Inflatable Kite Sewing Workshop
Saul Griffith, Eric Wilhelm, Tim Anderson, Axel Kilian
Thu Jan 23, Fri Jan 24, Sat Jan 25, 10am-06:00pm, E15-135
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2003
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 90.00 for materials costs (we will attempt to get donations)
Build an inflatable leading edge power kite for Surfing and Ice-Buttboarding. Use surfcad to design a single skin power kite with inflatable battens (quick lessons in low speed aerodynamics and foil design). Layout pattern in spinnaker nylon, dacron (analytical geometry and complex printer debugging). Do a lot of sewing (scheduling, manufacturing economics, mechatronics …sewing machines). Ultrasonically weld polyurethane inflatable bladders (pneumatics and patience). Tie knots and make a control bar and safety system (knot-theory, higher mathematics, control theory, bondage). Success pending, we will have testing/ training on snow. You may be required to cover material costs.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~saul/zeroprestige
Contact: Saul Griffith, e15-434, 253-5554, saul@media.mit.edu
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
Latest update: 18-Nov-2002
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