Attach a very thin kite line and bridle to a snowflake.  Set up a laminar-flow wind-tunnel situation.  Or find a nearly perfectly smooth natural air flow when the air temperature is below the freezing point of water (and let the the humidity be very low) Set up cameras and log in witnesses  to the event (have an application from the Guinness Book of World Records handy).   Fly your snowflake kite and break the world record for smallest flown real kite on earth.  See some sample snowflakes:   >>>>>   http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/020202-a092.jpg    Toward Water Kites, Ice Kites          Several projects: Type 1:  --made of just water in one or more of its phases. Type 2: Hybrids with small admixture of non-water chemicals/materials where water is dominant. Kite may be entirely eaten with flavors and nutritional elements. ("Rita's  Water Ice Kites" (watermelon, lemon; perhaps "Country Club flavor."  And "ice cream" kites.) Non-food mixtures or compounds. Type 3: Hybrid kites where water is used as a significant aspect of the kite's construction, but where other materials seem dominant. [Dave Culp's use of water as a laminate glue or fiber bonder has high potential practical uses.] Type 4: Water is an exciting part of the kite system, but not the kite material itself. Tails involving water; kite line laundry involving water, water acted upon by the kite system, kites used in applications of water projects, etc.  [Following Dave Culp's note: kite system dragging sponges (any type) over dew or clouds to fetch water for survival or special circumstance purposes.] Type 5:   June offers potential further types of water-involved kites (maybe the descriptions result in instances of the above types: "Type 4: Rita's Water Ice Kites; I'm particularly fond of watermelon, with lemon a close second, especially on very hot days.  Of course the kites will melt, but what fun standing underneath it with bowls and spoons to catch the delicious icy drippings! Type 5:  ice cream kites; you come up with one in "Country Club" flavor and I'll be in heaven!" COMMENT: June, these two types seem to be instances of Type 2 ---perhaps forming an important subset of Type 2.   Ice cream and  http://www.popsicle.com/   and   http://www.jellomuseum.com/  spaces may well provide a sector of kiting involvement some day.   Type 1-- Project "Water Kite --made of just water!"  or "Ice Kite --water-ice-only kite!" is moderated by Joe Faust when he is not webmastering for www.LifeCoachingWorks.com (his son's business that donates space for some kiteworld notes here). Notes can be sent to groups or directly to water@kitenotes.com Notes are invited at Alternative-Kite@yahoogroups.com  rec.kites   Usenet Google group and kitemakers@yahoogroups.com  And/or sent to water@kitenotes.com  for possible inclusion in this project note set Air-flown kite of water is one species of a kite made of water ice. Another species of a kite made of water ice is the hydro-kite that "flies" submerged in water (the temperature of the liquid water will melt the hydro-kite (made of colder ice) [[Dave Culp has pointed out a direction to explore for a hybrid in-water water kite where the kite "flying" in the water would be made of an alloy of water that would have a freezing point above that of sea water so the kite would not melt and would not ice-over to become ineffective.]]   The air-flown kite made of just water ice is our first  but not only concern. Other water-only kites that use just water that is not in an ice form are equivalently within the veil of the current projects; but ice, so far, seems to be leading the program. Types and special hybrids will come under the interest of this broad water-kite project. Alt-Kite] Re: Water kites | | | Inbox  Alternative-Kite@yahoogroups.com   Sent : Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:07 AM It is a rare delight to witness, first hand and in real-time, the workings of a master inventor's mind as he mulls through the possibilities of what most folks would say was a "silly" idea. I'll have some contributions for the thread soon (busy, busy), but it is a pure treat to watch Joe's mind at work. Thanks,   Dave Culp Webmaster added links:     http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/      http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/KiteTugs.html April 27, 2005     I am always looking for new ideas in kites and have a few ideas to share. I think the water kite is a cool and crazy idea.                Rob Braunshausen Alain was invited on April 27, 2005: Ice artists are being invited to the Water Kite Project. Request made on April 28th to a company that has copyright on a photo of an ice sculpture in the form of a Malay kite carved at a kite event Kites on Ice. We hope to show the photograph on this page. April 29, 2005:  Dave Culp posted key progress notes.    June posted expanding notes and wishes. April 30, 2005: Safety in cold air and in cold water is part of some kiting scenes.   See: Hypothermia as applied to Kiteboarding An e-mail sent to FogQuest: fogquest@rogers.com We are advancing kite-lofted water collectors. http://www.josephfaust.com/kiteworld/kiteofwater/2005april29.htm  and feel good about promoting your FogQuest. Can you take PayPal membership funds?    Joe Faust     Kiteworld for Kites of Water...   Sectors of the program:  Log of dated notes of the project.  2005:   [April 23, 2005: B-D of Honored Kite: 1,2,3]    [ 4 ]    [April 27]    [April 28]    [April 29 and 30]    [ May 1  ]    [   ]   [   ]  Applications on earth and in space of water kites: recreational, commercial, scientific, military Useful manufacturing processes Log of successes along with careful specifications involved. Frustration Lessons are Still Gems Tertiary industries using the water kite for promotions Advanced qualities of water-ice forms: shells, beams, foams, fabrics, spikes, dendrites, feathering, complexes, plates, laminates, designer snowflakes, Nanotechnology for manufacturing ice structures for water-kites Building processes will change depending on the size category of one's water kite.  For example, for the single snowflake kite, one might lift a snowflake from the natural environment or choose to spur an artificially made snowflake to meet specific requirements.  For very large water kites, tactics that account for shell dynamics, rib construction, etc. would be respected. Systems for attaching bridle to the water kite will receive considerable attention as extraneous materials cannot be used beside the lines themselves.  Kite line and bridle lines for each size category of water kite.