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« Reply #30 on: November 01, 2011, 03:25 PM »

OK, all parts are ordered. All plans appear to be coming together nicely. So, it's time for me to finalize my color selections.
These are the colors I will be using: Neon Yellow, Wine Red and Grape Purple.

After many iterations, I believe I will be using the following panel layout, although, this is not cast in concrete, yet.


Unless someone can convince me, with good reasoning, to use a different layout, I'll make my next post about this build as a build thread such as Sugarbaker has done. Just don't expect me to produce the same quality kite as this is my first build.  Lips sealed
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« Reply #31 on: November 01, 2011, 04:03 PM »

you won't be disappointed! The vortex is such a great kite I've made two, and may make a third one this spring. 
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« Reply #32 on: November 14, 2011, 08:17 AM »

Before I mess up my Vortex build, I have a question.
The positions marked on the plans for the US and LS, what do they represent? Are they the intersect position of the spar, the upper edge of the APA connector, the lower edge of the APA connector or the center of the APA connector?
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« Reply #33 on: November 16, 2011, 05:45 PM »

OK, one more question: Where should the inner and outer standoffs be located along the spreaders? Any measurements?
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