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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 electricity from the air and conduct it down the wet kite string to the ground.
Kite flying originated as a Chinese tradition to mark the beginning of spring. However, because the plantation owners were suspicious of the planter class (read "plantation workers"), the Chinese claimed that it represented the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was a clever argument, as at that time, Christians celebrated Easter to the glory of ...
The box kite was invented in 1893 by Lawrence Hargrave, [1] an English-born Australian, as part of his attempt to develop a manned flying machine. Hargrave linked several of his box kites ( Hargrave cells ) together, creating sufficient lift for him to fly some 16 ft (4.9 m) off the ground. [ 2 ]
In the 1820s British inventor George Pocock developed man-lifting kites, using his own children in his experimentation. [8]In the early 1890s, Captain B. F. S. Baden-Powell, soon to become president of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, developed his "Levitor" kite, a hexagonal-shaped kite intended to be used by the army in order to lift a man for aerial observation or for lifting ...
A group has developed an air kite that dynamically was coupled with a water kite that they also developed: French L'aile d'eau L'aile d'eau (mastless boat is a water 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 pulled the submarine water ...
Drachen kite balloon, showing its characteristic shape. A kite balloon is a tethered balloon which is shaped to help make it stable in low and moderate winds and to increase its lift. It typically comprises a streamlined envelope with stabilising features and a harness or yoke connecting it to the main tether and a second harness connected to ...
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Parafoils see wide use in a variety of windsports such as kite flying, powered parachutes, paragliding, kitesurfing, speed flying, wingsuit flying and skydiving. [2] [4] [5] [6] The world's largest kite is a parafoil-variant. [7] Today, SpaceX uses steerable Parafoils to recover the fairings of their Falcon 9 rocket.