Fig. 472
Fig. 473
A Box Kite. This is a very common form of kite and quite easy to make. Take four laths from 27 to 30 inches in length and four pieces about 13 inches in length. The smaller pieces are fastened together with nails and glue, as in Fig. 470 (a) and (b). To the ends of these the long pieces are nailed and glued, as in Fig. 470 (b). Mark off the long pieces into thirds and over the two end thirds sew strips of light material. Tie on the string as shown in Fig. 469. This kite is said to be an American invention.
A similar kite may be made triangular in form.
Fig. 471 shows another form of the box kite. Here the material covers a little less than ¼ of the strip A B. Cross-bars E F and C D are tied across the middle and to the four sides, and wings are sewn on to them.
Figs. 472 and 473 are modifications of the triangular form of kite. In both these kites the long strips of wood are from 2½ to 3 feet in length.
Notice that in Fig. 472, A B is the same length as D E, F G = D H; E H = about ¼ of E D.