HumbleBee

The origin of HumbleBee is simply that the name as such popped up in my head. Possibly because the Swedish word for Bumble Bee is Humla. I had the name so just needed to make the kite. Colours are inspired by the Dark Earth Bumble Bee.

The HumbleBee has too small wings in relation to the body to be able to fly. But don’t tell her: just wait for a fairly good breeze (4 m/s/) and swing her up in the air.

Updated May 22, 2020, with suggestion from Gerhard Wiedra.

Updated May 16, 2022, with clarification on template size and outprint of it.

PDF - HumbleBee building description

(Update May 16, 2022)

PDF - HumbleBee templates

The templates for HumbleBee are split in three A4 pages in horizontal orientation. Two of the pages need to be glued together for the body template (the blue slanted lines in the middle of the body are guide lines for perfect aligning), which should be 36.5 cm high/long when glued together. Make sure the printer prints out the pages correctly.

Andreas Ågren