Sport kites can be flown in aerial ballet, sometimes as part of a competition. Kites may be flown for recreation, art or other practical uses.
The same principles can be used in water and experiments have also been made with lighter-than-air kites ( kytoons) 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 or vehicle). The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of the one or more lines or tethers. This deflection also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over and under the kite's wing, producing low pressure above the wing and high pressure below it. Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival is held every May in Higashiomi, Shiga, Japan.Ī kite is a tethered aircraft. Yellow-billed Kite analogical dictionary.Kite falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite. (Naut.) A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface - called also sentry.įlying kites. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods an accommodation check or bill. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
(Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.ĥ. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.Ĥ. ☞ The European species are Milvus ictinus and Milvus migrans the pariah kite of India is Milvus govinda the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is Haliastur Indus the American fork-tailed kite is the Nauclerus furcatus.ģ. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. (Zoöl.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known.
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