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  2. Kite - Wikipedia

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    Kite flying in Hyderabad starts a month before this, but kite flying/fighting is an important part of other celebrations, including Republic Day, Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, Viswakarma Puja day in late September and Janmashtami.

  3. Kite (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Because of this symmetry, a kite has two equal angles and two pairs of adjacent equal-length sides. Kites are also known as deltoids, [1] but the word deltoid may also refer to a deltoid curve, an unrelated geometric object sometimes studied in connection with quadrilaterals. [2] [3] A kite may also be called a dart, [4] particularly if it is ...

  4. Kite experiment - Wikipedia

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    The kite experiment is a scientific experiment in which a kite with a pointed conductive wire attached to its apex is flown near thunder clouds to collect static ...

  5. Box kite - Wikipedia

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    The skin is drum-tight, a consequence of the unique tensioning system devised by Hargrave. A collapsed kite, rolled up for transport, lies on the ground. 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.

  6. Kite applications - Wikipedia

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    The spiders that kite to disperse (so-called ballooning spiders) have been found in nets raised to upper air for collecting; [42] the method is noted carefully in Spider Ballooning: Development and Evaluation of Field Trapping Methods (Araneae) [43] Balloon kite of the so-called ballooning spiderlings; the spiders' kite is not a balloon.

  7. Man-lifting kite - Wikipedia

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    A kite in the form of a tethered parachute. A parafoil glider being tow-launched as a kite. A series of innovations in the late 20th and early 21st century revitalized interest in the field of people being lifted by kites for recreation. The growth of water skiing especially led to the idea of adding a kite, so that the skier could take off and ...

  8. Kite types - Wikipedia

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    powered scale and manned Distinguish a product that is not a kite (called RC Kite) from true kites that have radio controls on a kite-lined kite wing. Ram-air kites Sled kites with ram-air cavities and Jalbert parafoil power kites are ram-air kites. The wind rams into the cavities and inflates sections of a kite to give the kite shape and ...

  9. Brahminy kite - Wikipedia

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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 also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers, all found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The brahminy kite is found mainly on the ...