George Peters Pterosaur Kite
This kite was my first effort in ripstop. It's a George Peters design that came from the book
'Kiteworks' by Maxwell Eden. It took me three months to cut and sew in a small apartment,
while living in the Seattle area.
It doesn't pull nearly as much as it appears, but I use 200lb. braided dacron flying line, in case
I dump it in the water and have to drag it back in.The first year I competed at Washington
State International Kite Festival in Long Beach, Washington, this kite brought me a third place
in the intermediate figure and novelty division.

That year at W.S.I.K.F., I met a couple from Kentucky that were flying the same kite done in
a rainbow pattern. Each year since, there seem to be one or two new pterosaurs in the sky.
It's basically a modified delta kite, so is pretty stable when it flys.

If you get the bug to make one of these, there was something important left out of the book.
There should be a stabilizing line run from the back tip of the head to each end of the spreader
tips. Without this line the kite will wander, or even start to pull huge circles.
This page created and maintained by Tom Tinney  2004