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Kite quadrilaterals are named for the wind-blown, flying kites, which often have this shape [10] [11] and which are in turn named for a hovering bird and the sound it makes. [12] [13] According to Olaus Henrici, the name "kite" was given to these shapes by James Joseph Sylvester. [14]
Kites in other media like water, soil, or plasma have speeds specific to their conditions. Speed is relative to the activity and purpose. Kite-fishing requires speed. [144] Feather kites [145] [146] [147] Fighter kite [148] [149] Figure kites (mimic shape and appearance of animals, insects, people, objects, products) [150] [151]
A right kite with its circumcircle and incircle. The leftmost and rightmost vertices have right angles. In Euclidean geometry, a right kite is a kite (a quadrilateral whose four sides can be grouped into two pairs of equal-length sides that are adjacent to each other) that can be inscribed in a circle. [1]
Kite sailing opens several possibilities not available in traditional sailing: Wind speeds are greater at higher altitudes; Kites may be maneuvered dynamically which increases the force available dramatically; There is no need for mechanical structures to withstand bending forces; vehicles or hulls can be very light or dispensed with all together
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 has four parallel struts. The typical design has four parallel struts.
A tetrahedral kite is a multicelled rigid box kite composed of tetrahedrally shaped cells to create a kind of tetrahedral truss. The cells are usually arranged in such a way that the entire kite is also a regular tetrahedron. The kite can be described as a compound dihedral kite as well. An early design of the tetrahedron kite from Alexander ...
A kite flying on a 200-metre (220 yd) line will have twice as much available wind energy as a kite on a 10-metre (33 ft) line. [20] A kite's shape blocks air like a traditional sail and acts as an aerofoil, with the combined forces of lift and drag pulling the boat through the water. [21]
A Scott Sled is a type of kite developed in the early 1960s by Frank Scott of Ohio and based on the sled kite, an earlier design by William Allison, [1] also based in Ohio. In 1964 it was featured in Kite Tales, the newsletter of the American Kitefliers Association; as a result it became much more widely known.