{"id":216893652,"date":"2012-02-06T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T00:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893652"},"modified":"2012-02-06T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T00:58:41","slug":"of-kite-and-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893652","title":{"rendered":"Of Kite and Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The womenfolk of the homestead were all preoccupied with their own affairs yesterday so I grabbed a few hours of bloke time and retreated to my workbench.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0619.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0619.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0619\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There I discovered that if you mess around for an hour or so in order to find the right combination of drinking straws, tissue paper, glue, plastic string and a paper clip, you end up with a fantastic tetrahedral &#8216;pyramid&#8217; kite for almost no money.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0622.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0622.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0622\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Down at the local domain for flight testing, the kite jibed and chopped around madly, swooping and spiralling insanely enough to indicate self-destruction if it wasn&#8217;t tweaked to deliver a more stable flight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0624_2.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0624_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0624 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The addition of a tiny tail of two straws and string plus a few tweaks of the bridle, to help it sit <em>on<\/em> rather than <em>in <\/em>the wind, worked wonders. \u00a0It flew like a beauty in variable winds for 30 minutes &#8211; during which I just enjoyed myself and put up a few prayers &#8211; until I had to pack up and head to a youth ministry meeting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0646.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0646.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0646\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, in my rush to go out, I just left the kite on the workbench, completely forgetting that we have a mischievous moggie in our home. \u00a0Moral of the story? \u00a0Never leave your handcrafted pride and joy where your inquisitive white cat can play with it. \u00a0That said, this tragic molestation does give me the perfect excuse to head to the store and buy the materials for Mark II!<\/p>\n<p>You can see more photos of the construction and flight phases on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/59999295@N00\/tags\/tetrahedralkite\/\">this Flickr page<\/a> and a truly murky video clip\u00a0<a title=\"TetraKiteMovie.mov\" href=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TetraKiteMovie.mov\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The womenfolk of the homestead were all preoccupied with their own affairs yesterday so I grabbed a few hours of bloke time and retreated to my workbench. 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