If you make a kite from the plans on this site I would love to see a photo of it!
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Video clip of a Thornback built by Rob Paliotta and flown by Piero Serra (12.5Mb wmv). Cheers guys!
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A very good looking Thornback built by Achim Baues. To the best of my knowledge this is the first kite built from the plans on this site.
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Spence Wikel's nicely put together Thornback. You can see some useful detailed closeups on his website.
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Steven Luthje made this Thornback. More photos here show the excellent detailing on his kite.
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Stan Kellar's Thornback, I really like white on kites!
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Wings's Thornback, Nice alternative panel layout.
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Another different panel layout from Christoph (aka BallaFarma).
This thread on Drachenforum shows the really nice detailing on this kite.
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Five Thornbacks from Jens (JensHH on Drachenforum). Nice panel layouts and the bottom three are 82% (125cm leading edge) versions.
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A Thornback from Michael Kircher (Goldfisch on Drachenforum). Nice colour scheme.
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Thornback by Sven from Drachenforum. Cool colourscheme.
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A pair of Thornbacks by Steven Luthje (crashman on drachenforum). Nice colour scheme!
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Quad Nut's Thornback. The panel layout was inspired by wild boar teeth.
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Thornback by Rob Paliotta (Fiction). See video clip at top of page.
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Thornback by Horst Danowski (Calavera on Drachenforum). Familiar sail pattern? :-)
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Maurizio's (Maustie) Thornbacks.
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Cricker's Thornback.
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Koebi's Thornback.
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Tom Malone's Thornback.
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Jesper's Thornback.
Very nice colour scheme.
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John Copp's Thornbacks.
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Hiro Osawa's Thornback.
Very nice panel layout from Japanese robot Gandam.
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Vojtech Drobny's Thornbacks.
A full sized kite and a 66% kite made from plastic bags first.
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