The Mirage II is described by designer Marc Alain as sharing the feel of the larger Prism kites. He recommends tapered wrapped spars, but this one has Avia 2300 spine and LE, 2100 upper spreader, and Easton aluminum/carbon 2400 lower spreaders. It weighs in at a hefty 10 ounces. The Mirage may be the most popular of the various Prism-type plans such as Fanusion, Raven, Pseudo2, etc. A curved layout of the nylon panels modernizes the kite and makes it harder to sew. The Mirage II will dead launch or launch in a fade, tracks precisely and has a wide wind range.
For some reason it hasn't really clicked as a trick kite. Perhaps the better materials suggested by the designer would help, as it has a slightly heavy feel. Maybe an active bridle would help.

Tim
 

The Tim is a bundle of fun.  Minutes after the bridle was tied it was up in a too-high wind doing odd things that must be tricks, but I don't know their names.  It has a touch of unpredictability that promotes trying things. Re-launching from most positions is easy.  In half-ounce nylon fabric on 2300 spars, this is a very basic kite that is easy to make.  Changes to the design were to use longer flexible fiberglass rod for the outer standoffs to allow the trailing edge to avoid curling down too much and using an O-ring and hook to keep the spreaders in the cross-fitting on unplanned landings.  The dynamic bridle dimensions are from Kenton Williams.  I can fly this thing all day without losing interest and as time goes by this is my best two-line kite of any kind. Wind range is 7-18mph.  
 

 Tim Lite

Raaseri

Scaled down to 73% to fit 1880 x 48 inch wing spars and covered with blue and white ripstop nylon, it looks like the logo on designer Simo Salanne’s web site.  It has a common dynamic bridle and standard kite fittings on a 1880 graphite frame with 080 stand-offs, and flies on 90-foot 80-pound Spectra.
For a beginner at flying, this is a great all-around kite.  Smooth, precise, with a large window and wind range, it’s a joy to fly. Although not a trick kite, it axles and fades easilly.  The kite was slightly noisy in high wind until the trailing edge was tensioned.  In high winds it flies well with a screen "diaper" on the lines.  This slows the kites and eases the strain on the kite and stores easily in the kite bag.  A very resilient kite, none of the 1880 diameter spars have failed despite my best efforts.  Wind range is 5-20mph.
  Diaper Plans

Trick Tac

Ariel Mini
0.9 ounce trickster

The first Ariel was made for very high winds, but this is a version comparable to the zero-wind Trick-Tac. The one-piece sail is 1/2 ounce nylon with a hot-cut trailing edge, 3/4 ounce rip-stop leading edge sleeves and spine pocket. The reinforcement at the center T is rip-stop adhesive tape and whiskers are 040. It may not need an upper spreader, but the fittings are there anyway for testing. The 080 carbon spine and 24 inch leading edge spars are sewn in place to save weight, and to clean up the edges. The three main rods are inserted into the nose, and the nose folds over them like an envelope flap. The sail is reduced to 80% of the Ariel, and spars are fitted by eye. The bridle is 50 pound Dacron, thick enough to avoid snags. On other kites, very thin bridles have hung up on everything, negating any weight advantage.

Wind range starts at around 1-2 mph and at that speed tricks quite well on 35 foot lines. Re-launching from odd positions is a snap, except for that one. The upper spreader of 050 rod seems useless except  in stiff breezes. A larger Orcon version with tapered 060 rods and a bridle of sewing thread might be fun.
      Ariel Mini Plans

Iris

Sceptre II 2.7

The Sceptre II by David Holt is my first attempt at a foil making.  The 2.8 designation refers to the metric width as opposed to the smaller Sceptre II 1.8. Surface area is almost 2 square meters.  The “Mexican flag” colors were chosen from what was laying around in half-ounce spinnaker cloth. Cardboard templates for the profiles were made first and the profiles were hot-cut with a soldering gun.  The only expenses were for cardboard and bridle material, since the fabric was scrap from a sail maker. 

The Sceptre II isn’t a light-wind kite but in winds over 8mph it stays inflated and pulls strongly.  In lighter wind the wing tips deflate and it crumples up.  Steering is precise but less so than a sparred kite.  Speed seems proportional to wind speed, so in a strong wind it gets zippier with a great whooshing sound.  In wind over 28 mph the trailing edge folds back and control suffers, as does the pilot.  The wind window is about 160 degrees, a bit wider than my NPW5.
In a good wind it has surprising power, considering its size and in 20mph wind, 150 pound Laser Pro Spectra broke at the sleeving knot.  In a 15 mph wind (measured with a wind meter) the possibly weakened 150 pound line snapped in the middle.  300 pound line is now used for this kite.  Launching solo isn’t easy but pulling the kite from under weights such as water bottles on the trailing edge, with the intakes facing downwind, seems to hold some promise.  In many ways the smaller version might be a nice companion with less pull and more speed.

For a kite maker looking for an introduction to foil kites or just a fun project the Sceptre II is a great little kite with excellent plans.  The design is fairly easy to construct except for my sewing the profiles to the skins in the wrong order, leaving me to roll up the finished part of the kite under the sewing arm as it was completed.  Luckily  the kite is small enough to fit through the machine  but a 6 meter kite might not.  Of course, David’s instructions clearly explained the proper way to sew them.

After flying this kite for a while  I am still impressed by the power and I wonder what a braking bridle might add for controllability.  This has pulled my buggy a bit but needs a stiff breeze to get moving.   Wind range is 6-26mph.

It's a light-pulling one-meter (measured flat) NASA wing with a two-line bridle. Still, in gusts, this kite shows a bit of pull.  The sail was sewn with 150 dacron line sewn to the backside of the seams and hems that have bridle points attached.  Half-ounce nylon and 50 pound dacron bridling keeps this a fun kite in the under $10 range.  The greenery on the wingtips was sketched in pencil and sewn before trimming the excess fabric away with small scissors.  NASAs are unique as single-skin soft kites and take about six hours to make and bridle.  Obviously this is not an "extreme serious " kite, but a simple pleasure for picnics or walks on the beach.  It makes bystanders smile, not duck and run. 
Wind range 1mph - 20mph (?)