{"id":42,"date":"2015-02-23T18:07:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T18:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:52:47","slug":"infos-zu-unseren-drachen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/infos-zerowind-kites\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"subheading\">How and why: the genuine zero wind kites<\/div>\r\n<section style=\"padding-left: 15%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/kite-at-the-sea.jpg\" alt=\"Zero-wind-kite at the sea.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"kite-topics\">\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">1 <\/span>Product informations<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- Which kite where and when, icarex colors 2024, dyneema flying lines, features. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/hyperlight-kites\/\">Hyperlight Kites<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/which-zerowindkite-to-fly\/\">Which zero wind kite to fly?<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/sail-icarex-colors\/\">Sail: icarex colors 2026<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/flying-lines\/\">Flying lines for light kites<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/zero-wind-kites-features\/\">Zero wind kites: the features<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/last-minute-kites\/\">Last minute express kites<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">2 <\/span>Setup, flight, methods<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- Flying a zero-wind kite, setup of the kite, flight concepts, line handling. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/setup-and-flight-without-wind\/\">Manual: floating without wind<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/bridle-setup\/\">Bridle setups<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/high-start\/\">The high-start<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/fine-tuning-symmetry\/\">Fine-tuning the symmetry<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/adjustments-kite-darling\/\">Adjustments on small kites<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/assembly-ibb-tiny-kite\/\">Assembly of the ibb-tiny-300<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">3 <\/span><!-- Zero wind kites: -->culture, context, technology<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- What's such a zero-wind kite, typologies, technical notes. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/synergetic-zerowind-kites\/\">Synergetic zero-wind kites<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/relations-kite-design\/\">Relations in the air<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/development-synergetic-kites\/\">The development of the zero wind kite<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-material-weight\/\">The weight of material and kite<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">4 <\/span>Articles in the press<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- About the invention of the single line zero-wind kite, articles by various authors. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/design-award-kite-2015\/\">Eleven Grams of Poetry<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/upwards-with-zero-wind\/\">Upwards in Zero Wind<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-innovations\/\">Innovations with Character<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kites-gliding-in-calm-moments\/\">Mellow Gliding in calm Moments<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/swiss-precision\/\">Swiss Precision<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/balance-between-air-and-kite\/\">The Balance between Air and Kite<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">5 <\/span>Pictures and movies<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- Photos and videos of flights without wind, some made by customers and friends. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kites-mountains\/\">Kites in the mountains<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kites-cervia\/\">Kites in Cervia<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kites-china\/\">Kites in China<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-lab-history\/\">Once upon a time<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/zero-wind-kite-videos\/\">Videos: zero wind kites by us<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-indoor-videos\/\">Videos: kites flying indoor<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-outdoor-videos\/\">Videos: kites flying outdoor<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">6 <\/span>Make a kite yourself<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- Lightweight kite building materials, the famous urban-ninja-plan and variations. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-workshop\/\">Kite workshop: Sticky 3.7<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/the-urban-ninja-kite-plan\/\">A project: the urban ninja<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/ninja-kite-variations\/\">The smooth, the bad, the ugly<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-building-materials\/\">Light kite building materials<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/modifications-zero11-kite\/\">Improving a kite: zero 1.1<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span class=\"number\">7 <\/span>Kites and companies<\/h2>\r\n<p><!-- Advertising with ultralight high-tech kites, workshops, our clients. --><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kites-companies-public-relations\/\">Kites, companies and public relations<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/corporate-customers\/\">Some of our corporate customers<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/workshops-kite-making\/\">Kite making workshops<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>Thomas Horvath has invented kite flying without wind. His 'active kites' stay in the air, because the pilot is giving the right impulses via the line. And because the kites are precise constructions made of hi-tech material.<\/p>\r\n<p>As a designer, Horvath is looking for the perfect balance between air and kite.<\/p>\r\n<p>Urs Honegger, Hochparterre Magazine for Design and Architecture<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<hr class=\"double\" \/>\r\n<h2>Product news<\/h2>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li>Light and slow: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/leaving-rome\/\">Leaving rome<\/a> now officially available in the store.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reel <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/long-flying-line\/\">z.125:<\/a> Lighter main body with adapted minimized diameters.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Just barely possible: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/hyperlight-kites\/\">LWH HCS hyperlight<\/a> with the lightest dyneema sail.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The urban ninja <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/urban-ninja-kite-making-set\/\">kite building set<\/a> revamped and is Minimal Art now.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Generous and beautiful: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/the-long-way-home-hcs\/\">LWH hyperlight<\/a> in dyneema composite fabric.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite-shop\/\">LRS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/like-a-rolling-stone-flow\/\">LRS flow<\/a> now with plugged wings in a much shorter tube.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reel <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/long-flying-line\/\">z.124:<\/a> Versatile press fit handle knob with center bore for accessories.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>New microwinder\u2122 for enhanced line lengths of the <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/short-flying-line\/\">short flying line<\/a> range.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Shorter tube and even lighter: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/like-a-rolling-stone-ul\/\">Like a rolling stone ul<\/a> now also as Hyperlight.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Improved usability: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/de-tomaso-honey\/\">DT honey<\/a> comes now in an even more compact tube\u2122.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/cest-la-vie-darling\/\">little kite<\/a> \"c'est la vie, darling\" is floating again, lighter than ever before.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The long way home <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/the-long-way-home-hcs\/\">handling compact stradale<\/a> further optimized.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Rubber parts are now precisely cut on the lathe with a new technology.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>ibb tiny 300: <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/ill-be-back\/\">ultra compact zero wind kite<\/a> in production and available.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The ultimate flow: the <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/hyperlight-kites\/\">Hyperlight kite series<\/a> made of dyneema composite.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Video showing the <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/design-award-kite-2015\/\">Ibb-mobil\u00e9<\/a> at the former Museum f\u00fcr Gestaltung Z\u00fcrich.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Urban ninja: the numbers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/urban-ninja-numbers\/\">compact version<\/a> of the legendary kite.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>I'll be back <a href=\"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/kite\/ill-be-back\/\">urban rhythm edition:<\/a> translucent Dyneema variations, seasonal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<hr class=\"double\" \/>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>These beautiful ultra-light weight zero wind kites from Horvath in Zurich are amazing. Built using specialized sail materials and finely manufactured carbon tubing, they fly on thermals, the same way birds do.<\/p>\r\n<p>They represent, to me anyway, a pinnacle of kiting, both in terms of engineering and, ultimately, elegance.<\/p>\r\n<p>Nichol Alexander, publisher, New York, USA<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<hr class=\"single\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information on synergetic zerowind kites: culture, technic, products, kite building, kite festivals, offers for companies, pictures and videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horvath.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}