Step-01 Prepare a bamboo stick which is 10mm
wide, 8mm depth and 700mm long. Details of area A is shown in step 8. Details of
area B is shown in step 9.
Step-02 Length of horizontal bone
made by bamboo is 820mm. This frame is bowed by string as shown in step 11 using
the string as shown in step 04. At the center of the frame, its dimenshion is
8mm wide and 8mm depth.
Step-03 This is calld as "hyu" and
it is binded at each side of kite and acts as a stabilizer of HATA. This is made
by sliced paper or narrow width of paper tape.
STEP-04 This is a string to make
the forms of kite and bamdle the frame firmly.
STEP-05 This is a string for
flying kite.
STEP-06 This is string for the
bridle.
STEP-07 Bandle the frames of
vertical and horizontal frame at point B with string firmly. Details of binding
is shown in step 8 and step 9.
STEP-08 This drawing shows the
details of binding of cross point of the frames.
STEP-09 This shows the details of
cross point of the frames.
STEP-10 Step 10 through step shows
the forming steps of the frame. Be careful to bind the frame precisely according
to the plan. The key point is to form the kite frame with balanced
dimension.
STEP-11
STEP-12
STEP-13
STEP-14
STEP-15 Prepare the washi paper
for the sail of kite. Hatched areas are for paste.
STEP-16 Fold the paste area along
the formed line and paste firmly and precisely.
STEP-17 Attatch "Hyu" at the both
end of kite and bind the bridle to the cross point of the frame and toe bottom
end of vertical frame. The center of the bridle is mm from the top of kite.
