About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Kite, George Cayley, Parasailing, Kite aerial photography, Kite types, Kitesurfing, Kite applications, Kite control systems, Fighter kite, Man-lifting kite, Kite line, Kite buggy, Angle of attack, Powered parachute, Kite mooring, Kite landboarding, Rogallo wing, Foil kite, Ballooning, Peter Lynn, Sport kite, Snowkiting, Domina Jalbert, Power kite, List of books about kites, Manja, Kite running, Helikite, Kitelife, Leading edge inflatable kite, Malay kite, Bow kite, Soil kite, Scott sled, Box kite, Wau bulan, Inflatable single-line kite, Kytoon, Chapi-chapi, Tetrahedral kite, Kite boarding, Bermuda kite, Indoor kite, Rokkaku dako, Kite skating, Arc kite, American Kitefliers Association, Soft single skin kite, Kiteboating, Bowed kite, Supported leading edge, Kite ice skating, Rigid-framed power kite, Sled kite. Excerpt: Various types of kites exist, depending on features such as materials, shape, use, or operating skills required. A modified parachute that has a positive lift/drag ratio is a kite. A tethered body that gains a positive lift/drag ratio when towed in some way is a kite. Kites have a wing body and a kite line; the kite line is moored to a fixed or moving body (which may be the kite line itself). The moving body may be a falling payload, or a human pilot (as in some hang gliders). Kites with a very low, stable lift/drag ratio are usually not considered kites, but streamers or flags instead. Kites may fly in air, water or other media; a deflection from the direction of the ambient stream occurs because of the shape of the kite's wing. New types of kites continue to be invented and designed. Kites are often classified by the dominant material used to make the main body of the kite (plastic, plant leaves, animal skin, wood, metal, composite, paper, metal foil, synthetic textile, newspaper, rip-stop nylon, ny...
