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''Chapi-chapi'' is a small two-stick kite that can be quickly constructed from cheap materials such as newspapers, broom sticks, or discarded plastic sheet. It is very popular in the Philippines. The name itself colloquially means, "assembled fast" or "quickly improvised".Fadul, J. (2009). Kites in History, in Teaching, and in Therapy. Lulu Press. A strong, straight stick is used for the vertical frame. The horizontal stick is tensioned into a bow in order to provide greater support for the paper or plastic sheet. A very long bottom tail is almost always necessary, while the side tails or fins are optional.
This kite, with a simple two-point bridle, has moderate lateral roll and flutter (oscillation), that some kite fliers prefer in
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''Chapi-chapi'' is a small two-stick kite that can be quickly constructed from cheap materials such as newspapers, broom sticks, or discarded plastic sheet. It is very popular in the Philippines. The name itself colloquially means, "assembled fast" or "quickly improvised".Fadul, J. (2009). Kites in History, in Teaching, and in Therapy. Lulu Press. A strong, straight stick is used for the vertical frame. The horizontal stick is tensioned into a bow in order to provide greater support for the paper or plastic sheet. A very long bottom tail is almost always necessary, while the side tails or fins are optional.
This kite, with a simple two-point bridle, has moderate lateral roll and flutter (oscillation), that some kite fliers prefer in kite fighting
Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manja, typically glass-coated cotton strands, ...
, over stable, quiet flight. Unlike the diamond-shaped Malay kite
The Malay kite is a model of tailless kite. First introduced to the West in a New York City newspaper article from October 1894, the Malay kite was used for recreation for centuries before this in parts of the Far East. The article detailed how a ...
The Eddy and Malay Kites and Eddy, no extra strings are used in the edges for the frame, making the ''chapi-chapi'' easier and faster to assemble but relatively more fragile. The ''chapi-chapi'' is quite similar but not identical to the Thai "female" kite called pakpao, to the Patang or Indian fighter kite, and to the Nagasaki Hata
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or Matt Star fighter kite.http://www.salome-online.com/manjha/star.html Matt Star Fighter
The kite shown in the 1999 Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
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** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
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film '' Saranggola'' was a ''chapi-chapi''.
See also
*Fighter kite
Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manja, typically glass-coated cotton strands, ...
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