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Kite types
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Cerf-volant
vignette|Cerfs-volants gonflables, sans armature. vignette|Cerf-volant triangulaire. thumb|Cerf-volant en forme d'étoile, à Hockenheim en Allemagne. Un cerf-volant est un aérodyne assez léger pour être mu par les forces aérodynamiques, lancé et manœuvré depuis le sol à l'aide d'un ou plusieurs fils. Sa structure la plus commune se compose d'une pièce de toile ou de papier plus ou moins tendue sur une armature. thumb|left|Le Cerf-volant (Francisco de Goya, 1778, musée du Prado) Le mot « cerf-volant » (1669) viendrait de serp-volante, serpe étant un mot féminin en ancien français pour désigner un serpent.
Kite applications
Different types of flying kites (such as water kites, bi-media kites, fluid kites, gas kites, kytoons, paravanes, soil kites, solid kites, and plasma kites) have niche applications. In nature, some animals, such as spiders, also make use of kiting. Kite aerial photography File:PicEddyKite.jpg|William Abner Eddy patented a kite. He used kites for aerial photography (KAP). File:US646375.png|US646375 Willian A. Eddy kite patent image. File:San Francisco in ruin edit2.
Power kite
A power kite or traction kite is a large kite designed to provide significant pull to the user. The two most common forms are the foil, and the leading edge inflatable. There are also other less common types of power kite including rigid-framed kites and soft single skin kites. There are several different control systems used with these kites which have two to five lines and a bar or handles. Foil kites consist of a number of cells with cloth ribs in each cell.
Kite control systems
Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a wide variety of kite control systems. Contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists, and engineers are expanding the possibilities. On-board angle-of-attack mechanisms were used in the 2000 altitude record-making flight; the operators' designed adjuster limited kite line tension to not more than 100 pounds by altering the angle of attack of the kite's wing body. The kite's line had a control: a line payout meter that did not function in the record-setting flight.
Énergie éolienne aérienne
L'énergie éolienne aérienne (Airborne Wind Energy, AWE en anglais) désigne l'énergie du vent à des altitudes qui ne sont pas accessibles pour les systèmes éoliens conventionnels supportés par un mât (éolienne, voile) et les techniques de récupération de l'énergie cinétique des masses d'air en déplacement par rapport au sol. Son exploitation était déjà envisagée par John Etzler en 1833, mais ce n'est qu'au début du que la faisabilité a été démontrée.
Hang gliding
Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing. Typically the pilot is in a harness suspended from the airframe, and controls the aircraft by shifting body weight in opposition to a control frame. Early hang gliders had a low lift-to-drag ratio, so pilots were restricted to gliding down small hills.