Designed by Christophe Tournay, the Ginga light wind kite uses a sprung fibreglass cross-spar to bring the kite into a a deeply bowed 3D shape.

These pictures show just some steps that I took to make the 'large' version of this kite.

The description of this kite can be found at:
Ginga Plans (pdf at windsweptkites)
and more info and plans at:
Ginga Info & Plans (windsweptkites)
There is also a discussion at:
kitebuilder.com/forum

I haven't fitted any ribs to the wings yet as it has only been flown in quite strong breezes and really needs some air time in lighter conditions.....

There are two pages of images. Click on the images to see the descriptions.