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Vinal tubing joint construction.
A 3 spar, 6 spar, 9 spar and a big 12 spar joint (largest in the kite).
Not shown is a 6 spar corner joint, (looks a bit like the 9 spar joint).
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A 34 cell wide tetra requires 4 of these 12 spar joints
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The 12 spar joint in action. Sort of like an exploding star.
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12 x 3 spar joints. 16 x 6 spar joints. 8 x 6 spar corner joints.
20 x 9 spar joints. and 4 x 12 spar joints needed.
The kite thus requires 60 joints to join 204 spars.
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Covering each of the 34 cell, with maylar and scotch tape.
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Flys great!
Coolumn Kite Festival, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, September 2005
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Side on view, clearly showing the bridle lines
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Tetrahedral flying well in late afternoon, after the wind picked up.
Top right and bottom left cell broken, causing a bit of a lean,
and yet it continues to fly, rock steady in the sky with good lift.
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