| It would be good fun to see who can make the smallest kite that will fly with stability. I'll bet that 4th graders can do it better than 6th graders. Let me suggest you start with a 2-inch kite shaped like the one above. But first you must know a little about the engineering that a "flat" kite must have. First, it must not be 'flat' - it must have a curve in it so the wind will slide around it. Then it must have a tail that gives it a lot of 'drag' so the the tail stays down and back while flying. A kite must also have a proper angle of attack into the wind. You can learn all about these things in the webpage given below.
|  What to do:
What shape will your kite be: a diamond , a pentagon , or something else.
- You must cut it out of the paper so that it is exactly bilaterally symmetrical (after using your dictionary, does anybody know the trick for cutting symmetrically?).
- Then you must make the paper have the proper curve. (In big kites, you would bow the sticks.)
- Finally you must install the bridle, towline and tail.
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