休斯顿的风筝业者克雷格·席雷德表示,大多数人对风筝的观念停留在中国制的胶木纸风筝上。实际上,今天的风筝大多由尼龙或多元脂构成,而且常通过电脑设计,并由激光切割成形,硬度由碳纤维合成物加强,连风筝线都改变了,棉线和尼龙钓线已经过时,取而代之的是开夫勒纤维和聚乙烯纤维。 Craig Schleider, a kite business in Houston, said that most people’s concept of kite stays on a Chinese-made bakelite paper kite. In fact, today’s kites are mostly made of nylon or multi-component fats, and are often designed by computers and cut by laser. The hardness is reinforced by carbon fiber composites. Even the kite lines have changed. Cotton and nylon fishing lines have become obsolete and replaced. It is Kevlar fiber and polyethylene fiber.