
  • Full kite
  • Left wing only
• Essentials XV, ventilated sail
  • Full kite
  • Left wing only
• Essentials XXV, extra-ventilated sail
  • Full kite
  • Left wing only
• Cutting panels

Guide

Spence has published a guide describing one of the possible techniques for making these essentials: guide.

Resources

• Colorizer

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