The flying bridle and its point of connection with the fling line are the most important and most sensitive of your flight controls. Wewther the bridle is two-legged, the connecting point determines the kites flying attitude. Normally this point is about a third of the way from front to the back and about the same distance beneath keel. These kites are famous for their precise construction. They are so well-balanced and maneuverable that a national sport in the east is to put them against each other in the air for the skilled flyer. They are maneuverable even without a tail. (1) Strengthen the tips of the horiziontal and vertical stick with scotch tape. (2)For less experienced flyers, attach a 4’ to 7’ length of crape paper as a tail. (3)Cut a 30” long peice of string for bridle. This is tied to the design- side of the kite. Tie one end to the intersection of the 2 sticks, and tie the other end 5” up from the tail. Punch holes in the paper to tie the string. (4)Tie a loop i n the bridle making the top part (A) 1” shorter than the bottom part of string (B). (5)Now attach the string from your ball of twine to the loop you just tied. (6)Hold the tip and tail of nthe kite and bend only the vertical stick. (7)have someone hold the wing fips of the kite and carry it 100 feet down wind. when he relese it, pull in on the strings. (8) let outstirng as the wind catches the kite. (9)To gain more altitidue , give jerks to string when the wind catches the tip, then let it out again fter you have jerked it in. (10)To continue to guide the kite, repeat the tigntening and slackening motion of the thread.        back