On this page you'll find the plans of Le Virus in a number of different formats.
Here you'll find the original description from Christian. You will need some knowledge of French (or use Babelfish for translation) to interpret these plans. The plans contain a rough description of the kite and use a coordinate-system to sketch the layout of the kite itself and the sailpattern.
Format | Description | Size |
The description of Le Virus | The original description by Christian of the plan using Microsoft Word. | 110Kb |
The description #2 of Le Virus | The original description (part 2) by Christian of the plan using Microsoft Word. | 22Kb |
The coordinates of the original sailpattern | The coordinates of the original sail pattern using Microsoft Word. | 70Kb |
The coordinates of Le Virus | The original description by Christian of the plan using Microsoft Excel. | 14Kb |
To make things a little bit easier and avoid having to draw your own plan here's a couple of files. Using Christian's original plan we converted those plans to a CAD-version. Based on that CAD-version we exported it to a number of other file formats. You can use the CAD or Designer files if you want to 'tweak' at your own version. If you want to start right away with building the kite it's far more easier to use the PDF-versions of the plan. We rely on your own experience to convert it to the formats you're comfortable with. In case you think this other format should also be supported, please let us know.
Format | Description | Size |
Le Virus in CAD-format | A CAD-description of the plan. This one is made by brinm00 using QCad. | 83Kb |
Le Virus in CAD-format | Another CAD-description of the plan. This one is made by Alain using Corel Designer. | 28Kb |
Le Virus in CAD-format | Yet another CAD-description of the plan. This one, with a different but very attractive saillayout, is made by datenland. | 209Kb |
Le Virus in Designer-format | A description of the plan made by Alain using Corel Designer. | 28Kb |
Le Virus poster (A4) | The "posterised" plan of "Le Virus" - a collection of pages when put together forming the complete plan including the original sail pattern. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader. | 870Kb |
Le Virus poster (Letter) | The "posterised" plan of "Le Virus" - a collection of pages when put together forming the complete plan including the original sail pattern. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader. | 1Mb |
Le Virus poster (A4) | The "posterised" plan of "Le Virus" using datenland's saillayout - a collection of pages when put together forming the complete plan including datenland's sail pattern. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader. Warning: this file is BIG! | 3.4Mb |
Le Virus Vented poster (A4) | The "posterised" plan of "Le Virus Vented" using datenland's Vented saillayout - a collection of pages when put together forming the complete plan including datenland's Vented sail pattern. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader. | 365Kb |
Le Virus Vented in CAD-format | A CAD-description of "Le Virus Vented" using datenland's Vented saillayout. | 87Kb |
Le Virus in JPEG-format | A small picture of the Le Virus to help design your own sailplan. | 12Kb |
Especially when using the "posterised" plans you will have to be careful with the print-settings from Acrobat reader. You will need the following options in Acrobat Reader 5.0: (@brinm00: need to translate, but don't have a 5.0 version here) unter "Drucken" im Menu "Datei" die Voreinstellungen bei "Kopien und Anpassungen" ändern und die Häckchen bei "Große Seiten auf Seitengröße anpassen" und "Kleine Seiten auf Seitengröße anpassen" weg machen. "Zentrieren und automatisch Drehen" habe ich aktiviert gelassen. Dann brauchts nur noch einen großen Tisch zum Zusammenkleben.