Air baffle for stunt kite and stunt kite

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1989-05-09

1991-01-01

Jordan, Charles T.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Kites

244155A, B64C 3106

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049812734

ABSTRACT:
An air baffle for a stunt kite affording enhanced kite control in gusty winds in which a flexible material is disposed transversely to the keel rod and adjacent to the trailing edge of the kite. Cooperating with the air baffle to provide structural and functional kite performance enhancements are the additional features of: a sail of flexible material; a keel rod; a leading edge rod substantially perpendicular to the keel rod and connected to the keel rod; a pair of wing rods connected to the ends of the leading edge rod; and a pair of cross rods disposed transversely to the keel rod.

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Windsurf Magazine, "Beyond the Ultimate Barrier-Laminar Boundary Control" by Lee M. Seiler, pp. 68-69, Apr. 1988.
American Kite Magazine, p. 58 (advertisement), Summer 1988.
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