Gernot Steenblock / Gerald Lehr

Stick-Kite

wingspan Stick 0 mm
weight 1800 g
engine 7,5 ccm OS 2T

Kite 8 qm

This is a test to hang a model airplane to a rugged box kite. The model airplane is the stick 40 of Balsa USA, the kite a Cody, (built in 300 hours from wood, fiberglass rods & rip-stop nylon). Steering is by means of rudder and the height is adjusted by throttle control (rotation speed of the engine).
The first flight took place on Inter-Ex 2000 in Ostrach- those days we used a Charter from Robbe. At that time, unfortunately, the “plane” was not well enough powered. But we use the stick 40 now and it flies really well...



Stick-Kite



Stick-Kite



Und es fliegt doch ...