Glow Kite - Flying Cube

by FliteTest | July 29, 2015 | (7) Posted in Projects

The flying box was a dream of Chad's back when we didn't even have color cameras yet! (just kidding, we have Photoshop)

After a few designs we laid it to rest, never having a successful flight with the box. 

Fast foward 4 years and we run into Kelly and Anthony. Turns out these guys had been working on the same thing before we even thought of it.

The main difference is instead of giving up and getting distracted by something even crazier (like we do sometimes) they stuck with it and developed the Glow Kite. 

These babies are the product of 5 years work, countless design adjustments, and a few custom made components just for this craft. 

While we were shooting the wind wasn't too kind, but it just proved that even with the wind these things fly amazingly. 

Our biggest problem when trying to fly a box was control, but the tail system they figured out is borderline genius. 

As of now this is a project between father and son. BUT, they say if somone who consideres themselves a kite/RC person would be willing to help figure out manufacturing they would love to get in contact.

You can find a promo video and send Kelly a message at youtube.com/fantastglowkite.

As always, these are the moments that light up our hearts. Seeing a father and son get together to creating something unique and amazing is why we do what we do.

If you have some awesome projects that you've made with your loved ones, post a picture or a video with #flyingfamilies. 

COMMENTS

Tri blades on July 29, 2015
nice way to think out side the box.
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CTaylor on July 29, 2015
Cross posting this from my youtube comment. I've built kites for over 10 years prior to coming over to RC. These would be easy and there are actually plans available for kites just like these planes online. A modified Prism Triad would be cool too.
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SeanJuan73 on July 29, 2015
This looks very similar to a thread created 12 years ago that I follow on RC groups...
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210475
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Epitaph on July 30, 2015
It seems one of the big things they changed from Chad's attempt is by trying to fly a "diamond" rather than a "square", which would actually be more stable if you think about it. But I love the work they have put into this and it's great to see a family working together on a project for so long with fun as the goal to achieve...

BTW Anthony, if you're reading this, I LOVE THE HAT!!! <3
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oneiwily on July 30, 2015
looks nice are there plans / kit somewhere for it ?
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daWinni on July 31, 2015
If you want to build your own RC kite, there are a few long threads on the RC forums.

There is a german guy, who is into RC kite flying since years. His website is http://crazyplanes.de/ It is in German, but there are lots of photos and videos of his vector kites and also a lot of information. He is flying almost every kite design as a vector kite: Deltas, Canards, X-Wings, Rotators, Stuntkites, Microkites, Boxkites, 3D Birds and so on.
He is also building other experimental aircrafts and crazy stuff like Rotorwings. It is amazing and a lot of fun!
Flitetest, come to Germany and bring some of his crazy planes on your show! :-)

You may know that there is a pretty active RC kite scene in Singapore. Check out the GoFlite Skydancers. They are flying in the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXtC8N9G2c

Also, if you like kite flying (without RC), check out Ray Bethell, the multiple kite champion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E69flRylQRo He is flying 3 kites at the same time coordinated to music. The video quality isn't good, but it is inspiring.

Cheers!
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oneiwily on August 2, 2015
thanks , will do , just thought that this is real nice thing that my 4yo kid can crush :-)
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Glow Kite - Flying Cube