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Amber Kisak
Our online kite store has hundreds of kites and accessories at great prices. With many years of experience in the kite flying business, we service, repair, sell, and even fly all types of kites, be it traditionals like delta kites, diamond kites or box kites, power kites, quad kites or trick kites for freestyle or team flying. We specialize in Prism, Premier, SkyDog, New Tech, Flying Wings, and HQ kites. We also have a lot of classics you won't find anywhere else, stuff that just isn't made any longer.
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Kites have been around for thousands of years and they are a partof many different cultures around the world. There is a lot of informationavailable on the web concerning the history of kites, so we will notduplicate that information here. We suggestthat you use your favorite search engine to find this information.(Search on the phrase "History of Kites").From an aerodynamics point of view, two of the most important users ofkites were theWright brothers.In 1899, as they were developing theirtheories for the control of an aircraft by usingwing warping,they built a small maneuverablekite to verify their ideas. Between 1900 and 1903 they would often flytheirglidersas unmannedkitesat Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. These experiments led directly to theirsuccessful 1903aircraft.
A wide variety of kite kits and kite accessories are available at department,hobby, and toy stores. You can even design and build your own kites.This slide shows some of the more popular types of kites. (The names for thevarious kites are not standardized - what I call a diamond kite may be calleda two-stick kite at another site, and my "Delta" kite may be called a "bat"somewhere else.) Once again, there is a lot of information availableon the web concerning kite design and purchase.(Search on the phrase "Kite Design" with your search engine).
Each of the kites on this slidelooks differentthan another kite, but theforces acting on all the kites isexactly the same.In fact, with the exception ofthrust,the forces acting on a kite are also the sameforces which act on an airliner or a fighter plane.Like an aircraft, kites are heavier than air and rely onaerodynamicforces to fly.Gas balloons and bubbles, on the other hand, arelighter than air and relyon buoyancy forces to fly.Like an aircraft, kites have a solidframenormally made of wood or plastic, and this frame is covered by a paper,plastic, or cloth "skin" to generate thelift necessary to overcome the kite'sweight.A kite must be made as light as possible for good performance,yet be strong enough to withstand high winds.Determining the forces on a kite can be difficult, so we have prepared akite simulator to let you study these forces.You can useKiteModelerto design your own kites.You can then build a kite based on your design andcompare the results with the computer program.
While the forces on all kites are the same, each kitefliesa little differently. Some kites are highly maneuverable and some kites arevery stable. There are kites with multiple control lines that can performstunts, while other kites can be flown to high altitudes.We can use math techniques that you learn in school todetermine the altitude of a kitegraphically.With a little more knowledge of mathematics, you can actuallycalculatethe altitude at which the kite is flying.
A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag forces.[2] A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it.[3] Some kite designs do not need a bridle; box kites can have a single attachment point. A kite may have fixed or moving anchors that can balance the kite. The name is derived from the kite, the hovering bird of prey.[4]
The lift that sustains the kite in flight is generated when air moves around the kite's surface, producing low pressure above and high pressure below the wings.[5] The interaction with the wind also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the lines or tethers to which the kite is attached.[6] The anchor point of the kite line may be static or moving (e.g., the towing of a kite by a running person, boat, free-falling anchors as in paragliders and fugitive parakites[7][8] or vehicle).[9][10]
Kites have a long and varied history and many different types are flown individually and at festivals worldwide. Kites may be flown for recreation, art or other practical uses. Sport kites can be flown in aerial ballet, sometimes as part of a competition. Power kites are multi-line steerable kites designed to generate large forces which can be used to power activities such as kite surfing, kite landboarding, kite buggying and snow kiting.
In China, the kite has been claimed as the invention of the 5th-century BC Chinese philosophers Mozi (also Mo Di, or Mo Ti) and Lu Ban (also Gongshu Ban, or Kungshu Phan). Materials ideal for kite building were readily available including silk fabric for sail material; fine, high-tensile-strength silk for flying line; and resilient bamboo for a strong, lightweight framework. By 549 AD, paper kites were certainly being flown, as it was recorded that in that year a paper kite was used as a message for a rescue mission. Ancient and medieval Chinese sources describe kites being used for measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signaling, and communication for military operations. The earliest known Chinese kites were flat (not bowed) and often rectangular. Later, tailless kites incorporated a stabilizing bowline. Kites were decorated with mythological motifs and legendary figures; some were fitted with strings and whistles to make musical sounds while flying.[13][14][15]
Kites were known throughout Polynesia, as far as New Zealand, with the assumption being that the knowledge diffused from China along with the people. Anthropomorphic kites made from cloth and wood were used in religious ceremonies to send prayers to the gods.[17] Polynesian kite traditions are used by anthropologists to get an idea of early "primitive" Asian traditions that are believed to have at one time existed in Asia.[18]
Kites were late to arrive in Europe, although windsock-like banners were known and used by the Romans. Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo towards the end of the 13th century, and kites were brought back by sailors from Japan and Malaysia in the 16th and 17th centuries.[19][20] Konrad Kyeser described dragon kites in Bellifortis about 1400 AD.[21] Although kites were initially regarded as mere curiosities, by the 18th and 19th centuries they were being used as vehicles for scientific research.[19]
Kites were also instrumental in the research of the Wright brothers, and others, as they developed the first airplane in the late 1800s. Several different designs of man-lifting kites were developed. The period from 1860 to about 1910 became the European "golden age of kiting".[22]
In the 20th century, many new kite designs are developed. These included Eddy's tailless diamond, the tetrahedral kite, the Rogallo wing, the sled kite, the parafoil, and power kites.[23] Kites were used for scientific purposes, especially in meteorology, aeronautics, wireless communications and photography. The Rogallo wing was adapted for stunt kites and hang gliding and the parafoil was adapted for parachuting and paragliding.
The rapid development of mechanically powered aircraft diminished interest in kites. World War II saw a limited use of kites for military purposes (survival radio, Focke Achgelis Fa 330, military radio antenna kites).
Designs often emulate flying insects, birds, and other beasts, both real and mythical. The finest Chinese kites are made from split bamboo (usually golden bamboo), covered with silk, and hand painted. On larger kites, clever hinges and latches allow the kite to be disassembled and compactly folded for storage or transport. Cheaper mass-produced kites are often made from printed polyester rather than silk.
Tails are used for some single-line kite designs to keep the kite's nose pointing into the wind. Spinners and spinsocks can be attached to the flying line for visual effect. There are rotating wind socks which spin like a turbine. On large display kites these tails, spinners and spinsocks can be 50 feet (15 m) long or more.
Modern aerobatic kites use two or four lines to allow fine control of the kite's angle to the wind. Traction kites may have an additional line to de-power the kite and quick-release mechanisms to disengage flyer and kite in an emergency.
Russian chronicles mention Prince Oleg of Novgorod use of kites during the siege of Constantinople in 906: "and he crafted horses and men of paper, armed and gilded, and lifted them into the air over the city; the Greeks saw them and feared them".[27]
In the modern era the British Army used kites to haul human lookouts into the air for observation purposes, using the kites developed by Samuel Franklin Cody. Barrage kites were used to protect shipping during the Second World War.[30][31] Kites were also used for anti-aircraft target practice.[32]Kites and kytoons were used for lofting communications antenna.[33] Submarines lofted observers in rotary kites.[34]
Kites have been used for scientific purposes, such as Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment proving that lightning is electricity. Kites were the precursors to the traditional aircraft, and were instrumental in the development of early flying craft. Alexander Graham Bell experimented with very large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence Hargrave. Kites had a historical role in lifting scientific instruments to measure atmospheric conditions for weather forecasting. Francis Ronalds and William Radcliffe Birt described a very stable kite at Kew Observatory as early as 1847 that was trialled for the purpose of supporting self-registering meteorological instruments at height.[40]
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