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All the plans in Drachen Magazin are in German, mostly easy to follow, and most of the drawings are pretty easy to understand (without the knowledge of German).
Drachen Magazin unfortunately stopped publishing ultimo 1998. If memory serves me right Drachen Magazin merged with Sport und Design Drachen.
Drachen Magazin, No.1 (September '89)
Sort of Skynasaur Aerobat.
122 x 85 cm (48 x 33 inch)
Drachen Magazin, No.2 (Nov/Dec. '89)
Looks like a 2/3 Spin-Off with a hint of dart-shaped trailing edge.
176 x 85 cm (69 x 33 inch)
Drachen Magazin, No.6 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '90/91)
A delta with a low scalloped trailing edge. "Fast like a Taifun/Hawk (German kites), turns like a Fire Dart, pulls like a Hawaiian Team Kite, good-natured (?) like an
Aerobat."
265 x 100 cm (104 x 39 inch)
Remark: the dimensions of the bridle and the position of the LE cut-outs may be wrong!
Drachen Magazin, No.8 (May/June/July '91)
Sort of high aspect ratio, closed leading edge Parafoil controlled with a bar and used for traction. This one is quite small, 2.7 square meter, but it should be easy to enlarge.
270 x 100 cm (106 x 39 inch)
Drachen Magazin, No.10 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '91/92)
Looks like an Action Kites Action 8.2 with scalloped trailing edge.
160 x 85 cm (63 x 33 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
Looks like a high aspect ratio 3/4 Hawaiian Team Kite with scalloped trailing edge.
210 x 78 cm (83 x 31 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
A low aspect ratio delta with battens and scalloped trailing edge.
160 x 90 cm (63 x 35 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/92 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '92)
Sort of 1/2 - 2/3 Spin-Offs, made of polyethylene film (trash bags), fiberglass rods, ramin dowels and bamboo.
134 x 68 cm/168 x 86 cm (53 x 27 inch/66 x 34 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/92 (May/June/July '92)
A delta without spine, but two battens and scalloped trailing edge.
180 x 60 cm (71 x 24 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/92 (May/June/July '92)
A quad-line kite shaped like the Batman logo.
187 x 92 cm (74 x 36 inch)
This plan (in French) can also be found at: http://www.ftd.fr/perso/zekite/batman.htm
This plan can also be found in the book Kites, A Practical Handbook.
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
A mini delta with scalloped trailing edge. Spars are made of 2 mm (5/64 inch) carbonfiber rods.
46 x 15 cm (18 x 6 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
Sort of silenced Action Kites Super Sky Dart with tension cord in the trailing edge.
260 x 91 cm (94 x 36 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/92 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '92)
Looks like a high aspect ratio 3/4 Spin-Off with battens near the wingtips.
180 x 66 cm (71 x 26 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/92 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '92/93)
A delta with a low scalloped trailing edge. Higher aspect ratio than the Jet-Stream.
250 x 81 cm (99 x 32 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/92 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '92/93)
Outline plans for two different types of ultralight Parawings.
500 x 200 cm (197 x 79 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
A smaller version of the Calypso.
165 x 52 cm (65 x 21 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
A large delta with double scalloped trailing edge, and a wide wind range: Beaufort 1.5 - 8. Spars are made of 10 mm carbonfiber tubes.
312 x 132 cm (123 x 52 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
Sort of large Hawaiian Team Kite. Spars are made of 10 mm carbonfiber tubes.
324 x 150 cm (128 x 59 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/93 (Feb/Mar/Apr. '93)
Sort of 42 panel Team High Fly Pro/Am.
270 x 82 cm (106 x 32 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/93 (May/June/July '93)
A Paraflex (a German soft stunt kite) shaped like a Peter Lynn Peel.
190 x 65 cm (75 x 26 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/93 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '93)
A soft dual-line kite, which looks very similar to a Flexifoil Super-10 without the spar. A newer version of this kite is called Bebop 2.
286 x 70 cm (113 x 28 inch)
(minor correction in issue 4/93)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/93 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '93)
A delta with four battens and scalloped trailing edge, silent and fast (not to confuse it with the quad-line Bat).
206 x 67 cm (81 x 26 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/93 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '93/94)
A high aspect ratio, silent sort of Super Speedwing. The English plan for this kite was published in the now late Drachen Magazin International , issue 1/95.
213 x 64 cm (84 x 25 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/93 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '93/94)
Not exactly a stunt kite but the outline plans for a 1:3 Paraglider controlled by a puppet and a 2-channel RC-equipment.
312 x 90 cm (123 x 35.5 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/94 (May/June/July '94)
A silent, high pulling, double spine delta for light wind.
This plan can also be found in the book Skywork Experience II .
Approx. 280 x 84 cm (110 x 33 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/94 (May/June/July '94)
A quad-line kite which looks like a bow tie.
200 x 123 cm (79 x 48 inch)
(correction in issue 3/94. Angle alfa=110 deg., beta=70 deg.)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/94 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '94)
An ultralight delta, which looks like a scalloped TE LiteFlite.
238 x 104 cm (94 x 41 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/94 (Aug/Sept/Oct. '94)
A bat-shaped Flexifoil.
206 x 71 cm (81 x 28 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/94 (Nov/Dec/Jan. '94/95)
A full-size, scalloped TE, light wind dart.
266 x 106 cm (105 x 42 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/95 (Feb/Mar. '95)
A spine-less, very high aspect ratio, double scalloped TE dart with a very short "spine" (36 cm/14 inch) and two sets of battens. A high wind kite with little pull.
273 x 52 cm? (108 x 20 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/95 (Mar/Apr. '95)
A triple scalloped TE dart with a very short dart-tail and two sets of battens.
280 x 71 cm (110 x 28 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/95 (May/June '95)
Sort of Tracer/Raaseri with small winglets. A trick- and team-kite.
239 x 107 cm (94 x 42 inch)
This plan can also be found at: http://home.nordnet.fr/~jlesage/miztailes/synapse.htm ![[French text]](f-flag.gif){kind=small}
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/95 (May/June '95)
A high aspect ratio dart with camber sewn into the sail. Looks like a Stranger with a long, narrow tail.
280 x 99 cm (110 x 39 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/95 (June/July '95)
Not to be confused with the Wolfe Designs dual-line Big Brother, this is a quad-line kite shaped like a pair of eyes with the pupils dangling in front of the main sail.
145 x 44 cm (57 x 17 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 5/95 (July/Aug. '95)
A fairly standard dart with 8 mm carbonfiber frame and camber sewn into the sail.
263 x 93 cm (104 x 37 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 6/95 (Sept/Oct. '95)
A high wind team kite with winglets and about 1/3 of the sail made of mesh.
262 x 99 cm (103 x 39 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 7/95 (Oct/Nov. '95)
A development of the Bebop from issue 3/93. Version 2 looks similar to a Peel, elliptic and with about the same aspect ratio as a Peel. The bridle looks like a combination
of a Peel- and a Sputnik-bridle.
336 x 80 cm (132 x 32 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 8/95 (Dec/Jan. '95)
The original plan for the Hawaiian Team Kite from Don Tabor himself!
250 x 107 cm (98 x 42 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/96 (Feb/Mar. 1996)
A X4i-type indoor mini kite, P31 Icarex sail and 2 mm solid carbonfiber spars. This kite is also made commercially by HQ.
132 x 47 cm (52 x 19 inch)
Remark: this plan contains errors! The bridle dimensions are useless, and the standoffs are much closer to the spine than on the commercial version.
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/96 (Mar/Apr. 1996)
A 4 m2 rectangular Quadrifoil-type kite. A newer version of the kite is called Ajax 4.5
308 x 133 cm (121 x 52 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 3/96 (Apr/May 1996)
Big (196 cm/77 inch LE), high aspect ratio delta with tripple scalloped TE and two sets of battens. Not for beginners.
385 x 98 cm (151 x 39 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 4/96 (June/July 1996)
3/4 dart with scalloped TE and curved LE for trick and fun flying. It has cross bridle and optional stand-off points.
206 x 74 cm (81 x 29 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 5/96 (Jul/Aug. 1996)
A sub X4i-type dart (about half size of X4i). Using 1.5 mm carbonfiber spars for the indoor version, and 2 mm carbonfiber spars for the outdoor version.
79 x 29 cm (31 x 11 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 5/96 (Jul/Aug. 1996)
A triangle shaped tri-line kite.
80 x 70 cm (32 x 28 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 6/96 (Aug/Sept. 1996)
A light wind, high aspect ratio dart with double scalloped TE and small winglets. Strong pull, good precision and good for trick flying.
266 x 91 cm (105 x 36 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 7/96 (Oct/Noc. 1996)
Quad-line kite, which should be easy on both wallet and sewing skills. Do I need to mention it is shaped like a bat?
172 x 26 (68 x 10 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 7/96 (Oct/Noc. 1996)
NASA Para Wing Model 5. This plan can also be found in Vlieger 5/96.
306 x 160 cm (120 x 63 inch)
This plan (in English) can also be found at: http://home.everestkc.net/bchilders/plans/npwmod5.html.
Drachen Magazin, issue 8/96 (Dec/Jan. 1997)
A 4.5 m2 elliptic Quadrifoil-type kite. Ajax is an improved version of Apollo 4.0
460 x 120 cm (181 x 47 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 1/97 (Feb/Mar. 1997)
All-round dart with double scalloped TE. Especially suitable for the ambitious beginner.
257 x 94 cm (101 x 37 inch)
Drachen Magazin, issue 2/97 (Mar/Apr. 1997)
Interesting quad-line kite. Looks like a scalloped TE Rev with a broken LE spar.
Approx. 240 x 107 cm (94 x 42 inch)
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Esben Collstrup, May 28. 2003
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