Fig. 160. [↑]
Fig. 161. [↑]
Another way of attaching to windmill is to make the wire axle long enough to pass thru and at the back bend into a crank, [Fig. 160]. The lever h would work direct on this crank as it does on the crank-pin in the device with the second grooved pulley, k, [Fig. 159]. To make the head go up and down, use a round hole instead of the elongated ones in the vertical shaft. A loop of wire, [Fig. 161], should hold the upper part of the vertical lever in place, and in case of the head bobbing up and down, the lever is not attached at i, [Fig. 159], but the loop, [Fig. 161], must not be omitted.
Other Devices. But windmills are not the only means of operating moving parts of a kite. An extra line to the ground will give opportunity to the kite flyer to open and shut eyes and mouth and move ears at will. Ears could be made to grow a foot and then be drawn back by light elastic bands. The mouth might open and a red tongue run out, or a pocket in the mouth might be turned inside out, thus releasing a shower of bits of paper, white, colored, gilt, and silver. Let the imagination play for a time, then set the inventive machinery of the brain to work and “watch us grow.”
CHAPTER X.
SUSPENDED FIGURES AND APPLIANCES.
These devices are usually suspended from the kite line. It is necessary to have enough suspension cords attached to prevent twisting up with the main line. Most of the devices will float out and have some lifting power of their own, but some will require a kite that can sustain some weight, in some cases a pound or more.