Kite rigs are wind-assisted propulsion systems for propelling a vehicle. They differ from conventional sails in that they are flown from kite control...

Kiteboating Kitelife, an American magazine devoted to kites Kitesurfing Kite rig List of kite festivals Sea Tails, video installation Solar balloon,...

Kiteboating or kite boating is the act of using a kite rig as a power source to propel a boat. Kiteboating is a type of surface water sport, but it also...

attached directly to the kite but is usually secured to an adjustable rig suspended from the kite line at a distance from the kite. This distance reduces...

computer-controlled kite rig, called the SkySails system. It consists of a kite similar to a huge paraglider of up to 160 square metres (1,700 sq ft) area. The kite has...

and substituting for the gym. Foilboard Kite applications Kite landboarding Kite mooring Kiteboating Kite rig SkySails Snowkiting Windsport Wing foiling...

use of a kayak for moving across water Kiteboating is the act of using a kite rig as a power source to propel a boat Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where...

sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be broadly categorized...

Skysails (the world's first ship partially powered by a computer-controlled kite rig) as inspiration, conceptualizes a new speculative fiction subgenre with...

his box kite in 1885, and from it he developed a man-carrying rig by stringing four of them in line. On 12 November 1894 he attached the rig to the ground...

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Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is an American adult animated black comedy superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Kite Man created by Bill...

Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a variety of kite control systems. Contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists...

include wingsails, which are rigid wing-like structures, and kites that power kite-rigged vessels, but do not employ a mast to support the airfoil and...

the vessel's fuel. The kite sail concept has recently received a lot of interest. This rig consists of flying a gigantic kite from the bow of a ship using...

SkySails Group GmbH is a Hamburg-based company that sells kite rigs to propel cargo ships, large yachts and fishing vessels by wind energy as well as...

Jalbert Francis Rogallo Kite applications Kite control systems Kite mooring Kite rig List of surface water sports Paravane (water kite) Paravane (weapon) Spider...

of the Rogallo wing commonly found in kites and hang gliders. The modern lateen is often used as a simple rig for catboats and other small recreational...

of flying kites (such as water kites, bi-media kites, fluid kites, gas kites, kytoons, paravanes, soil kites, solid kites, and plasma kites) have niche...

States. While Darby's "sailboard" incorporated a pivoting rig, it was "square rigged" or "kite rigged" and was subject to the associated limitations. Unlike...

out of production. The Kite is a recreational sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a single sail catboat rig, a slightly raked stem...

tack. Kitesurfer rig – When changing tack, a kitesurfer rotates the kite end-for-end to align with the new apparent wind direction. Kite boards are designed...

Kite fishing is a fishing technique. It involves a kite from which a drop line hangs, attached to a lure or bait. The kite is flown over the surface of...

weight and began experimenting with man-lifting kites. In 1824, he used a 30-foot (9 m) kite with a chair rig to lift his daughter, Martha (the future mother...

means of rods, the influence of kite development is currently becoming increasingly important: The wing is made of light kite fabric, which is stretched by...

U-boats that deployed Fa 330 kites included at least U-177, U-181, and U-852. Otto Giese wrote, "Our boat was rigged with a Bachstelze. This was a small...

Hamilton, Bermuda, concerned with the plight of European Jews Bermuda kite, a type of kite traditionally flown in Bermuda at Easter, symbolizing the ascent...

addition, the term may have been influenced by the spanker, originally a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail.[citation needed] Another suggestion is that the idea...

that continuously afflict humanity. In Sukta 104 of the VII Mandala of the Rig Veda in the 22nd mantra addressed to Indra beginning – इन्द्रासोमा तपतं रक्ष...

"ducking" under it. Kitesurfer rig – When changing tack while on a broad reach, a kitesurfer again rotates the kite to align with the new apparent wind...