Grand-Son of Woodstock:
1. Make patterns on oak tag (do NOT cut patterns out), spray with #75, and let dry. Refer to pages 7 to 13 (available through Plan Contents)
2. Put fabric pieces on pattern, lightly cut with utility knife on the edge lines, put on insignia re-enforcement’s, bind, & MARK sew lines; remove from pattern & sew binding and insignia re-enforcement’s if you want to impress the judges (Modified Bobby Stanfield Method )
3. Join together, using Fore sew schedule, page 5 & 6, all internal sews for 3 front 1/3 sections
4. Add pockets to forward sections for short longerons & do Gibian tensioner devices at TT, LLB, & RRB intersections
5. Join front sections & tail sections to wings, add Gibian loops & then 2 top longeron sleeves. This is possible by folding entire kite to outside of sew machine needle
6. Join LRB - RLB intersection and tail bottom intersection, add Gibian loops (4), one on each end & 2 in the middle, & then last sew 2” dacron sleeve to fore & aft sections. Very last add a loop at a angle for rear bridle attachment being very careful to NOT sew the longeron sleeve shut
7. Sewing should now be complete on main structure
8. Cut & bind rotator parts if not already done. Sew together except for last joiner seam, add points, add pockets, make last joiner seam, add the last point and the last pocket. repeat for each rotator
9. Build spine
10. Cut & install small rotator longerons, assemble small rotator (length of cross sticks are determined by
trial & error), start long & cut a little from each stick till you get it right and all the sticks are the same length
11. Assemble large rotator using same method as small rotator. In addition add 6 tensioner beads or micro beads and 50# dacron line to put tension between fore and aft rotator sections thereby keeping the longerons in their pockets
12. Install 2 top longerons with adjustable screw ends, and 1 bottom longeron with adjustable screw ends and bead tensioner, on the main skin
13. Insert spine with all rotators attached into the center of the main skin and install 1 fore bottom & two 116 degree wing cross sticks
14. Insert aft bottom stick and two sets of two 116 degree wing cross sticks, add tail horizontal spreader stick, & then the top rudder stick
15. Using wing adjusters snug up tensions
16. Go back to front of kite and add two long corner cross sticks & one top cross stick using beads to provide final tension
17. To each of the 6 whisker cells, add a set of whiskers, being careful to not puncture sail accidentally
18. Add bridle
GO FLY...