Niek the Turtle

Niek the Turtle is my 2.4 m fully inflatable soft turtle, reworked from my son Niek’s beloved plush toy using Filippo Gallina’s tape-tracing method on a 3D model. I offer it as a free gift to the community, with complete part PDFs, internal bracing and bridle details, for builders to scale, tweak, and fly either as line laundry or even as a standalone kite in moderate winds.

PDF - Niek the Turtle - building description

ZIP (PDF) - Full scale templates

Freddy Stapersma