{"id":315,"date":"2015-09-23T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:09:06","slug":"drachen-labor-thomas-horvath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kite Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"subheading\">Zero Wind Kites:<br \/>\r\ninvented, developed, and made by\u00a0Thomas\u00a0Horvath<\/div>\r\n<section>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/carbon-frame-kite-04.jpg\" alt=\"Light carbon framing on small kites for dynamic flights.\" \/><\/p>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"kite-link\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-shop\/\">Zero wind kites are optimized light flying objects.<span class=\"shop-info\">Shop<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"y\">The flight concept<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Minimal synergetic zero wind kites are living flying objects. By giving subtle impulses through the flying line, they glide and float in still air. Optimized for this completely new concept, each kite celebrates its own refined flight characteristics.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"y\">The kites<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Thomas Horvath researches and develops these zero-wind kites floating on one single flying line. Innovative technology, precision and compositions of ultralight material form the kinetic objects in the kite-lab\u2122.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"y\">Wing and delta designs<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Wing designs feature a high aspect ratio for efficient soaring in broader space. Compact delta shapes are lower aspect ratio kites. Being agile they love to float in urban environment. In mellow winds, with a long flying line, you can also enjoy static high flights. relaxed.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"kite-link\">\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/infos-zerowind-kites\/\">The kites fly with or without wind, why and how?<span class=\"shop-info\">Insights<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr class=\"double\" \/>\r\n<p><!--<\/p>\r\n<h3>Last minute kites<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">There are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/last-minute-kites\/\">finished zero wind kites<\/a> here in the studio too, ready for same day shipping or pick-up in Zurich:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">You may wish to personalize the tube with a couple of words if the kite will be an exclusive express gift.<\/p>\r\n<p> --><\/p>\r\n<h3>Floating into the flow<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">The lightest kite in the world: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/ill-be-back\/\">\"i'll be back urban flow edition\"<\/a> is a perfect instrument for zero-wind floating, including our zero wind flight guarantee.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Which kite to fly? Intended to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/which-zerowindkite-to-fly\/\">overview for a collector<\/a>, see the kites in a graphical overview.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Communicate with kites<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Cooperating <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/corporate-customers\/\">with companies<\/a> is one of our passions. In the form of a high-tech zero-wind-kite as a present or exclusive series with a logo printed.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">When color should fit: The <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/sail-icarex-colors\/\">Icarex collection 2026<\/a> for kites, including some very last rarities.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Sticky 3.7 Workshops<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\">Next <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-workshop\/\">kite-making-workshop<\/a> in the kite-lab: Fall and winter 2026<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">New with \"the barcode sticky 3.7\" and <strong>extensively prepared<\/strong> parts. Please check back here from time to time for updates and drop us a line if you are interested in.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/workshops-kite-making\/\">companies<\/a> we safe a desired individual date for a workshop.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Hangouts in Zurich<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"y\"><!-- Or build a kite without any workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/the-urban-ninja-kite-plan\/\">The urban ninja project.<\/a> --><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"y\">In 2025, for once, there was no selection of kite festivals in and around Switzerland, nor any zero-wind-floating hangouts. Until now, the hangouts were usually held on the stadium wasteland in Zurich. But something new is in the works for 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zerowind kites are lightest flying objects, floating and gliding in no wind. 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