Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:22:13
Post by YippeePost by Masami TakakuwaCan we call it "kite" which appears in the following site ?
http://vision.ameba.jp/watch.do?movie=111842
No. That's a radio controlled aircraft that happens to have some
construction details that only make it look like a kite. But it isn't.
The two most important ingredients (wind force and one or more lines to
take advantage of that force) aren't there.
Hmmmn. It isn't clear to me from the clip whether or not the beastie
has its own power source or not. If it does it is definitely not a
kite.
I'm not sure the lines of control is actually what makes a kite a kite
either as that would include parachutes for example.
Or indeed that wind force is necessary (cf indoor flying where the
movement of a human creates the force against the kite rather than
wind).
I'd suggest a radio controlled sail [1] would be a kite.
[1] bit hard to describe, imagine a hang glider or parafoil with a radio
controlled object able to shift weight beneath it in the place of the
human.
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