Whats the best way to do a kite & string?

Did you try useing dynamic wind?

Gloski , needs to be 100% controlable

You can keyframe the force

I can animate the kite just fine
I need the little tail to animate, and the string

i'd try and use dynamics cuz it would look cool

Dynamics take way too long

A kite shouldn't be too bad
clusters on a curve, a nurbs extrude along the curve, keep consctruction history on
hmmmmm for the kite itself....Id try cloth and pins to nurbs or poly cylinders for the structure

the kite can just have a little deformation on it
main concern is the string/attatched to it
and the little gay ribbons

ribbons you can do with a linear sin deformer