Two-string delta-style kite with sail curvature control

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1987-12-28

1989-02-28

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Kites

B64C 3106

Patent

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048078328

ABSTRACT:
An easily assembled, steerable two-string kite suitable for sailing in light or strong winds having curvature adjusting and maintaining wing members with passed flexible rods to maintain the curvature, a substantially v-shaped frame made of lightweight material and covered with flexible sail material, capable of in-flight maneuvers including maintaining constant speed over a wide angle relative to the ground, direct overhead flight, 90-degree turns relative to the center of the kite, and lift-off from the ground, all without need to adjust or alter the position of the strings affixed to the kite.

REFERENCES:
patent: D274827 (1984-07-01), Belloff
patent: 3241793 (1966-03-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 3347500 (1967-10-01), Hartig
patent: 3801052 (1974-04-01), Quercetti
patent: 3994454 (1976-11-01), Worsham
patent: 4286762 (1981-09-01), Prouty
"Penguin Book of Kites", David Pelham, 1976, p. 199.

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