surfaces. Various types of kites exist, depending on features such as material, shape, use, or operating skills,Wind required. Kites may fly in air, water...
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anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it. Some kite designs do not need a bridle; box kites can have...
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common types of power kite including rigid-framed kites and soft single skin kites. There are several different control systems used with these kites which...
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Bow kite Kite Stunt kite Kite surfing Kite landboarding Kite buggying LEI kite Arc kite Parafoil Power kite Windsports Kite types Kite mooring Kite applications...
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Kiteboarding (redirect from Kite surfing)
particular kite type and size and not suitable for use with different kite types. A kite harness comes in seat (with leg loops), waist, or vest types. The harness...
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A rotor kite or gyrokite is an unpowered, rotary-wing aircraft. Like an autogyro or helicopter, it relies on lift created by one or more sets of rotors...
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A box kite is a high-performance kite, noted for developing relatively high lift; it is a type within the family of cellular kites. The typical design...
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Italy brought Italian sculptural kites. Chinese brought flying dragon kites. For other kites, see list of Kite types. This festival is also an occasion...
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kite or paravane) The group succeeded in having a double-kite system with one kite an air kite and the other kite a paravane water kite. The air kite...
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Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is...
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In Euclidean geometry, a kite is a quadrilateral with reflection symmetry across a diagonal. Because of this symmetry, a kite has two equal angles and...
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way that the entire kite is also a regular tetrahedron. The kite can be described as a compound dihedral kite as well. This kite was invented by Alexander...
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Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a variety of kite control systems. Contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists...
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regions have different prevalent kite types. Sometimes the existence of these cells is considered essential for a desert kite to be called such. Research published...
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A sport kite, also commonly known as a stunt kite, is a type of multiline kite that can be maneuvered in the air. A related kite, also controllable and...
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Different types of flying kites (such as water kites, bi-media kites, fluid kites, gas kites, kytoons, paravanes, soil kites, solid kites, and plasma kites) have...
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Kiteboating (redirect from Kite boating)
different types of gear from kitesurfing. Kites attached to boats can be larger than kites attached to a surfer. For long voyages, the kite rig must be...
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Kytoon (redirect from Kite-balloon)
Recreation Aerostat Airship Buoyancy Kite types Rotor kite Tethered balloon Popular Mechanics Mar 1958 The Type "M" Kite Balloon Handbook, United States Navy...
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The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which...
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The Benelli Kite is a single shot .177 inch calibre pre-charged pneumatic air pistol designed for the 10 m Air Pistol ISSF shooting event. It is manufactured...
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Unpowered aircraft (section Kites)
balloons and tethered kites. In the case of kites, lift is obtained by tethering to a fixed or moving object, perhaps another kite, to obtain a flow of...
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The Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Mississippi kites have narrow, pointed wings and are...
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A kite shield is a large, almond-shaped shield rounded at the top and curving down to a point or rounded point at the bottom. The term "kite shield" is...
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The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely-related Australian species of the...
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indoor kite festivals occur regularly, complete with the demonstrations and competitions that take place at outdoor kiting events. Kite types Kite applications...
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Fixed-wing aircraft (section Kite)
polystyrene kite Fighter kite Indoor kite Inflatable single-line kite Kytoon Man-lifting kite Rogallo parawing kite Stunt (sport) kite Water kite The structural...
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The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought...
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A Bermuda kite is a kite made using traditional geometric designs, are quite colorful, and is an art form as much as a recreational tool. They are traditionally...
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Parasailing (category Kites)
also known as parascending, paraskiing or parakiting, is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a specially...
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Rigid-framed power kite is one of the power kites which consists of a single skin and a rigid frame. They are often used in the popular sport of kite surfing. Typically...
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