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The Active Bridle is a new dynamic bridle configuration for
dual line kites. The first two documents listed below describe
the Active Bridle, its design, construction and perceived
improvements on the kite's flight characteristics.
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- Description:
A paper describing the concepts and design of the Active Bridle
and the effects it has on the flight characteristics of kites.
- Construction:
A guide to construction and tuning of the Active Bridle.
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The third document describes a new variant of the standard Active
Bridle design, the Dihedal Active Bridle. This is a simple
modification that can be applied to almost any kite with a static
bridle to give the effects of an Active Bridle. It is easy to
construct, tune and adjust and a specific implementation for the
Phantom Elite (Benson Kites) is given. This is probably
the best place to start if you just want to try out an Active
Bridle on your kite.
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- Dihedral Active Bridle:
A new Active Bridle configuration with enhanced flight
characteristics and that is easier to design, tune and apply
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The fourth document describes some more advanced designs, known
collectively as Trihedral Active Bridles. These are still prototypes
and should be considered works-in-progress. As such, they contain
working (and workable) ideas, but perhaps no specific implementation
details.
"Herein lies dragons and all manner of monsters..."
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