Showing posts with label Expandable Object. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Expandable Object. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Mini Super Barrage





The Mini super barrage was conceived for the need of more rigidity in a higher aspect ratio wing. This entailed making it with smaller ovals and tighter rigging giving it a taught finish.

In Super barrage form this kite is a very efficient flier achieving stable flight at high angles. From very low winds speeds it works the best taking advantage of its light wing loading, to higher winds where stability is not lost, flexing off gusts.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

EO V-plane


The EO V-plane concept was a test to see a series of planes done in the diagonal rigged cells and test limits, the first V-plane I made in the larger ovals and has the lightest wind performance so far. Unfortunately is a little too large to transport easily by plane, and I developed one out of the smaller ovals, which comes in at 1.6m that is.

Shares the same style that has led to some awesome soaring and stable kites that share the EO assembly, and shock-cord clasp convenience.

• Original Kite design by Phil McConnachie

• Fade colour schemes: Fire, Lime, Ice, Cloud and Red

• High performance Icarex polyester sails

• Framed with a Robust 2mm fiberglass

• Self assembly in seconds

• Kite folds flat for storage: 1600mm by 250mm by 16mm

• Assembled: 1400mm by 900mm by 560mm

EO Bi-Plane


A spin-off in the EO development has been the Plane series.
The Bi-plane has the ease of use that the EO System affords with ease of assembly using the unique shock-cord clasp system and an amazing amount of fun flying in even the lightest of winds.
The biplane will do barrel rolls, loops and spins, stalls, fly upside down all with deft line control in a variety of wind conditions.
Once assembled; launch can be achieved by either glide/dart style, or by placing it on the ground upside down, the plane will hover to level, then barrel roll to the correct flying attitude.

• Original Kite design by Phil McConnachie

• Fade colour schemes: Lime, Ice, Cloud and Red

• High performance Icarex polyester sails

• Framed with a Robust 2mm fiberglass

• Assembly in seconds

• Kite folds flat for storage: 900mm by 420mm by 10mm

• Assembled: 1250mm by 900mm by 500mm

Wright EO


The Wright EO concept was is part to draw inspiration from early pioneers, the plane series evolved from my EO10 and a mini Cody sitting together one day sparking a style that has led to some awesome soaring and stable kites that share the EO assembly, and shock-cord clasp convenience.


The Wright EO can also be flown in the EO Super-Barrage style by choice of rigging, giving superior flight performances.

• Original Kite design by Phil McConnachie

• Fade colour schemes: Fire, Lime, Ice, Cloud and Red

• High performance Icarex polyester sails

• Framed with a Robust 2mm fiberglass

• Self assembly in seconds

• Kite folds flat for storage: 1440mm by 300mm by 16mm

• Assembled: 2100mm by 1400mm by 480mm

EO Fokker


The Fokker has the ease of use that the EO System affords with ease of assembly using the unique shock-cord clasp system and an amazing amount of fun flying in even the lightest of winds.


The Fokker with deft line control in a variety of wind conditions will do barrel rolls, loops and spins, stalls, fly upside down - just let your EO toy with wind currents and let your ambition soar.

Once assembled; launch can be achieved by either glide/dart style, or by placing it on the ground upside down, the plane will hover to level, then barrel roll to the correct flying attitude.


• Original Kite design by Phil McConnachie

• Fade colour schemes: Fire, Lime, Ice, Cloud and Red

• High performance Icarex polyester sails

• Framed with a Robust 2mm fiberglass

• Self assembly in seconds

• Kite folds flat for storage: 900mm by 420mm by 10mm

• Assembled: 1300mm by 900mm by 500mm

Saturday, June 13, 2009

EO 48 Facet Box

ke for care in folding.
The 48 Facet box was a test to see how far I could expand on this platform increasing depth of the kite, there-by giving more area without increasing its folded dimensions. This means there are now four way junctions which maThis kite can be stacked in a variety of formations the number of combination's is scary but satisfying in trying new mixtures such as this basic box stack achieved with just three 6mm spars with pairs of shock chord , an o-ring and an end-cap to lock the two into a very stable configuration.
The colour mix I go for relies on a bleed of colours to give a variety of shading and shape depending on view-point and lighting angles.
The new Tequila colour scheme (Orange,Red, Purple) is working well and may prefer it to my fire scheme. Will have to try a few more styles and see how it suits them.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New EO Varieties

Have had some success with variants of the EO box kite from airplanes to multi-cellular marvels that still have that EO tumbling playfulness.
After the Wright EO was made, I have run up against a limit that is easy to transport (one down side with EO's is that they get bigger as they fold). First was the EO V-plane that flies and glides like a dream but at 2 metres folded up a little harder to transport flat although it can roll up into a 500mm diameter circle to fit into a hat box.
After seeing my design formula working so well - the balance between cell size and lifting/stabilizing surfaces I have started to explore boundaries and come up with the EO 48 Facet box. This was built to see how far I could expand the parameters and thought I would take a leap, but it may have been a shuffle.
The Facet has a playfulness in its nature yet will fly as a stable single line kite all day in good conditions. The experience of flying this kite has convinced me to explore the design concept even further.