Historical kite control systems Kite control systems



dr. george a. spratt towed hang glider on floats using motorboat demonstrating cable-stayed triangle control frame (tcf) or a-frame use in pilot-pendulumed weight-shift control of hang gliders, trikes, ultralights. united states, 1929.



triangle control frame towed or free-flight kite system .
paresev
a mass-shifting via pulley-routed cables control stick while kite pilot hung kite single tensional point.
blue-hill observatory

a piano-wire based kite control system.



barry hill palmer
of 7 8 experiments, barry hill palmer found several control systems foot-launch hang glider in 1960-1962. came upon george a. spratt had found aviation , hang glider: triangle control frame or a-frame in front of pilot while pilot hung tether either in seat or harness various positions; mechanical arrangement precluded invention in later years same. many others find same mechanical arrangement mass-shifting rogallo hang gliders , derivatives; these free-flying manned kites or hang gliders used wing kites fleep or paresev or derivatives of branch of stiffened flexible wings.




^ spratt aircraft
^ more on george a. spratt
^ george spratt
^ biography, george spratt
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^ barry palmer s sevtec sev surface skimmer program






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