This is a little trickkite experiment i did recently. Started off with a shape i really liked: my Vendetta by Shawn Tinkham. Altered the shape by scaling it down to 93% and changed the trailing edge by cutting it a fraction higher. The position of the lowerspreader/center cross is a bit higher on the spine and LE as well. Fitted single (gfk) standoffs per side and added a Kitehouse style nose. Also made a little panel layout so i could use some icarex scraps (Vendetta’s have nylon sail material)
Colors
Please use the the colors/panel layout like the builds below. So white, light grey, dark grey and a accent color as pictured in the colorizer. The SUL has white wingtips, the STD has light grey wingtips and the VTD has black wingtips.
90Three Standard
Specs
Height: 87,5 cm
Width: 224 cm
Weight: 280 gr (incl. 12,5 gr curtain-lead tailweight)
Recommended lines: 40 kg
Frame
ULE: 3pt 67,5 cm
LLE: p200 72,5 cm
LS: 5pt 67,5 cm
US: 6 mm 44,5 cm
Spine: 6 mm 80 cm + splitnock
SO: 3mm glasfiber black 25 cm (rod to sail)
Positions
(from nose sewing to bottom of connector)
US APA-B.: 29 cm
Yoyo stopper: 52,5 cm
LS APA-Ca: 86 cm
Cross R-sky: 51,5 cm
Inner bridle point on spine: 53,5 cm
SO APA: 28 cm (thick end rod to middle APA)
SO Jaco: middle of (light grey) stripe panel along the top of TE seam. 6 cm from dark grey panel (see blueprint). Added more holes for testing.
Bridle
Upper: 55 cm (above upper APA)
Outer: 49,5 cm (below lower APA)
Inner: 62,5 cm (below cross, see position above)
Keeper line: from upper to inner leg (loose in flight)
Details
Sail: Icarex PC31
LE tunnel: 5 cm dacron
TE seam: 2,5 cm ripstop
TE reinforcement: 2,5 cm dacron strip/Mylar (See blueprint for position)
Nose: Kitehouse style Bisonyl. 10 cm square folded diagonally. Cut off point on back of nose to create the spine tunnel opening.
Leechline: 50kg dyneema, with bungie at centercross. Setting is not too loose and not too tight.
Tailweight: 12,5 grams curtain lead in velcro pocket at the base of the spine (yoyo’s slow and gracefull, experiment with more weight for faster yoyo’s)
Files
v_proto_93_SUL_STD_Blueprint_A0_v2
v_proto_93_SUL_STD_panels_A0_v2
v_proto_93_VTD_Blueprint_A0_v2
Colorizer
Click the picture or this link to open the colorizer in a new window.
90Three Super Ultralight
- The LE tunnels on the SUL are made from spinnaker nylon tape, not dacron.
- Use lighter mylar for the reinforcement of the standoff area.
- Also use a smaller patch of bisonyl for the nose (8x8cm).
- Use Tiny-APA’s: TAPA-X for upper spreader, TAPA-W for lower spreader.
- Weight: +/- 188 gram.
Frame
ULE: 2pt 67,5 cm
LLE: p100 72,5 cm
LS: 2pt 67,5 cm (Optional 3pt for a UL feel)
US: 4 mm 44,5 cm
Spine: p100 80 cm + splitnock
SO: 3mm glasfiber black 25 cm (rod to sail)
Tail-Weight: 11 gram
Recommended lines: 25 kg
90Three Ultralight
- The LE tunnels on the UL are made from spinnaker nylon tape, not dacron.
- Use Tiny-APA’s for the US and APA’s for the LS.
- Weight: +/- 211 gram.
Frame
ULE: 3pt 67,5 cm
LLE: p1x 72,5 cm
LS: 3pt 67,5 cm (Optional 5pt for a light STD feel)
US: 5 mm 44,5 cm
Spine: p2x 80 cm + splitnock
SO: 3mm glasfiber black 25 cm (rod to sail)
Tail-Weight: 12 gram
Recommended lines: 25 kg
90Three Vented
- White panels and color accent panels is ripstop nylon (Chikara).
- Light grey, dark grey and black is Icarex.
- Use white mesh for the vents.
- The seams around the vents are reinforced with an extra strip of nylon in the same color (see picture of vents below).
- There also is a Mylar strip along the spine. The SUL and STD do not have this.
- Weight: +/- 310 gram.
Frame
ULE: 7pt 67,5 cm
LLE: p400 72,5 cm
LS: 7pt 67,5 cm
US: 6 mm 44,5 cm
Spine: p400 80 cm + splitnock
SO: 3mm glasfiber black 25 cm (rod to sail)
Tailweight: 24 grams
Recommended lines: 50 kg
90Three 6mm
This frame works very well. The windrange is quite good and it seems to handle turbulent wind a bit better compared to the Skyshark versions. The tracking/speedcontrol/feedback is impressive. In tricks it needs a bit more guiding and slack management.
Specs
Height: 87,5 cm
Width: 224 cm
Weight: 260 gr (incl. 12,5 gr tailweight)
Recommended lines: 25 – 40 kg
Frame
LE: Structil (or similar tube) 6 mm 140 cm
LS: Exel Cruise (or similar tube) 6 mm 136,5
US: 4,5 mm 44,5 cm
Spine: Exel Cruise (or similar tube) 6 mm 80 cm + splitnock
SO: 3mm spiral wound glasfiber 24 cm (rod to sail)
Positions
(from nose sewing to bottom of connector)
US TAPA: 29,5 cm
Yoyo stopper: 52,5 cm
LS APA: 86,5 cm
Rotating cross (Level One/FSD): 51,5 cm
Inner bridle point on spine: 53,5 cm
SO APA: 28 cm (center cross to middle APA)
SO Jaco: middle of (light grey) stripe panel along the top of TE seam. 6 cm from dark grey panel (see blueprint).
Bridle
Upper: 56 cm (above upper APA)
Outer: 51 cm (below lower APA)
Inner: 62 cm (below cross, see position above)
Keeper line: from upper to inner leg (loose in flight)
Details
- All tubes used are single piece
Rotating Cross connector - Use stiff 6 mm tubes for the LE (Structil, Avia, DPP or similar)
- Glue a cut off vinyl end cap in place on the LS to fixate the rotating center cross in the middle of the tube. Cut the very end of a tight fitting vinyl end cap en slide in position on the opposite side of the LS. You can slide this end cap away from the center cross when folding the kite to fit in the sleeve.
