Neil Marcellini neil-marcellini

What this spreadsheet does, in three layers

1. Big picture (one paragraph)

Racing kites use 22 thin lines (called the "bridle") that connect the bar to the kite's canopy. Over time these lines stretch unevenly, which warps the kite's shape and ruins its performance. This spreadsheet is a retuning calculator: you measure each line, type the numbers in, and it tells you exactly which little correction knot to tie in each line — and how to adjust your bar — to bring the kite back to its factory shape.

2. How it works in practice (the workflow)

The workbook has 11 tabs for the Ozone VMG2 kite (FS21 = the Formula Kite squad design):

	syntax on

	set autoread " make file update on external changes
	set backspace=indent,eol,start
	set noerrorbells
	set tabstop=2
	set shiftwidth=2
	set expandtab
	set smartindent
	set nu " line numbers