kite types

Kites may be built by the flier or by a dedicated kite manufacturer, which may be a member of the

Kite Trade Association International (KTAI), which also includes kite retailers.[http://www.kitetrade.org/ Kite Trade Association International (KTAI).] Retrieved 11 March 2011.

Kites have been made from the following materials:

• Plastic – for example, a Styrofoam-only kite[http://styrofoamkites.com Styrofoam kites.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816225504/http://www.styrofoamkites.com/ |date=16 August 2010 }}
• Organic materials – such as plant leaves and grass[http://www.drachen.org/special_events_interview-Anna-Rubin.html Interview with Anna Rubin. She made a kite wing of just grass.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622112118/http://www.drachen.org/special_events_interview-Anna-Rubin.html |date=22 June 2007 }}
• Paper{{cite web|url=http://www.allfreecrafts.com/kids/paper-kites.shtml |title=Paper Kites |publisher=Allfreecrafts.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}
• Textiles such as rip-stop nylon, nylon, or Dacron

• Monoplane
• Flexible sail
• Stiffened flexible sail
• Rigid wing
• Biplane
• Multiplane
• Low-aspect-ratio{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8336/bug.html |title=Bug Plan. Low-aspect-ratio kite |publisher=Webcitation.org |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018193217/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8336/bug.html |archive-date=18 October 2009 }} – wings that have a narrow chord (length from front edge to rear edge), compared with their span
• High-aspect-ratio – wings that have a wide chord, compared with their span
• Ram-air inflated
• Closed bladder, gas-inflated{{cite web |title=Flying Machine Adapted To Land On Water |author=Sayer |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2131528A/en}}{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4725021 |title=Inflatable wing: Patent number: 4725021 – Filing date: 17 Oct 1986 Issue date: 16 Feb 1988}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3957232 |title=Inflatable wing Patent number: 3957232; Filing date: Feb 3, 1975; Issue date: May 18, 1976; Inventor: Wayne A. Sebrell |access-date=3 January 2012}}
• Rotating wing – also known as rotor kite or gyroglider (e.g. Focke Achgelis Fa 330){{cite web|url=http://www.blueskylark.org/zoo//single/rot/index.html |title=The Virtual Kite Zoo |publisher=Blueskylark.org |date=24 September 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

Image:Chinese dragon kite (Berkeley, California - 2000).jpg|Dragon (a train of sub-kites)

Image:KiteTrainBedford2007.JPG|A train of little kites at the Bedford International Kite Festival, 2007

Image:Kite-trains-shanghai.jpg|Vendors selling kite trains in Shanghai

;Multiple unit kites:

:A multiple unit kite may be made of a single wing, several wings, or several sub-kite units{{cite web|author=Tom Tinney |url=http://www.littlekites.com/kitetrain.html |title=Mini-Kite Train |publisher=Littlekites.com |access-date=3 January 2012}} arranged as trains, chains, coterie, single-branching, multiple-branching, arch-kite, "ladder" mill dynamic kite-chain, or combinations of these patterns.{{cite web |url=http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=8d16d19a-e942-45aa-9b52-48deb9312e92&lang=en |title=Tapping High Altitude Wind 'Ladder' of Kites Viewed as Energy Source |publisher=Lr.tudelft.nl |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209105025/http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=8d16d19a-e942-45aa-9b52-48deb9312e92&lang=en |archive-date=9 February 2010 }} World records for the number of kites in a kite train are in the literature; teams of people are used to fly kites of high-count sub-kite units.[http://www.kitelife.com/archives/099/no.htm 'No Secrets' Trains.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916235546/http://www.kitelife.com/archives/099/no.htm |date=16 September 2007 }}[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teamspectrumkites/Portsmouth%202007.html Team Spectrum Kite Display, 2007. Bird train, Mylar fighter-kite train, and more.]{{dead link|date=January 2012}}[http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/KI1288.html Kitesailing International, December, 1988.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220234135/http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/KI1288.html |date=20 February 2008 }} Retrieved 11 March 2011.[http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/index.html Dave Culp SpeedSailing.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117053053/http://www.dcss.org/speedsl/index.html |date=17 January 2008 }} Retrieved 10 March 2011.[http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/kite.htm Nathan's, Believe It Or Not, Kite Boat.] Retrieved 10 March 2011. Parafoil stacks have been built with over 200 kite units.{{cite web|author=Geert Donker Duyvis |url=http://gddweb.org/stunt.html |title=More lines, more fun |publisher=Gddweb.org |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Multiple pilots

:Large kite systems may require more than one pilot. In a team like the "Flying Squad" of nine kite pilots each person might fly his own sub-kite while, as a team, its kites form a unified display.[http://www.theflyingsquad.org/ The Flying Squad.] Retrieved 10 March 2011. One pilot may simultaneously fly several kites; the pilot with several kites forms one kite system of two, three or more kites in the system.[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teamspectrumkites/ Team Spectrum Kites.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527070819/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teamspectrumkites/ |date=27 May 2008 }} Retrieved 10 March 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6oHZQU1YTE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/v6oHZQU1YTE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sky Symphony kites at Barnoldswick, The Sky Symphony kite display team display at the Festival of Flight, Victory Park, Barnoldswick, Pendle, Lancashire, UK on Saturday 8th September 2007 |work=Youtube |date=9 September 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}

{{main|Kytoon}}

Kites are normally heavier than their supporting medium, such as a kite flown in air. Some kites have their lift augmented by lighter than air gases, allowing the kite to remain airborne without wind or being towed.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6499695 |title=Balloon kite |access-date=3 January 2012}}

Hydro dynamic kites can have positive, neutral or negative buoyancy, relying on hydrodynamic lift to manoeuvre, rise, or dive.Hooper et al. "Lidar Measurements of Wind in the Planetary Boundary Layer: The Method, Accuracy and Results from Joint Measurements with Radiosonde and Kytoon," Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, vol. 25, pp 990–1001 (Jul. 1986).{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7093803 |title=Apparatus and method for aerodynamic wing David A. Culp |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6612254 |title=Towable underwater kite Brian Frank Arthur |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://uekus.com/ |title=Underwater Electric Kite |publisher=Uekus.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stimparavaner.se/historia_eng.html |title=Trawl-board and paravane innovator |publisher=Stimparavaner.se |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7093803 |title=U.S. Patent 7093803 by Dave Culp |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/new/Kite_use_on_Mars.txt NASA Q&A.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422054657/http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/new/Kite_use_on_Mars.txt |date=22 April 2008 }} Retrieved 11 March 2011.

Kites can be controlled by various methods which usually involve manipulation of the tether/control lines, lifting gas density control and in some cases by aero-dynamic control surfaces.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3957228 Guy H. Kennedy, Jr. patent for thermodynamic kite.] Retrieved 11 March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.my-best-kite.com/trick-kites.html |title=Flying Trick Kites How's That Different From Stunt Flying? |publisher=My-best-kite.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|last=Gomberg |first=David |url=http://www.windpowersports.com/guides/stunt-kite.html |title=Getting Started with Stunt Kites Written by David Gomberg |publisher=Windpowersports.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

Kites can have positive, neutral or negative stability, in all axes of control, in the same fashion as aircraft. Kites with positive stability tend to return to a stable state automatically, whereas those with neutral or negative stability require control inputs to return the kite to the required position or attitude.[http://www.birrendesign.com/LKOpinions.html Pitch & Lockout Limiter.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623083850/http://www.birrendesign.com/LKOpinions.html |date=23 June 2008 }} Retrieved 11 March 2011.{{cite web |url=http://hpac.ca/tow/resources/NZHGPA%20Hang%20Glider%20Tow%20Manual%20(1994-01)%20-%20nzhgpa.org.nz%20forms%20nzhgtowmanual.pdf |title=Hang Glider Tow Manual |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151110/http://hpac.ca/tow/resources/NZHGPA%20Hang%20Glider%20Tow%20Manual%20(1994-01)%20-%20nzhgpa.org.nz%20forms%20nzhgtowmanual.pdf |url-status=dead }}[http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kitestab.html NASA: Kite Balance and Stability.] Retrieved 11 March 2011.[http://www.blueskylark.org/zoo/single/rot/index.html Rotating kites.] Retrieved 11 March 2011.{{Cite web | url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-kite-tails/ |title = Stability Science: How Tails Help a Kite Fly| website=Scientific American }}

File:Kite shop in Lucknow.jpg

Kite flying has been enjoyed for thousands of years in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The goal is to cut off the rival kite (usually flown by someone on a neighbouring rooftop). In order to cut the "enemy's" kite line, a very strong fishing line, prepared with glue and powdered glass covers some length of the kite line or wire. The kites themselves are usually of a standard size and shape (square shape) and mostly made from paper and split bamboo. After a kite is cut down, it has to be recovered by the cutting party. The last flying kite wins the game. The government of Pakistan has repeatedly outlawed this sport.{{cite news |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2005-12-09/world/pakistan.kites_1_kite-flying-basant-violent-protests?_s=PM:WORLD |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710073417/http://articles.cnn.com/2005-12-09/world/pakistan.kites_1_kite-flying-basant-violent-protests?_s=PM:WORLD |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2012 |title=Kite ban sparks violent protests |publisher=CNN |date=9 December 2005 |access-date=3 January 2012 }} It claimed that some people had been decapitated by driving with their scooters or motorbikes across abandoned glass powder & glue prepared kite wire.{{Cite web |title=Basant: Colorless skies as ban on kite flying in Pakistan continues |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/basant-colorless-skies-as-ban-on-kite-flying-in-pakistan-continues/2473162 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} Others have fallen off roofs while engaging in kite flying.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Other reasons that were given{{who|date=November 2018}} was that the mass sport and its associated festivals of Basant are considered "unislamic" and connected to Hinduism. Kite flying was also banned in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-03 |title=From Using Foreign Currencies to Banning IPL & Kite-flying, List of Activities That Taliban Govt Has Prohibited |url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/from-trimming-beards-to-banning-ipl-and-kite-flying-list-of-activities-that-taliban-govt-has-prohibited-4255100.html |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=News18 |language=en}} However, large sections of society simply ignore the ban.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Since there was outrage over the ban, the government of Punjab has lifted the ban, however a ban on powdered glass wire has been imposed, as well as the thickness of the wire itself.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6233461.stm |title=South Asia | Pakistan province lifts kite ban |publisher=BBC News |date=5 January 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

Image:Kircher-drachen.weiss.gif|Control-bar figure kite

Image:Sky full of kites, Cervia 2007.jpg|Festival flying

Image:Cervolix2.jpg|Specialized arch-ribbon (non-rotating), wind bow, or wide stiffened-ribbon kite

Image:Kuwait Flag kite launching, 21 July '04..jpg|Peter Lynn holds the world record for largest kite. He made three same-sized versions with different decorations: Mega Flag in the United States and Mega Moon in Japan, and the Mega Kuwait Flag. A world record has been established: all three were flown at the same time at the same field.

{{cite web|url=http://www.kites.tug.com/bernhard/windbow/windbow.html |title=Windbow |publisher=Kites.tug.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/planos/windbow/windbow.html Windbow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010230507/http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/planos/windbow/windbow.html |date=10 October 2008 }}

;Advertising kites: These kites hold advertisements, logos of organizations, slogans for causes. Orders of mass-produced kites imprinted with an advertisement form a significant part of kite commerce.{{cite web |url=http://www.sinokites.com/ |title=Weifang Wing Kite Manufacture Co., Ltd |publisher=Sinokites.com |access-date=1 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170755/http://www.sinokites.com/ |archive-date=6 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.imagine-inflatables.com/kites/kites.html |title=Imagine Inflatables |publisher=Imagine Inflatables. |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |date=March 2003 |url=http://www.hiflykites.co.za/kites-sale-distribution/sky-ads.htm |title=Hi Fly Kites |publisher=Hi Fly Kites |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=16 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116171448/http://www.hiflykites.co.za/kites-sale-distribution/sky-ads.htm |url-status=dead }}

;Aerial photography platform kites:[http://www.parafoils.com/order.htm "WindMueller Aerology Lab"]. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Airplane kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD407126 "Kite patent"]. Google Patents. Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD432187 "Kite patent"]. Google Patents. Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD428451 "Kite patent"]. Google Patents. Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.chinatownkite.com/noname4.html "Airplane kite"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216043105/http://www.chinatownkite.com/noname4.html |date=16 February 2008 }}. Chinatownkite.com. Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.runawaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/Kite.jpg "Airplane kite photo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015114109/http://www.runawaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/Kite.jpg |date=15 October 2008 }}. Runawaynow.com. Retrieved 12 March 2011. Large kite planes are finding an application in renewable energy generation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

;Arc Kite:designed by Peter Lynn[http://www.kite-fantastic.co.uk/articles/mx5alan/peter-lynn-arc-setup-faq.html "PeterLynn ARC set-up FAQ"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422082400/http://www.kite-fantastic.co.uk/articles/mx5alan/peter-lynn-arc-setup-faq.html |date=22 April 2008 }}. Kite-fantastic.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Arch kite/multiple-kite arch: in this design, one or more lines holds many kites in an arch: a rotary two-anchor rainbow arch and/or a static two-anchor rainbow arch. If the kites making up the arch kite rotate using the Magnus effect the term also applied is rainbow kite or just bow kite or kite bow or "sky bow" or SkyBow; one form of the rotating arch or rainbow kite is the ribbon kite (in one or multiple segments). Swivels in the line are important. Distinguish between a long arching collection of kites in a bow, or a rainbow pattern from a power kite called a bow kite.{{cite web|url=http://www.parafoils.com/skybow.htm |title=WindMueller Aerology Lag. SkyBow ribbon arch or rainbow kite; photograph |publisher=Parafoils.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://www.tug.com/kites/zoo/single/rot/rot.html Rotating kites; skybow.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821112401/http://www.tug.com/kites/zoo/single/rot/rot.html |date=21 August 2007 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thermikschnueffler.de/skybow.htm |title=Skybow kite. Jim Mallous text |publisher=Thermikschnueffler.de |date=10 November 1997 |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=17 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317121621/http://www.thermikschnueffler.de/skybow.htm |url-status=dead }}

;Aqua-glider:These various-formed manned kites were kited behind tow boats over water.{{cite web |url=http://members.eaa.org/home/ehotline/041022.html |title=Air Force Lt. Col. William L. Skliar's Explorer PG-1 Aqua Glider |publisher=Members.eaa.org |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=22 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222072949/http://members.eaa.org/home/ehotline/041022.html |url-status=dead }} Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Skliar in 1959 designed a biplane kite glider nicknamed Bayou Bird.[http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=257 Sailplane Directory. Biplane manned kite towed over water in 1959.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308055912/http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=257 |date= 8 March 2012 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Skliar%20Aqua%20Glider.asp |title=SKLIAR AQUA GLIDER "Explorer" – N6498D |publisher=Airventuremuseum.org |access-date=3 January 2012}} In 1961, Tom H. Purcell designed and flew an aluminum-framed Fleep-like Rogallo hang glider kite over land; in 1962, he kited the same wing (but pontooned) while over water. His effort was imaged and noted in Skysurfer Magazine in its May/June issue of 1973, published by EAA inductee Michael Markowski, author of Hang Glider's Bible. The 1962 Mike Burns SkiPlane and 1963 Dickenson wings closely matched the Purcell, Barry Hill Palmer, and the Charles Richard NASA Paresev 1B wing; minor control sticks derived from the triangle control frame were used in each of these kites (which sometimes glided). These kites, towed high, could stop their kiting and release into a glide. See section "B" for boats that have a major operating sector as a kite (for example, a 1930 Peel Glider Boat).

;Archimedes screw kite: These kinetic rotary kites mimic the Archimedean screw.{{cite web |url=http://picasaweb.google.com/claeskites/ArchimedesScrew# |title=Archimedes Screw |date=7 January 2008 |access-date=3 January 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;Arch kites: a single kite with an arch form,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US176721 Improvement in Folding Kites patent.] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US135987 Improvement in Kites patent.] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4018408 Concave parabolic arch kite Peter J. Pearce et al.] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4081158 Monocoque arched kite Peter J. Pearce] Retrieved 12 March 2100. multiple arches,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1490356 Louis Kite.] Retrieved 12 March 2011. or an arch top[http://www.howtomakeandflykites.com/kites-to-make/the-pegtop-kite.html Pegtop kite.] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

Image:Drachensteigen Brandes Hamburg.jpg|Three kites in an art sculpture

Image:Franklin lightning engraving.jpg|Notice the shape of the kite.

Image:La cometa.jpg|La cometa (1778) by Francisco Goya (square kite with tail)

;Art kites: Video kites, kites on photographs, fine-art illustrations containing kite images, paintings, sculptures, flight-simulator images of kites, engineering drawings, sewing plans, drawings of kite plans, story illustrations in children's books, patent drawings.[http://www.csun.edu/~ghsiung/kitesart.html Kites in Art] Retrieved 12 March 2011. A Genevieve Lytton graphic card illustrated a fancy-dress-ball costume involving a hexagon kite with tail and string reel.[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgdisplaylargemeta.cfm?strucID=798416&imageID=1562695&word=Lytton&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=779950&lField=11&sScope=Source&sLevel=&sLabel=Fancy%2520dress%2520ball%2520costumes&num=0&imgs=12&total=1&pos=1 Genevieve Lytton as "The Kite"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422181106/http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgdisplaylargemeta.cfm?strucID=798416&imageID=1562695&word=Lytton&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=779950&lField=11&sScope=Source&sLevel=&sLabel=Fancy%2520dress%2520ball%2520costumes&num=0&imgs=12&total=1&pos=1 |date=22 April 2008 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.

Image:Wicket, Shirone Station, Niigata Kotsu Railway.jpg|Fine art on kite wing

Image:Yokaichi01.jpg|Fine art on a giant kite

;Asymmetrical kites: Good kite design and construction practice includes the aim of having the left and right sides of the kite's wing be mirror images of each other, for balance. A collection of builders are exploring asymmetrical designs, which involve special challenges.[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a16/Istavan-Bodozcky.pdf Profound Issues Posed by Asymmetry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404020131/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a16/Istavan-Bodozcky.pdf |date=4 April 2007 }}

;Autogyro kites: (gyro kite, heli-kite, helicopter kite) use unpowered autorotation

File:USpat2431938kiteballoon1944Jalbert.jpg

;Bag kites: Made from single or multiple bags.{{cite web |url=http://www.dlc.fi/~mabon/mybags.html |title=mybags |publisher=Dlc.fi |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305222927/http://www.dlc.fi/~mabon/mybags.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }} Some use paper bags, others plastic. Bags simply as a source of material is a trivial use; other bag kites retain much of the form of the bag.{{cite web|author=mta |url=http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Garbage-Bag-Kite/ |title=A Garbage Bag Kite |publisher=Instructables.com |date=20 August 2005 |access-date=3 January 2012}}[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4813637 Bag kites] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Balloon kites: Applies to both lighter- and heavier-than-air kite types. The lighter-than-air balloon kite is the kytoon, which is aloft whether or not the wind blows. When the kytoon is not kiting, it floats aloft as a pure balloon; when it is kiting, it is a true kite. Kytoons are used to loft radio antennas, rescue signals, and kite-line laundry.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2431938 Kite Balloon by Domina C. Jalbert, filed 1944] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Balloon kite with "ballooning" spiderlings: Not a mechanical balloon, but a collection of spider-silk threads used for dispersal of spiders.{{cite book|author=Ann Heinrichs|title=Spiders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gvrt2eIVG7YC&pg=PT24|year=2004|publisher=Capstone PressInc|isbn=978-0-7565-0590-5|page=24|quote=She observes that the so called ballooning is like a kite or balloon; she is mechanically correct about the kite part, as no true balloon is ever formed by the spider as told in the other references}}{{cite web |url=http://www.snerdey.com/sky/index.html |title=Flying Spiders over Texas! Coast to Coast. Chad B., Texas State University Undergrad: He correctly describes the mechanical kiting of spider "ballooning" |publisher=Snerdey.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126042510/http://www.snerdey.com/sky/index.html |archive-date=26 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|author=Hiram Stevens Maxim|title=Artificial and Natural Flight|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVFRqYun1EoC&pg=PA28|year=1908|publisher=Whittaker|page=28|chapter=Chapter 7|quote=the "Balloon Spider" is correctly seen as mechanical kiting}} Richard Miller, in his 1967 book Without Visible Means of Support,{{cite web|url=http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=5811273455&show=blog&id=760&archive=5/1/2005 |title=Richard Miller. His book Without Visible Means of Support describes the mechanical foundation for the mechanics used for the spiders kiting when doing so-called ballooning: free-flight two kite system |publisher=Ssa.org |date=5 January 2005 |access-date=3 January 2012}} described the mechanics of the double-kite system where the upper kite lifts and drags, coupled with the lower kite that lifts downwards and drags; the common kiteline results in a kiting system in free flight. In the chapter, "Flying Kites", he writes that in the nineteenth century Hiram Stevens Maxim observed the kiting of spiders; biologists continue to use the misleading term, "ballooning". Bug-hunter Darrell Ubick correctly recognized that ballooning spiders actually are kiting, as noted by Pamela S. Turner in "Super-Powered Spiders".{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0528/p22s02-hfks.html |title=Super-powered spiders. Bug specialist describes the kiting of ballooning spiders, in interview by author Pamela S. Turner |publisher=Csmonitor.com |date=28 May 2002 |access-date=3 January 2012}} In Tales with Tails: Storytelling the Wonders of the Natural World, Kevin Strauss demonstrates in three places (pages 184, and 185 and 187) his understanding of the "kiting" of the "ballooning" spider (since no true balloon is ever made).{{cite book|first=Kevin |last=Strauss|title=Tales with Tails: Storytelling the Wonders of the Natural World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_wQ_nOAg88C&pg=PA187|year=2006|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-59158-269-4|page=187}} Three staffers of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board in Are Cobwebs Made By Spiders? recognized the kiting of ballooning spiders.{{cite web|author1=George|author2=Doug|author3=Ken |url=http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcobweb.html |title=Are cobwebs made by spiders? wherein three staffers recognize that ballooning spiders actually are kiting |publisher=Straightdope.com |date=7 February 2002 |access-date=3 January 2012}} A pest-control company has studied spiders and asserts it is kiting that is done by instars (spiderlings), even though the historical term is ballooning.{{cite web |url=http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/traps_spiders_facts.htm |title=Pest Control Solutions, the ultimate source for Pest Control Products. The company signed to their understanding that the ballooning spiders actually are kiting |publisher=Pestcontrol-products.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906110728/http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/traps_spiders_facts.htm |archive-date=6 September 2012 }} The Rare Species Conservatory affirms that ballooning spiders actually do not balloon, but kite.[http://www.rarespecies.org/kids/weird.htm Rare Species Conservatory. Wildly Weird Facts. They carefully distinguish that the spiderlings actually kite even though the term "ballooning" is sometimes used.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302053534/http://www.rarespecies.org/kids/weird.htm |date=2 March 2008 }}

;Barish sailwing:[http://www.flyaboveall.com/articles/davidbarish.htm "David Barish, the Forgotten Father of Paragliding"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029042939/http://www.flyaboveall.com/articles/davidbarish.htm |date=29 October 2010 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3480238 BARISH GLIDE WING David T. Barish, US Patent 3480238 Filing date: 27 Feb 1967. Issue date: Nov 1969.] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Barn Door Kites

Barn door kites are very similar to an eddy kite except that barndoor have two vertical diagonal spars in contrast to the diamond's single vertical spar.^{[https://www.my-best-kite.com/barn-door-kite.html]}

;Beginner kites

: Kites of this type are separated by sellers, makers, and leaders.[https://www.gkites.com/downloads/G-Kites08.pdf G-kites Catalog]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldwindkites.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=82 |title=Beginner Kites |publisher=Worldwindkites.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119063906/http://www.worldwindkites.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=82 |archive-date=19 January 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.kitesinc.com/Stunt/Beginner.php |title=Beginner Stunt Kites |publisher=Kitesinc.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Bell kites: Developed by Alexander Graham Bell[http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/wheel-kite_pod_image.html Wheel kite, 1908] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421194236/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/wheel-kite_pod_image.html |date=21 April 2008 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.design-technology.org/bell.htm Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. (Hargrave echo?)] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Bermuda kite:Traditional Bermudian kites flown at Easter; world-record holders for altitude and flight duration

;Biplane kites:

;Bird kites: Abstract or realistic-looking bird kites, dynamic bird kites, bird art on kite faces[http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Bird%20Kites.PDF Bird Kites by George Webster. Kiteflier, Issue 92, p. 5-12.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929052333/http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Bird%20Kites.PDF |date=29 September 2006 }}

;Boat kites: A 1930 Peel Glider Boat was kited on a 1000-foot line, and would get about three miles of air-gliding distance after releasing its kite line.[http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Peel%20Glider%20Boat.asp Peel Glider Boat] Retrieved 12 March 2011. Many contemporary inflated boats being kited begin and end their kited session as towed boats.[http://ohgizmo.com/2006/06/27/sevylor-manta-ray/ Sevylor Manta Ray] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408195518/http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/06/27/sevylor-manta-ray/ |date=8 April 2008 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Bowed kite: This term has several meanings: a class of parafoil kite, an early British bowing-top-edge-sparred kite, and the rotating-ribbon rainbow-like two-anchor one-line arch kite. Distinguished from Sky Bow or rotating-ribbon kites and arch-bow stick kites

Image:Box Kite (PSF).jpg|Box kite

Image:Boxkite.svg|Box kite (square section, two stacked cells)

Image:Quadratflachdrachen 3.JPG|Two-stick square kite

Image:Quadratflachdrachen 2.JPG|Square kite for family fun

Image:Kite Flying next to the Bell Tower, Xi'an.JPG|Chinese figure kites

;Box kite:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3967798 Box-like kite] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Box Delta kites:

;Butterfly kites: This type occurs at several levels: art, applique, and realistic motion.{{cite web|url=http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/gal/gal8420.htm |title=Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Kite 43x26 |publisher=Hobbylinc.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chinakiteonline.com/butterfly.htm |title=Butterfly Kites |publisher=Chinakiteonline.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224124530/http://www.chinakiteonline.com/butterfly.htm |archive-date=24 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}

;C-kites:

;Cambodian kites: The Kleng Ek kite,[http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal07/journal_7.pdf Drachen Foundation Kite Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221105027/http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal07/journal_7.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }} a Cambodian musical kite, is often flown at night; there is also a Cambodian pocket kite. Bamboo is very common for Cambodian kites.{{cite web|url=http://www.konodesign.com/teensway2006.html |title=Kono Design |publisher=Kono Design |date=9 July 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}} To recapture the early Cambodian kites, a book (Khmer Kites) has been published.[http://subvision.net/sky/planetkite/asia/cambodia/khmer-kitebook.htm Khmer kites: ] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Candle kites:

;Cantonese kites:

;Cayley kite: reproductions of Sir George Cayleys kites[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a05/Smithsonian-Kite-Collection.pdf Kites at the Smithsonian] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221103653/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a05/Smithsonian-Kite-Collection.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.flyingmachines.org/cayl.html |title=Sir George Cayley |publisher=Flyingmachines.org |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Cellular kites:

;Chapi-chapi:A type of kite popular in the Philippines, usually constructed from old broomsticks and newspapers.

File:girlflyingchapichapi.JPG at Rizal Park|alt=Kite flying in the Philippines, against a gray sky]]

;Cheap kites:{{cite web|url=http://www.my-best-kite.com/cheap-kites.html |title=Cheap kites |publisher=My-best-kite.com |access-date=3 January 2012}} Available in several sectors: the home builder aiming to build kites from handy materials (even trash), and the commercial sector that aims to have some kites at low prices to attract customers{{cite web |url=http://www.cobrakite.com/thestuff.html |title=Cheap kites |publisher=Cobrakite.com |date=20 December 2011 |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104084455/http://www.cobrakite.com/thestuff.html |archive-date=4 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://likemerchantships.blogspot.com/2007/03/cheap-kites.html |title=Cheap kites |publisher=Likemerchantships.blogspot.com |date=14 March 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Chemiluminescence kites:{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4715564 |title=Chemiluminescent kite John J. Kinn et al |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Chinese kites: From Beijing, Weifang, Tianjing, Nantong, Jiangnan and Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinakite.com/maindoc/en/htm/jiaosi/liu.htm |title=Genres of Chinese Kites |publisher=Chinakite.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Circle kites: Circular kites, circle disk kites, disk kites, EPS-plate kites (see "Cup kites" below), paper-plate kites[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD169291 Flying Disc Kite by Angelo Spanvill] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Cody kites: War kites designed by Samuel Franklin Cody (1867–1913)[http://www.cody-kites.co.uk/ S.F. Cody] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/bflocody/index.html Dan Flintjer built over 900 Cody kites] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Conyne kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1005810 Conyne. Kite patent, 1911] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Cooperative kites: are kites made by more than one person with significant contributions by each person in the cooperation effort.{{cite web |url=http://www.kitebuilder.com/billings/coooperat.htm |title=Cooperative |publisher=Kitebuilder.com |access-date=1 November 2013 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103102622/http://www.kitebuilder.com/billings/coooperat.htm |url-status=dead }}

;Cube kites:(one or more)

;Cup kites: Kites made mostly of cups, often paper or expanded polystyrene (EPS)

;Cursor kites: Internet-age cursor images flown give a contemporary look to the sky.[http://www.windfiredesigns.com/timbofolio_pages/PointerKite.html Pointer kite] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/24/cursor-kite.html Cursor kite] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/07/cursor-kite.html Cursor kite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220174836/http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/07/cursor-kite.html |date=20 February 2011 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/07/27/cursor-kite/ Cursor kite] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Davies kites: Single diamond colourful kites favoured in the UK

;Della porta kites: This is a single-line kite which is usually square or a rectangle which contains two spars diagonally crossed.

;Delta or Delta-wing kites: Single-line, dual-line stunt kites;[http://www.fsk.enta.net/pages/sportdes.htm Delta Sport Kite Design by Dave Salmon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315102641/http://www.fsk.enta.net/pages/sportdes.htm |date=15 March 2008 }} deltas with a triangular box are a variant[http://www.kitemonger.com/kiteplan/sbd/index.html Single Box Delta Plan] Retrieved 12 March 2011.

;Diamond kites: (see "Eddy kites" below)[http://members.cox.net/kiter/workshop/wrkshp.htm Kite workshop page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218113002/http://members.cox.net/kiter/workshop/wrkshp.htm |date=18 February 2008 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011. Diamond types appear from mini to very large, and from low-cost beginner utility to high-quality, state-of-the-art target-control diamonds.[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/diamond/ El'Cheapo Diamond] Retrieved 12 March 2011.[http://www.my-best-kite.com/how-to-build-a-diamond-kite.html MBK 2-Skewer Diamond Kite plan] Retrieved 12 March 2011.{{Cite web|title=The Diamond Kite - Some Background|url=https://www.my-best-kite.com/diamond-kite.html|website=My Best Kite.com}}

;Display kites: A class of kites "for display" has come into being for festivals, shows, library exhibitions, museum exhibitions and other events.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kitecollective.com/kites.htm |title=Kite Collective |access-date=1 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113135001/http://www.kitecollective.com/kites.htm |archive-date=13 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.tug.com/k/ Andrew and Kathleen – Display Kites] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025005817/http://www.tug.com/k/ |date=25 October 2007 }}Peter Lynn, a pioneer in large display kites{{cite web|url=http://news.webshots.com/photo/2361075320101296108ReMnPy |title=Display kites |publisher=News.webshots.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Disposable kites: In kite fishing, disposable kites are used.{{cite web |url=http://home.zonnet.nl/kitedude/CEV6.htm |title=Fishy Kites |publisher=Home.zonnet.nl |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218230537/http://home.zonnet.nl/kitedude/CEV6.htm |archive-date=18 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} In Philippine kite fighting, the object is to destroy the opponent's kite body directly.[http://www.kitelife.com/archives/may00/anewgame.htm A New Game In Town] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314171339/http://www.kitelife.com/archives/may00/anewgame.htm |date=14 March 2006 }}

;Duryea kite reproductions:(Charles Duryea)

;Dopero or Double Pearson Roller Kites

;^{[https://www.my-best-kite.com/dopero-kite.html]}

;Double-kite systems

: Two coupled kites, but confined; or two coupled kites in free flight in the same (air-only or water-only, for example) or different media (air and water, for example).[http://www.inkscape.org/mockups/double-kite.png Double-kite illustration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226224809/http://www.inkscape.org/mockups/double-kite.png |date=26 February 2009 }} Retrieved 12 March 2011. An example is kite-surfing with a board as a hybrid water kite, coupled with a power air kite. Without Visible Means of Support by Richard Miller (1967) details two coupled air kites, with the upper kite in the jet stream and the lower kite below the jet stream. Two (or more) kites, kite-lined to one anchor, one mooring or one kite operator, are included here. Two kites (or more) communicating with each other for a purpose are coupled.

;Dragon kites: Two categories: those mimicking the figure of a dragon in a decoration or figure kite, and those of a series of kites in a train or stack.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/USD494639 |title=Dragon kite. Patent by Don Tabor |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spring/kites/chinese_dragon.htm |title=Dragon Chinese (plan) by Dan Beard |publisher=Inquiry.net |date=22 December 2011 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|author=Brendon |url=http://www.sundaphotography.com/libraries/china.html |title=Sund Photograph. China. Dragon kite.(sometimes called centipede kite) |publisher=Sundaphotography.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|author=Geert Donker Duyvis |url=http://gddweb.org/cave.html |title=The Dragon Cave |publisher=Gddweb.org |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chinakiteonline.com/dragon.htm |title=Chinese Dragons |publisher=Chinakiteonline.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224230554/http://www.chinakiteonline.com/dragon.htm |archive-date=24 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Image:PicEddyKite.jpg|William A. Eddy with an Eddy kite

Image:US646375.png|Eddy kite

;Eddy kite or diamond kites:[http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/planos/30kites/page23.html Eddy kite] Retrieved 14 March 2011.[http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spring/kites/eddy.htm Eddy kite] Retrieved 14 March 2011[http://www.littlekites.com/diadetai.html Miniature diamond Eddy kite] Retrieved 14 March 2011.[http://www.cradleofaviation.org/exhibits/dream_of_wings/eddy/index.html Eddy kite (replica)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430081600/http://www.cradleofaviation.org/exhibits/dream_of_wings/eddy/index.html |date=30 April 2008 }} Retrieved 14 March 2011.

;Edo kites: Rectangular traditional Tokyo kite. (Edo was an old name for Tokyo.)[http://www.kiteman.co.uk/JAPANESE%20HISTORY2.html Japanese Kite History 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719101437/http://www.kiteman.co.uk/JAPANESE%20HISTORY2.html |date=19 July 2009 }} Retrieved 14 March 2011.[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/Student-Readings/MeettheKiteMakerIMToki.pdf Meet the Kite Maker Mikio Toki] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723190141/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/Student-Readings/MeettheKiteMakerIMToki.pdf |date=23 July 2011 }} Retrieved 14 March 2011.

;Electricity-generating kites: There are hydro kites and air kites specifically designed to generate electricity as their dominant purpose. Also, there are kites that have electricity generation as a secondary arrangement.[http://makanipower.com/vision.html Makani Power, Inc.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203200343/http://makanipower.com/vision.html |date=3 February 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.main.org/polycosmos/biosquat/KiteLab.htm |title=KiteLab |publisher=Main.org |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.afurey.com/ |title=Allister Furey |publisher=Afurey.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716193129/http://www.afurey.com/ |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}

;Exotic kites:do not fit other categories.

;Fast kites:Two definitions: a) kites that move fast (high-speed kites), and b) kites that can be made from scratch in a fast or quick manner (see "Q" for Quick kites). Some fighter and sport kites are built so that they can move very fast under control. Speed records are reported. Kite surfers appreciate power kites with high speed. Kites in other media like water, soil, or plasma have speeds specific to their conditions. Speed is relative to the activity and purpose. Kite-fishing requires speed.[http://www.sportfishingmag.com/techniques/tips/high-speed-kite-fishing-22089.html No Form of Tuna Fishing Provides More Visual Excitement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104105035/http://www.sportfishingmag.com/techniques/tips/high-speed-kite-fishing-22089.html |date=4 January 2008 }} Retrieved 14 March 2011.

;Feather kites:[http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1983-03-01/A-Feather-Light-Bird-Kite.aspx A Feather-Light Bird Kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.instructables.com/id/SBJ0KBJF4JLEE9H/ The Feather Kite: An Experiment in Progress] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120906184026/http://www.instructables.com/id/SBJ0KBJF4JLEE9H/ |date=6 September 2012 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070120018 Multiple feather kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Fighter kite:[http://www.eskimo.com/~johnsen/nfka/index.html NFKA] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201218if_/http://www.fighterkite.info/english/index.html Gerhards and Danielas little World of Fighter Kites]

Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Figure kites:(mimic shape and appearance of animals, insects, people, objects, products)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCGP172BXjg Bat kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.breezechasers.com/prodpages/sl-P-45906.htm Cat kite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422022608/http://www.breezechasers.com/prodpages/sl-P-45906.htm |date=22 April 2008 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.

Image:Fengzheng.JPG|Figure (artistic) kite

Image:Flugbär südlich von Hockenheim Kopie.jpg|Bear

Image:Frog kite 01284.JPG|Frog

Image:Aquiloni a cervia, 24 aprile 2005.jpg|Horned Hex with tail

;First kites:The first of a type. Invention kite.[http://www.firstkites.nl/ First Kites] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Fishing kites:[http://www.fishingkites.co.nz/instructions/kitelongline.htm Paul's Fishing Kites] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.fishingkites.com/index.php?page=list&category_cd=401 Sunset Kite Fishing] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105094214/http://www.fishingkites.com/index.php?page=list&category_cd=401 |date=5 January 2008 }} Some believe that there is no better way to present bait to fish than with a fishing kite[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/recreation/content/entertainment/recreation/outdoors/fishing/kite.html Dangling angling] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Flat kites:[http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Flat%20Kites%20Part%202.PDF Flat Kites by George Webster The Kiteflier, Issue 96] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929051612/http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Flat%20Kites%20Part%202.PDF |date=29 September 2006 }}

;Flexible-wing kites:with variable amounts of stiffening by spars and rigid parts

;Flexikites:and its reproductions[http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal25/25-1/FrancisRogallo.pdf Flexikite Francis Rogallo's Breakthrough Idea The Toy Kite That Led to the Hang Glider] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226225119/http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal25/25-1/FrancisRogallo.pdf |date=26 February 2009 }}

;Flexifoil:(original and then company kites different from original).

;Foil:or parafoil kite

;Funny kites: These kites evoke laughter.[http://www.my-best-kite.com/funny-kites.html Funny Kites!] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Gallaudet kites: Gallaudet Hydrokites:[http://www.flyingmachines.org/gallau.html Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (1871–1945)] Retrieved 15 March 2011. Edson Gallaudet formed the Gallaudet Engineering company with his brother and then Gallaudet Aircraft Company (GAC), earliest precursor to the company General Dynamics. The Gallaudet Hydrokite was the beginning of a seaplane interest of the GAC.

;Garbasail{{cite web|url=http://www.my-best-kite.com/bag-kites.html |title=Bag Kites |publisher=My-best-kite.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/giant_garbage_bag_kite.html |title=Giant Garbage Bag Kite |publisher=Blog.makezine.com |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827005031/http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/giant_garbage_bag_kite.html |archive-date=27 August 2009 }}

;Geometric kite{{cite web |url=http://www.kitesrus.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?page=K/PROD/DKSL/33299 |title=Geometric cubes Delta Kite |publisher=Kitesrus.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151118/http://www.kitesrus.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?page=K%2FPROD%2FDKSL%2F33299 |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}{{cite web |author=|url=http://www.plumcreekmarketing.com/articles/kite/kitetypes.html |title=Different Types of Kites |publisher=Plumcreekmarketing.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004063505/http://www.plumcreekmarketing.com/articles/kite/kitetypes.html |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

;Genki kite{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/2826/cerfsvplans.html |title=Kite plans |publisher=Webcitation.org |access-date=14 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023095158/http://geocities.com/Eureka/2826/cerfsvplans.html |archive-date=23 October 2009 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.foreverflying.com/genki.html |title=Genki Kites |publisher=Foreverflying.com |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151118/http://www.foreverflying.com/genki.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gothicdesign.ca/dieppe.htm |title=Dieppe Mermaids Genki Kite |publisher=Gothicdesign.ca |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=7 June 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020607061505/http://gothicdesign.ca/dieppe.htm |url-status=dead }}

;Giant kites[https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/bflocody/page8.html Cody Specials] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/learning-guatemala/Introducing-GiantKitesofGuatemala.pdf Introducing the Giant Kites of Guatemala] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221105923/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/learning-guatemala/Introducing-GiantKitesofGuatemala.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamjYTFQysg Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival, Shiga, Japan] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Gibson Girl: was a type of cellular kite for radio antenna raising from rescue raft.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070822084957/http://www.carnetdevol.org/gibson/girl-anglais.html Gibson Girl] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Glider kites: Manned and unmanned aircraft intended primarily for gliding are frequently tested and flown as kites under tow from ground or water vehicles or animals, machines, or other people. Some glider kites released to free-flight gliding may or may not be free-flight kites, depending on how payload may (or may not) be tugging the glider's wing through a tow line set. Primary manned gliders, kited, are glider kites when being kited; when released to glide, these are not kites. Conversely, the hang-lined hang glider pilot may be kited up in his or her aircraft but when released to free-flight, such aircraft remains a gliding kite or kite glider. The Martin Glider was kited by many different means.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823005306/http://www.mapsairmuseum.org/martinglider.asp Martin Glider] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Gyrocopter or helicopter kites:(see autogyro)

;Hang glider: Usually manned. Many hang gliders are true kites; hang gliders that are not true kites are not covered here. Ed Grauel includes hang gliders in his typing of kites.[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a09/Ed-Grauel.pdf Essays on Kite Word Origin and Patents by Ed Grauel.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221104923/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a09/Ed-Grauel.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}[http://www.nthpa.org/faq.html North Texas Hang/Para Gliding Association NTHPA] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Hang glider kites that are unmanned: Unmanned kites as mimics of manned hang gliders (kites or not).

;Hargrave kites:(Lawrence Hargrave)[http://www.kites.org/aka/hargrave/royal_park/leneke.htm Hargrave Replica at Royal Park] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804192138/http://www.kites.org/aka/hargrave/royal_park/leneke.htm |date=4 August 2012 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.

File:Hargrave-demo.jpg beach, November 1894|alt=1894 kite demonstration at Stanwell Park, Australia]]

;Helikites: A aerodynamically sound kite-balloon combination filled with helium. Designed and patented in the UK and USA by Sandy Allsopp in 1993, the Helikite is a true kite, yet lighter-than air for staying aloft when kiting is insufficient for flight. Helikites can cope with a very large wind range from 0 to 60 mph, possibly the largest wind range of any kite. So they are useful where there is an absolute need for flight such as professional uses. Helikites are used for photography, scientific atmospheric monitoring, military surveillance, radio-relay, surveying, oceanic uses, bird control and antenna-lifting.

;Hexagonal kites:{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050224660 |title=Hexagonal Kite. Patent application in process |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1564616 |title=Assembling Frame For Covered Structures Pantsos |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3409255 |title=Kite Control Apparatus Fermin T. Sada |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3468503 |title=Kite Construction P. Snibbe |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.howtomakeandflykites.com/kites-to-make/the-hexagonal-kite.html |title=Hexagonal Kite (how to make one sort) |publisher=Howtomakeandflykites.com |access-date=3 January 2012}} US 51860 patent was for a hexagonal kite by T. Perrins, granted 2 January 1866. A Birt kite may have preempted, in fact, the same kite. Ed Grauel opines that the Birt kite at the Kew Observatory preempted the Perrins kite; he noted that the same kite later became known as the barndoor or house kite. .

;High aspect ratio kites: Tow-launched hobby unmanned sailplanes are true kites during high-start kited launches;{{cite web |url=http://www.tpbweb.com/media/catalog/242.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830105503/http://www.tpbweb.com/media/catalog/242.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2006 |title=Hi-start Revisited |access-date=3 January 2012 }} they may hold the record for single-line single-anchor high aspect ratio kites made by humans. However, the rotating ribbon single-line double-anchored Skybow kite (rotating ribbon arch kite of two anchors) that sits in the sky nearly as a rainbow is a kite with extreme aspect ratio.{{cite web|url=http://www.blueskylark.org/zoo/single/rot/index.html |title=Rotating Kites |publisher=Blueskylark.org |date=24 September 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}} A different non-rotating ribbon kite by Anders Ansar follows the Barish sailwing concept to the extreme; Ansar suggests more than two anchor points. He also explains how two sailors holding a ribbon kite, e g on ice wearing ice skates, can sail straight upwind or straight down wind, the latter faster than the wind.[http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/novelkite/ A concept for the world's biggest, longest, widest kite?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307144858/http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/novelkite/ |date=7 March 2008 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Historical kites:Historical kites are builds that aim to match some historically important kite, sometimes to represent the first occurrence of a particular kite design.{{cite web|url=http://www.firstkites.nl/sellers%20Eng.html |title=First Kites – Working on Historical Kites |publisher=Firstkites.nl |access-date=3 January 2012}} Patent kites are a subset of historical kites where the aim is to build a kite that materially illustrates a claim in a kite patent.{{cite web|url=http://energykitesystems.net/KitePatents/index.html |title=Index for Kite Patents |publisher=Energykitesystems.net |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Hydro kites: Water kites – kites that fly in water or on the surface of water.

;India kites:[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/KitesinIndia.pdf Kites in India.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212173351/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/KitesinIndia.pdf |date=12 December 2006 }}

;Indoor kites: May be confused with zero-wind kites.{{cite web |url=http://www.horvath.ch/kite_lab.html |title=Synergistic Kites |publisher=Horvath.ch |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901042223/http://www.horvath.ch/kite_lab.html |archive-date=1 September 2009 }}[http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue31/indoor31/ Indoor Inspirations. (indoor kiting)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109004612/http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue31/indoor31/ |date=9 January 2008 }}

;Inflatable single-line kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4029273 Inflatable delta wing kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD231245 Delta-wing inflatable kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3952975 Inflatable kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3093354 Figure] Retrieved 15 March 2011. Distinguish between closed-bladder inflated kites (sausage balloon kite, other-form balloon kites) from open-bladder ram-air inflation (Jalbert parafoil and its derivatives) and the single-surface flexible-sail dynamic inflation (Rogallo and Barish wings). A kite can have two or three types of inflation parts (Jalbert's 1944 patent claimed a kite that had the closed-cell inflation as well as a sailwing part).{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2431938 |title=Kite Balloon |access-date=3 January 2012}} Over-water flying applications have invited air kites having light-than-water flotation capability; power-kiting for kitesurfing with leading-edge-inflated (LEI) bladder held inside textile pocket is one such use. Another is in fishing kites[http://www.fishingkites.co.nz/instructions/inflatableinstructions.htm Inflatable Fishing Kite Instructions] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.gombergkites.com/plynn2.html "Unique Inflatable Kites"] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Invisible kites:(radar-invisible, very-low-visibility translucents, out-of-sights, non-lighted night kites, imagined kites, kites flown by the blind as they feel the line tension change){{cite web|url=http://drydendailykaz.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html |title=Dryden Daily Kaz |publisher=Drydendailykaz.blogspot.com |date=29 October 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://pocketkite.com/demos.html |title=The Pocket Kite.(invisible to radar) |publisher=The Pocket Kite. |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151121/http://pocketkite.com/demos.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}

;Jalbert parafoil kites:after inventions of Domina Jalbert

;Japanese kites:[http://ncta.osu.edu/japan/Hurley-Jpn.pdf Lesson plan-Japan. Japanese kites.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902171540/http://ncta.osu.edu/japan/Hurley-Jpn.pdf |date=2 September 2006 }}{{cite web|author=Geert Donker Duyvis |url=http://gddweb.org/odako.html |title=Japanese kites |publisher=Gddweb.org |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ET3M-TKKW/kiteplan.html |title=Japanese Kite Collection |publisher=Asahi-net.or.jp |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118163838/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~et3m-tkkw/kiteplan.html |url-status=dead }}

;Java kites: (pre-Malay kite, pre-Eddy kite){{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-215108/kite |title=kite :: Kite structure – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Jesus kites: This type of kite is found in both art and flying kites.{{cite web|url=http://vunex.blogspot.com/2006/08/jesus-kites.html |title=Jesus kites |publisher=Vunex.blogspot.com |date=24 August 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}} Aquilone di Gesù kites use art on standard kite forms or specialized figure kites. In the Philippines, noted kitemaker Eulogio Catahan[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a07/Philippines.pdf What's Doing in the Philippines] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404020027/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a07/Philippines.pdf |date=4 April 2007 }} is a leader in Jesus kites.

;Kid kites:This type of kite is fit for young kids. Both hobby authors and commercial suppliers note this type of kite.[http://www.easykitesforkids.netfirms.com/ Easy Kites for Kids] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103091335/http://www.easykitesforkids.netfirms.com/ |date=3 January 2009 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.breezechasers.com/bc-kids.htm Best Kite For Kids] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509155325/http://www.breezechasers.com/bc-kids.htm |date=9 May 2008 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Killer kites: Three types of killer kites are recognized in kiting. One type of killer kite has the task of taking out of flight another kite; such is in sport and also in practical kite energy operations to take out a kite that is fugitive. Another killer kite regards the notorious kites that cause death and injury; some nations' kite festivals have been marred or cancelled because of killer kites; governments have gotten involved to halt or slow the effect of killer kites. The kite's glassed lines or the kite's metallic base material have resulted in far too many deaths and injuries.{{cite news|last=Malik |first=Shahid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2978988.stm |title=Pakistan tackles killer kites |publisher=BBC News |date=10 June 2003 |access-date=3 January 2012}} Death by kites is part of the reason the world knows this kite type. Another type of "killer kite" are those that simply deeply astound viewers and users with some unique exciting quality.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefunctionkey.com/2011/03/killer-kites-by-daniel-frost/ |title=killer kites by daniel frost |publisher=Thefunctionkey.com |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103094514/http://www.thefunctionkey.com/2011/03/killer-kites-by-daniel-frost/ |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}

;Kirby kites:(also known as a bird kite – a variant of the Malay kite) (not to be confused with the manned glider called the Kirby Kite,[http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=189 Kirby Kite] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422180302/http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=189 |date=22 April 2008 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011. which was a kite launched into a gliding or soaring session) (also not to be confused with the radio-controlled Airworld Kirby Kite scale glider, which has a kite life when being given a kited launch){{cite web |url=http://www.rcuniverse.com/pgarchive/Airworld_Kirby_Kite.htm |title=Airworld Kirby Kite |publisher=Rcuniverse.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202031312/http://www.rcuniverse.com/pgarchive/Airworld_Kirby_Kite.htm |url-status=dead }}

;KiteSail by Maurice Grenier{{cite web|url=http://www.voilecerfvolant.com/Gb/principle.html |title=Kitesail.net |publisher=Voilecerfvolant.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;KiteShip by Dave Culp.[http://www.kiteship.com/ KiteShip] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218204159/http://www.kiteship.com/ |date=18 December 2011 }} Retrieved 20111-03-15.

;Korean kites:

;Kytoon:A shaped balloon that kites (two general types: 1) lighter-than-medium, in which it moves within a gravity field 2) heavier-than-air kytoon, or heavier than the medium in which it flies. Density is implied when saying "heavier"-than-the-ambient medium). For air, some kytoons are less dense than air (using hydrogen, helium, heated air); other kytoons filled with, for example, unheated air are not buoyant in still air but are still kited.[http://www.allsopphelikites.com/ Helikite. Notice that these are not helicopter kites; the heli stands for helium.] Retrieved 15 March 2011. Includes barrage kites of the kytoon type that Domina Jalbert designed for defense purposes and peacetime antenna-lifting by ham-radio operators. Car dealers raise advertisements with kytoons (see Observation balloon.{{cite web |url=http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/25/kite-balloonkytoon/ |title=Kite+Balloon=Kytoon |publisher=Blog.modernmechanix.com |date=25 January 2008 |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206070006/http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/25/kite-balloonkytoon/ |archive-date=6 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/av-1.htm |title=AV-1 Wright |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=3 January 2012}} The kytoon is a true kite in flight in an appropriate moving stream of material, fluid, gas, or air; it is also a true balloon[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1686646 KITE BALLOON BALPH H. UPSON. 1916.(A)] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1341248 Kite Balloon. Upson. 1916.(B)] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1542547 KITE BALLOON HERBERT GRAY GIBBS. 1924] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.helikites.com/ Allsopp helikites limited – Manufacturer of aerostats] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1385972 Kite Balloon by H. Upson, 1916 patent] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2431938 KITE BALLOON Domina C. Jalbert (A)] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2398744 KITE BALLOON Jalbert (B)] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2398745 Kite Ballon. Domina C. Jalbert. (C)] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6499695 Balloon kite Robert O. Talamo] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2404544 Aircraft. Aircraft uses kite balloon in concert with a kite train and a powered aircraft.] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3957228 Thermodynamic kite Guy H. Kennedy, Jr.] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

• LaddermillA complex of sub-kites in a loop line with various uses, one of which is the generation of electricity; invented by Dr. Ockels of Delft University.{{cite web|url=http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Ladder-of-Kites.pdf |title='Ladder' of Kites Viewed as Energy Source|access-date=16 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715074425/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Ladder-of-Kites.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2006 }}

;Landboarding kites:Kite landboarding uses traction and power kites.[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Ladder-of-Kites.pdf Tapping High Altitude Wind ‘Ladder’ of Kites Viewed as Energy Source] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715074425/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Ladder-of-Kites.pdf |date=15 July 2006 }}

;Lang kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2434077 Lang kite, filed 1946] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Langley kites:See Samuel Langley

;Leaf kites:(traditional, decorative artistic mimic, fishing leaf or novel){{cite web |url=http://www.kiteman.co.uk/LeaveKites1.html |title=Leaf Kites |publisher=Kiteman.co.uk |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=13 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213113952/http://www.kiteman.co.uk/LeaveKites1.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|author=Stuart Margulies|title=Raising Your Reading Test Scores|url=https://archive.org/details/raisingyourreadi0000marg|url-access=registration|year=1983|publisher=Educational Design|isbn=978-0-87694-220-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/raisingyourreadi0000marg/page/12 12]}}{{cite web |title=The Giant Kites of Guatemala |url=http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal09/journal_9.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226225145/http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal09/journal_9.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 |access-date=16 March 2008}} Kite Journal, Drachen Foundation, Issue: Spring 2002, page 9, Judith Johnson, Garden City, New York, describes leaf kites made from the chataigne.

;LEI kites:Leading-edge-inflated kite File:Powerkite.ogv

;Lighter-than-air kites:http://www.google.com/patents?id=fR6YAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4&dq=ribbon+kite#PPA8,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6499695 Balloon kite Robert O. Talamo] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Light-emitting kites: Chemiluminescence kites, electrically lighted kites (battery and also real-time in-kite generated electricity for the lights, light-reflection kites

;Low aspect ratio kites:{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8336/bug.html |title=Low-aspect-ratio kite |publisher=Webcitation.org |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018193217/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8336/bug.html |archive-date=18 October 2009 }} File:Philodromid.male.trying.to.balloon.jpgSpider gossamer kites made of spider silk are low-aspect-ratio kites made by a spider. Man-made long sausage-balloon kites are low-aspect-ratio kites.

;Machijirushi kites:fine paper and bamboo from Hamamatsu continue, after centuries of use in celebration and town kite-fighting.[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~et3m-tkkw/machijirushi.html Machijirushi kites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127035114/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~et3m-tkkw/machijirushi.html |date=27 January 2012 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://sitadenis.free.fr/cvt/monofil/tradijapon/tradijapon.htm#MACHIJIRUSHI Traditionnels Japonnais] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Magnus effect kites:rotate span-wise.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2107808 Rotary kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2768803 Rotary Kite] Retrieved 15 March 2011.{{cite web|last=Hamilton |first=Tyler |url=http://best-breezes.squarespace.com/journal/2006/1/7/rotor-kites-move-from-toy-novelty-to-high-tech-power-generation.html |title=Rotor Kites Move From Toy Novelty to High Tech Power Generation |publisher=Best-breezes.squarespace.com |date=29 December 2005 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web |author=Jason Hatcher |url=http://www.magenn.com/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101023708/http://www.magenn.com/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2006 |title=Magenn Power's MARS is a Wind Power Anywhere |publisher=Magenn.com |date=27 August 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012 }}

;Malay kites: (pre-Eddy kite){{cite web|url=http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spring/kites/malay_or_bow.htm |title=Malay kite |publisher=Inquiry.net |date=22 December 2011 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Manned :Man-lifting kites

;Maori kites:

;Miniature kites:[http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/ "Miniature kites"]. Kiting USA. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.littlekites.com/ "Little kites"]. Littlekites.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans/miniatur.htm "Miniature kites"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213174259/http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans/miniatur.htm |date=13 February 2008 }}. Kitebuilder.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.kitecompany.com/ "Small kites"]. Kitecompany.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.willofthewind.com/Kites_Miniature.htm "Miniature kites"] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5127611 "Miniature kite"] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.littlekites.com/diadetai.html "Miniature Eddy kites"] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.drachen.org/special_events_mini4.html "The Fourth Great Miniature Kite Contest, 2001"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421123011/http://www.drachen.org/special_events_mini4.html |date=21 April 2008 }}. Drachen.org. Retrieved 15 March 2011. Over 800 miniature kites were on display in 1999 at the Muncie Convention Center in Muncie, Indiana, USA for the world's largest such event; it was called the AKA Miniature Kite Art Gallery.[http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/aka1999/aka_art_gallery.htm "AKA Miniature Kite Art Gallery Tour"]. Kiting USA. (Many photographs). Also known as tiny kites, small kites, or little kites.

;Musical kites:{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/woinem1/index/ek.htm |title=Cambodian Musical Kite |publisher=Members.aol.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}[https://patents.google.com/patent/US691875 Musical kite by Henry Rowl] Retrieved 15 March 2011. The Cambodian Ek (Khlèng-Phnorng or Khlèn-Èk) musical kite is an enduring part of the rural Cambodian culture.{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/woinem1/index/ek.htm#Musical |title=The Cambodian "Khlèn Phnorng" Musical Kite |publisher=Members.aol.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Night kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5098039 "Night kite Kenneth M. Linden, Jr."] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://best-breezes.squarespace.com/journal/2006/1/6/night-kites-arrive-on-indian-kiting-scene.html "Night Kites Arrive on Indian Kiting Scene"]. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zizf_8yX9vg "Led Night Kite (Cometa Led)"]. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6866229 "Kite with durable light display feature Don Tabor et al."] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5098039 "Night Kite"]. Google Patents. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4942506 "Electrical light illumination for kites flown at night Mark T. Flory"]. Google Patents. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6283414 "Illuminated kite William Quinones et al."]. Google Patents. Retrieved 15 March 2011.{{cite web |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teamspectrum/Nightflying.PDF |title=Night flying by Team Spectrum. |publisher=myweb.tiscali.co.uk |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=12 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012081757/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/teamspectrum/Nightflying.PDF |url-status=dead }} (Note: IE only?)

;Novelty kites: Novelty kites bring vitality to kite-building and flying. Festivals frequently have an award category for novelty kites.

Image:Kastendrachen Schwalbe.JPG|Novelty kite, by Carl von Canstein

Image:Kastendrachen Schwalbe und Quadratflachdrachen gekoppelt.JPG|Novelty kite, by Carl von Canstein

Image:Kettenwindgenerator 4.JPG|Novelty kite with multiple kite-line rotors, by Carl von Canstein

;Octagonal kites:Four-stick octagonal kites exist; collapsible eight-stick kites that pop up like a common umbrella have been registered in patents. A fine-art example of an eight-sided regular octagonal kite is illustrated.[http://www.justbajan.com/feature/articles/kitefly2002/index.htm "Kite Flying at Vaucluse, St. Thomas"]. Justbahan.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011. Stop-sign and octagonal box kites are other examples.[http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ucfcasio/pow/kite.htm "What a Kite. (area of octagon kite)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422044428/http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ucfcasio/pow/kite.htm |date=22 April 2008 }}. UCF.edu personal web page. Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.flying-colors.de/shop/oxid.php/sid/x/shp/oxbaseshop/cl/alist/cnid/b784038b291789536.10015185 "Octagon Box Kite"]. Flying-colors.de. {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20080421132435/http://www.flying-colors.de/shop/oxid.php/sid/x/shp/oxbaseshop/cl/alist/cnid/b784038b291789536.10015185 |date=21 April 2008 }}

;Octopus kites:Figure mimic of octopus[http://walk-along.blogspot.com/2007/08/international-borneo-kite-festival-2007.html "Life's Journey"]. Walkalong blog. August 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

Image:Ram air square.jpg|Parachute kite; this Jalbert Parafoil wing is kited. Sail-loading is high, but lift/drag ratio is positive so kiting occurs; main purpose not sustained paragliding, though gliding occurs from kited wing.

Image:US paratroopers jump into Australia.jpg|Non-kite conical parachutes with zero glide angle, thus no kite deflection

Image:Fallskärm.jpg|Parachute that is true kite, with positive lift/drag ratio

;Parachute kites:(see paraglider below) Parachutes that have a directional venting small (parasail, directional parachutes) or massive (Jalbert parafoil, Rogallo parawing) are kites moored to free-falling body or payload. Symmetrical, non-directional zero-lift/drag ratio parachutes are streamers and not kites; no net deflection from the stream occurs in a true parachute.

;Parafoil

;Parafoil stunt kites:{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleairgear.com/ |title=WindDance Kites |publisher=Seattleairgear.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

Image:Paraglider vor Wettersteingebirge.jpg|Note kite's wing and many kite lines held by human operator; operator moves by gravity (paraglider kite system)

Image:Oludeniz Paragliding.JPG|Several kites in free flight; paraglider kites can remain kiting in thermal and slope updrafts for hours.

Image:Paragliding_in_hvittingfoss.jpg|Kite's wing is derivation of Domina Jalbert's ram-air airfoiled wing.

Image:Paraglider soaring over coast.jpg|Pilots have operated paragliders for hundreds of miles.

;Paraglider:manned (these are kites both in free-fall, and kited either by the pilot or secondarily by a towing or moored device or powered harness system).

File:Parasail lahaina.jpg

;Parasail:Parachutes modified to have a positive lift/drag ratio, so the wing can be kited to carry humans or other payload

;Paravane:Water kite

;Patent kites: Kites that have been represented in ornamental design patents throughout history are sometimes built to demonstrate kite history. Also, mechanical kite patents hold claims that form the focus of some kite builders' project focus. Sellers enjoy some protection when a sold kite is a patent kite. One of the most noteworthy of the patent kites is that of George Pocock.[http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10324579&screenwidth=1600 "Patent kite "]. Science and Society. (UK).[http://kitepatents.blogspot.com/ "Compendium of Kite Patents"]. kitepatents.blogspot.com[http://www.kitepatents.com/ "Kite Patents"]. Kitepatents.com.Crosswind kite power#Patents that involve crosswind kite power

;Pentagonal kites: also known as penta- or five-sided polygonal kite.[http://www.skyhighkites.co.uk/Simple-Kites-Penta-Kites,1,108.kites "Penta Kites"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310013154/http://www.skyhighkites.co.uk/Simple-Kites-Penta-Kites,1,108.kites |date=10 March 2008 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ET3M-TKKW/history1.html "Japanese Kite collection"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009093746/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ET3M-TKKW/history1.html |date=9 October 2012 }} Retrieved 15 March 2011. The five points give ample opportunity for a head, two hands and two legs. Distinguish pentagonal kites from five-point star kites that are ten-sided (unless art is simply showing the five-point star). Five recalls the shapes of humans and animals.

;Picnic plate kites:See Plate kites, below.

;Plasma kites:{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7093803 |title=Apparatus and method for aerodynamic wing David A. Culp |access-date=3 January 2012}} Distinguish ambient flying media: blood plasma, space plasma or confined scientific-laboratory or industrial plasma streams. Plasma is the most common phase of matter in the universe.{{cite web|url=http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/states_of_matter.htm |title=STATES OF MATTER. Plasma is the most common state of matter |publisher=Edinformatics.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Plate kites: paper, plastic or EPS foam picnic-plate kites. This type of kite includes figure, artistic, dragon, and rotary kites. The most simple kite is the single plate, uncut and left as a circular kite; complexity is up to its maker.{{cite web|url=http://www.blueskylark.org/zoo/class.html |title=The Virtual Kite Zoo Kites in the Classroom. Picnic Plate Kites |publisher=Blueskylark.org |date=24 September 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://www.girlscoutsmilehi.org/content/documents/Aerodynamics.pdf PAPER PLATE FLYER (page 4)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117123014/http://www.girlscoutsmilehi.org/content/documents/Aerodynamics.pdf |date=17 November 2007 }}

;Powered-harness hang glider kites:

Image:Mike Fifield CA 2007.jpg|Kite anchored to moving power-kite operator

Image:PPGInFlight.jpg|Engine on or off, kite still flies

Image:Powered paraglider on the ground.jpg|Note that it is pilot who is thrust and tugs the kite lines.

;Powered paragliders:(Powered paragliding)

;Quantum kites:

;Quick or Fast kites:Quick kites are kites that can be made quickly; simplicity may or may not be characteristic of a quick kite. Commonly available materials are used by quick-kite designers. Specially ordered materials are not used, and few (if any) tools are needed.[http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Kite-Out-of-a-Plastic-Bag How to Make a Kite Out of a Plastic Bag] Retrieved 15 March 2011.[http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fast-Kite-With-One-Sheet-of-Paper How to Make a Fast Kite With One Sheet of Paper] Retrieved 15 March 2011.

;Race kites:Kites specially designed for high-speed traction racing (on land, water, ice, snow).{{cite web|url=http://www.racekites.com/ |title=RaceKites |publisher=RaceKites |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://www.sailmagazine.com/kiteracing/ Course racing kites] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306074523/http://www.sailmagazine.com/kiteracing/ |date=6 March 2011 }}

;Radio-controlled kite:unpowered Both for sport and commercial purposes, the complexity of more than one line emphasizes control of power, position and attack angle. One line simplifies reeling and line control. A project in the power-kite sport field is the Slarc.[http://www.peterlynnkites.co.nz/news/0708news.htm Peter Lynn Newsletter August 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014135307/http://www.peterlynnkites.co.nz/news/0708news.htm |date=14 October 2008 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011. Radio-control de-powering and release systems are being developed. Instead of the drag of two, three, four, or five lines, the single-line radio-controlled kite has the drag of just one line.{{cite web |url=http://www.peterlynnkites.co.nz/news/0705news.htm |title=Peter Lynn Newsletter May 2007 |publisher=Peterlynnkites.co.nz |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928210632/http://www.peterlynnkites.co.nz/news/0705news.htm |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080108273.html US20080108273 RC kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Radio-controlled kite:powered scale and manned Distinguish a product that is not a kite (called RC Kite) from true kites that have radio controls on a kite-lined kite wing.

;Ram-air kites:Sled kites with ram-air cavities and Jalbert parafoil power kites are ram-air kites. The wind rams into the cavities and inflates sections of a kite to give the kite shape and sturdiness.{{cite web |url=http://peterlynnhimself.com/Why_Kites_Dont_Fly2.php#ramair |title=Ram-air kites |publisher=Peterlynnhimself.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=17 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217022010/http://peterlynnhimself.com/Why_Kites_Dont_Fly2.php#ramair |url-status=dead }}

;Recycled kites: Kites made from recycled goods[http://textiles4you.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-easy-being-green-episode-12.html Recycled kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Revolution kite or Rev kites:(four-line revolution stunt kites by Joe Hadzicki){{Cite web |url=http://image36.webshots.com/37/2/54/51/2324254510049870108LDMSSK_fs.jpg |title=How I Met Joe Hadzicki. Photograph of the Revolution kite that introduce a new realm of control kites. |access-date=28 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718015139/http://image36.webshots.com/37/2/54/51/2324254510049870108LDMSSK_fs.jpg |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.drachen.org/personalities_hadzicki.html Kite Personalities – Joe Hadzicki & Brothers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625081734/http://www.drachen.org/personalities_hadzicki.html |date=25 June 2007 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.revkites.com/ |title=The shape that started a revolution |publisher=Revkites.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCl_wyjJpRE |title=Flight demonstration video of the Revolution kite |work=Youtube |date=5 July 2007 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}

;Ribbon kites:[http://www.thedurants.net/kites/kai/willi.html Kites made by Willi Koch, from Nettetal, Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724214445/http://www.thedurants.net/kites/kai/willi.html |date=24 July 2008 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Rigid kites:(no flexible sail part)

;Rogallo Corner kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3296617 patented Rogallo target kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011. First intended use: radar reflector for rescue{{cite web|url=http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/ |access-date=1 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227143624/http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/ |archive-date=27 February 2008 |title=KPB 0.4.0 |date=26 April 2004 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/planos/corner/corner.html |access-date=22 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120081128/http://www.vientocero.com/kpb/planos/corner/corner.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 |title=World's largest kite plan archive - Kite Plan Base (KPB) }}

;Rogallo Parawing kite:

;Roller kite:[http://www.my-best-kite.com/roller-kite.html Roller kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Rolloplan kites:[http://www.kites.org/tmr/roloplan_eng.htm Roloplan] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804171148/http://www.kites.org/tmr/roloplan_eng.htm |date=4 August 2012 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011. (German origin)

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File:Rokkaku kite.svg

;Rotary kites:Vertical axis rotary, spanwise rotary,[http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/cyl.html aerodynamic basis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111061848/http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/cyl.html |date=11 January 2014 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011. mixed rotary, streamwise axially rotary.[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/ UFO and Rotor Kite Information] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/meattray/ Classic Rotor (Meat Tray)] Retrieved 16 March 2011. EPS, Styrofoam, and balsa special Magnus-effect rotary kites can be made with several construction methods for two-line control kites for heavier breezes.[http://sciencephotography.com/andy/kites.htm Interesting circular and rotary kite designs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817164353/http://www.sciencephotography.com/andy/kites.htm |date=17 August 2010 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/modern_ufo.html Modern UFO Rotor Kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011. Many spanwise rotary kites are two-line control kites. However, UFO-SAM is a single-line rotary Magnus-effect kite; one of the leading makers of the kite has died, but a manufacturer has continued offering the kite.[http://www.cochranes.co.uk/news.asp?id=8 UFO-SAM kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US04779825__ Kenneth Sams] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829224348/http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US04779825__ |date=29 August 2007 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/ken_sams.html Kenneth Sams, RIP] Retrieved 16 March 2011. A two-line rotary kite using a special control bar is instructed in the patent by J. R. Carnwath filed on 29 March 1948.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3355129 |title=Kite Control Assembly E. V. Kinsey |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2494430 |title=Carnwath Rotating Kite J. R. Carnwath |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/types.html |title=Types of Rotor Kites |publisher=Cit.gu.edu.au |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/rotor/rolloplane/ |title=Rolloplane Balsa Rotor Kite |publisher=Cit.gu.edu.au |access-date=3 January 2012}} Kites that revolve but do not obtain lift from the revolving motion are distinct from Magnus-effect lifters or gyrocopting lifting rotating kites; Thomas Ansboro of Scotland, in 1891, instructed in a US patent 464412 about a revolving hexagonal kite where the bridling is critical.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US464412 |title=Kite. Patent regards a revoling kite by Thomas Ansboro in 1891 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

A ringed UFO rotary kite patent indicated a special bridling ring and a central rotating ring (US Patent 4779825).[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5598988 US Patent 5598988 Rotary Flyer] Retrieved 16 March 2011. The very high aspect ratio rotating spanwise ribbon kites (Skybows) are continuing to gain interest; these require at least two swivels. Also, a variety of rotary kites that are nearly streamers rotate almost windward; some are vaned and some are not.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5810294 Vaneless rotary kite Carl E. Knight et al.] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3086738.html US patent:3086738 "Rotating kite", Lubash, John J., 1963, April] Retrieved 16 March 2011. In 1995 Carl E. Knight and Jo Ann F. Knight instructed a rotary kite that rotates near windward for its axis (not like autogyro or spanwise magnus).[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5529266 Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Rokkaku or Rokaku kites:[http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans/rokkaku.htm Rokkaku kites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213085601/http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans/rokkaku.htm |date=13 February 2008 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://asianimages.wordpress.com/2006/08/16/rokaku-the-japanese-traditional-kite/ Rokaku kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsDEFwKtVXQ Rokaku kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRMO-Fs8nP0 |title=rokaku |publisher=YouTube |date=5 September 2007 |access-date=10 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}{{Cite web|title=The Rokkaku Kite - Some Background|url=https://www.my-best-kite.com/rokkaku-kite.html}}

;Rotating Ribbon kites: One version is called Skybow. The long ribbon is at least a two-anchored system with at least two swivels, but may be segmented to allow segments of ribbon to rotate at different speeds. Autorotation, giving lift via the Magnus effect, allows a rainbow arch kite to fly. A human operator at one end, with a fixed ground anchor at the other, is one example; a separate human operator at each of two anchors is another. More than two tethers can be used.[http://www.blueskylark.org/zoo/single/rot/index.html Rotating Kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Sauls' Barrage kites:[http://www.sysmatrix.net/~mikenchico/Sauls.htm Sauls' Barrage Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD136018 U.S. Design Patent No. D136,018 COLLAPSIBLE KITE Hosea C. Sauls] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

File:Asso1.jpg|Parasail or sail kite (very short kite lines)

File:Asso6.jpg|This kite sail has a novel structure.

File:Kite skiing in Kuopio Finland 2005.jpg|Sailing over snow with a sail or power kite

File:Snowkiting sprzet.jpg|Sailing over snow

File:Kite Poland 3.JPG|Sailing a waterboard (kitesurfing)

File:Kitebaording.jpg|Kiteboarding (sail kite for sailing a board)

;Sail kites: Sails that are fully tethered and give a net positive lift are sail kites. Sailing vessels on water and land use sail kites. The kiting tethers can be short or long.{{cite web|url=http://www.kiteship.com/ |title=KiteShip |publisher=KiteShip |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218204159/http://www.kiteship.com/ |archive-date=18 December 2011 }} Power kites are frequently sail kites as a power kite is used to sail a skier, landsailing buggy, wakeboarder, ground wheeled vehicle, boats and so on.{{cite web |url=http://www.kitetugs.com/newsroom/KiteShipNR3.2.pdf |title=Kite Sails For America's Cup |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151121/http://www.kitetugs.com/newsroom/KiteShipNR3.2.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.kiteforsail.com/ |title=Kite for Sail |publisher=Kite for Sail |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110185115/http://www.kiteforsail.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2012 }}[http://www.kit-cats.com/kite/kite_sail.htm Kit-Cats. New option: kite sails for sailing.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317030142/http://www.kit-cats.com/kite/kite_sail.htm |date=17 March 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sit-on-topkayaking.com/Articles/SurfSail/KiteSailing.html |title=Go Sail A Kite! By Tom Holtey |publisher=Sit-on-topkayaking.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/11/08/kite-sailing-yacht/ |title=Kite Sailing Yacht |date=8 November 2007 |publisher=Yankodesign.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

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;Self-erecting collapsible kites:Collapsible kites that self-erect upon a triggering event to full kite form have special niche uses and appeal. Positive-inflated kytoons would be typed here, if a triggering erected the kytoon. Already-erected kites like the parafoil are self-inflating, but not usually considered as needing erecting (since they are already softly finished in form, except for placing them in the wind).[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6135388 Self-erecting collapsible kite Todd Hostetter] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US5816537 Inflatable kite arrangement and launcher Vernon G. Pascoe et al.] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Show kites: See "Display kites". Show kites are one category of display kite.

;Skating kites:See Kite skating[http://www.kiteskating.com/ Kite skating] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Sled kites:include the Buda Jewish Kite of 1904,[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a09/SledKite1.pdf Knotty Attribution Problem] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221103513/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a09/SledKite1.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }} the Scott and Allison Sleds and many variations.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2737360 FLEXIBLE KITE William M. Allison] Retrieved 16 March 2011.{{cite web |url=http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/Aeronautics/Part03.pdf |title=Flight.(straw and paper sled). |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=20 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220034736/http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/Aeronautics/Part03.pdf |url-status=dead }}[http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Sled%20Kites.PDF Sled Kites by George Webster; 10 pages with plans and variations.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929052249/http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk/Sled%20Kites.PDF |date=29 September 2006 }}[http://www.users.on.net/~maxtmp/kite/Newsta~1.htm Flexible Sled Kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4243191 Hooded Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4279394 Swallowtail kite by inventor John W. Loy] Retrieved 16 March 2011.{{cite web |url=http://hilaroad.com/camp/projects/Kite/kite.html |title=Kite. Plans for sled kite with maple leaf vent |publisher=hilaroad.com}}[http://members.cox.net/gengvall/k_sled.html How to make a Sled Kite ...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218014318/http://members.cox.net/gengvall/k_sled.html |date=18 February 2008 }}[http://www.my-best-kite.com/make-a-sled-kite.html Make A Sled Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Signature kites:Kites made by a particular person become prized possessions for some people.{{cite web |url=http://www.kitesrus.com/ |title=Kiterus |publisher=Kitesrus.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118170045/http://www.kitesrus.com/ |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}

;Single-piece kites:[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2588293 SINGLE PIECE KITE Frank L. Roe] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Sode or Sode Dako kites:This type wins attention with its shape, especially in Japan.[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/Student-Readings/Kitesandtheirshapes.pdf Kites and Their Shapes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723185451/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/Student-Readings/Kitesandtheirshapes.pdf |date=23 July 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.my-best-kite.com/sode-kite.html |title=The Sode Kite, Some Background |publisher=My-best-kite.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{Cite web|title=The Sode Kite - Some Background|url=https://www.my-best-kite.com/sode-kite.html|website=My Best Kite.com}}

;Soft kites:Parawing, parafoil, some un-sticked sleds, Barish sailwing, Playsail, KiteShip, foils

;Solar kites:in plasma or photonic media;{{cite web|url=http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/gsp/completed/C17643ExS.pdf |title=Solar Kite Mission Feasibility Study |access-date=3 January 2012}} Solar-kite engineers and scientists are expanding the definition of a kite.{{citation|doi=10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00120-3|title=Solar kites: Small solar sails with no moving parts|journal=Acta Astronautica|volume=40|issue=2–8|pages=137|year=1997|last1=Jack|first1=C|last2=Welch|first2=C.S|bibcode=1997AcAau..40..137J}} The sail may be full of solar-energy electricity-generating material. Another example is the Solar Max Delta Kite.

;Soil kites:

;Sound-making kites:

;Square kites:{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US150701 |title=IMPROVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHIC SCREENS OR REFLECTORS Charles E. Myers. Four-corner kite archetypes for a reflector in photography |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Stacked kites:Stacking sub-kite units

;Stunt kites

;Styrofoam kites:When Styrofoam dining plates are used in a dragon-kite segment, when a kite is made from styrene drinking cups, or when kites are made with the dominant material styrofoam or EPS foam, then the kite world refers to the kite type as a styrofoam kite. This allows use of recycled materials.{{cite web |url=http://StyrofoamKites.com/ |title=StyroFoam Kites |publisher=StyroFoam Kites |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816225504/http://www.styrofoamkites.com/ |archive-date=16 August 2010 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20190111141020/http://styrowing.com/FreeStyrokitePlans.html Sparless Styrofoam Kites]{{cite web |url=http://CupKites.com/ |title=Styrofoam |publisher=Cup kites |access-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151123/http://www.cupkites.com/ |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}

File:Corner-reflector.svg

;Target kites:As designed by Paul Garber, a key gunnery practice target in war.[http://robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites/ U.S. Navy Target Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.rexresearch.com/garbrkit/garbrkit.htm Paul E. Garber Target Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites/navykite/navykite.html U.S. Navy Target Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011. Francis Melvin Rogallo, inventor of a fully flexible kite in 1948, also filed a patent on 23 January 1963 for a target kite that used stiffenings,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3296617 Target Kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011. which was also a corner reflector.

;Tetrahedral kites:Inventor Alexander Graham Bell focused on these types of kites;[http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/kites/tetra/variations/ Variations of Tetrahedral Kites] Retrieved 16 March 2011. This kite type was a dominant interest of Mr. Bell's.[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/MKM--AG-Bell.pdf Meet the Kite Maker. Alexander Gramham Bell.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226225459/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/MKM--AG-Bell.pdf |date=26 February 2009 }}

;Thai kites:[http://www.dancingfrog.net/thailand2002/spaulding.html Thailand's Chula and Pakpao Kites male versus female] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

Image:Papírsárkány1.JPG|Toy kiting

Image:Flying kites.jpg|Single-line toy kites

Image:Kite_flying.jpg|Eddy, Cross, Malay or Diamond toy kite with tail

Image:Cerf volant rouge2.JPG|Color and tail toy kite

;Toy kites:

;Traction kites:for relaunching from water, differ from dedicated land traction kites.[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a06/Traction-Kiting.pdf Air Apparent: The Windborne Legacy Continues As Kite "Engines" Power Exploration, New Sports by Eden Maxwell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226225221/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a06/Traction-Kiting.pdf |date=26 February 2009 }}

;Train or Kite train:Connect many kite-body units onto one line in various ways and have a kite that is a kite train, or train of kites. Dragon kites, centipede kites, and some arches are trains. A train of mini kites is a mini-kite train.[http://www.littlekites.com/kitetrain.html Mini Kite Train] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://www.kap-man.de/e-fano9702.htm FANO 1997, Kitetrains] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Trainer kites:Kites of lower power that are used to practice maneuvers before higher-powered kites are used.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgvmJESWe4&NR=1 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jEgvmJESWe4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Trainer Kite |work=Youtube |date=2 August 2006 |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.catchsomeair.us/articles/tips_trainer_kite_myth.shtml |title=starting thairapy: the trainer kite myth |publisher=Catchsomeair.us |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406095117/http://www.catchsomeair.us/articles/tips_trainer_kite_myth.shtml |archive-date=6 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagokitesurfing.com/kitedynamics.html |title=Understanding Kite Dynamics |publisher=Chicagokitesurfing.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;Tukkal or Tukal kites:Special four-stick kite[https://web.archive.org/web/20040509121915/http://members.tripod.com/stanley119/tukkal.htm The Elusive Tukkal Fighter]

;Underwater kite:Kenneth H. Wilcoxon, Cabin John, and Louis Landweber {{patent|US|2403036}}"Water kite" Water kites have an analogous presence in other liquids as the flying media; kite expert David Culp published about non-water media for kiting within those fluids rather than air (see "Water kites" below). An early presentation of an underwater box kite was repeated in the Drachen Foundation Kite Journal from a 1909 Scientific American article."[http://drupal.drachen.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Journal%20Issue%207.pdf An Unexpected Underwater Kite]" Kite Journal, Drachen Foundation, p.17 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221105027/http://www.drachen.org/journals/journal07/journal_7.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}

;Ventilated kites:Flying kites in high or stormy winds is achieved in several ways; one way is to have high-porosity or ventilated kites Effective sail area is reduced, while shape and appearance can follow known kite shapes of non-ventilated kites.[http://zw.flinkmann.de/drachen-tasche.18.1.html My Kite Bag.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130211090735/http://zw.flinkmann.de/drachen-tasche.18.1.html |date=11 February 2013 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Victory kites: One series of noted kites: the Victory kites of Stormy Weathers (yes that is his name) include Star Victory, Swift Victory, and Winged Victory. Mr. Weathers was respected for building kites from common materials.[http://www.drachen.org/archive_weathers.html DF Archive – Weathers Collection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421122840/http://www.drachen.org/archive_weathers.html |date=21 April 2008 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Waffle kites:such as those made by Joseph LeCornu[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a05/journal5.pdf Joseph LeCornu] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221104131/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a05/journal5.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}

;Water kites:Kenneth D. Anderson {{patent|US|4920689}} "Water kite and method of using the same" 27 January 1989{{patent|US|282620}} Filed 3 February 1883 This mechanism handles a water kite or underwater inverted kite; also spelled paravane, paravanes. Underwater kiting of heavier-than-water (even ballasted) instruments serve industry and science.{{patent|US|3703876}} Towed underwater apparatus. Domina Jalbert told Tal Streeter that water kites are hardly different from air kites and could have many applications.[http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Domina-Jalbert.pdf Page 42 of Drachen Foundation Journal Fall 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409014953/http://www.drachen.org/journals/a10/Domina-Jalbert.pdf |date= 9 April 2008 }} The pioneer kite inventor Domina Jalbert spoke emphatically about the water kite.Kenneth D. Anderson {{patent|US|4920689}} Water kite and method of using the same

;Water relaunchable kites:Air kites that can be launched and relaunched once the kite's wing and lines are settled on or in the water.{{cite web |url=http://malibukitesurfing.net/glossary_kiteboarding.html |title=Kitesurfing Terminology |publisher=Malibukitesurfing.net |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226151122/http://malibukitesurfing.net/glossary_kiteboarding.html |url-status=dead }}

;Woglum kites:(variant of the Malay kite). Gilbert T. Woglum in 1896 flew a train of kites over a parade and hung a golden flag from the main line.{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/11/01/106850605.pdf |title=Pictures from the air. William Eddy and also Gilbert T. Woglum fly kites over parade in 1896 |work=New York Times |access-date=3 January 2012 |date=1 November 1896}}

;Work kites: or working kites: are kites designed to perform specialized tasks or produce work or energy. George Pocock put kites to work pulling vessels. Kiteboarding puts kites to work. Especially in crosswind kite power there are work kites able to gain high energy from apparent winds created by flying the wings to crosswind.{{cite web|url=http://chestofbooks.com/sports/kites/Kitecraft-Kite-Tournaments/Chapter-III-Kinds-Of-Kites.html |title=Kinds of Kites |publisher=Chestofbooks.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}{{cite web|author=Joe Faust |url=http://www.energykitesystems.net/ |title=Energy Kite Systems |publisher=Energy Kite Systems |access-date=3 January 2012}}

;X-treme kites:Extreme sport kites.[http://www.skyburner.com/levelone/lo-products.html Level One distributes X-treme kites for X-treme flyers.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319122047/http://www.skyburner.com/levelone/lo-products.html |date=19 March 2008 }}

;X flat two-stick kites: the frame is "X" format with two spars; rectangular or square or cut to form X. Flat kites made of two sticks. Artistic alphabet character "X" kite.

;Yacht kites:Leslie Hunt's book, 25 Kites, includes a yacht-kite plan.[http://www.inquiry.net/OUTDOOR/spring/kites/yacht.htm yacht kite] Retrieved 16 March 2011.

;Youth kites:Kites for the very young. Also beginner kites, kid kites, kiddie kites. Kites suitable for the very young are almost always small single-line kites using cotton kite line.{{cite web|url=http://www.kites-rainbowflight.co.nz/stories/storyReader$36 |title=Single Line Kites |publisher=Kites-rainbowflight.co.nz |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526111234/https://kites-rainbowflight.co.nz/products/single-line-kites/ |archive-date=26 May 2022}} Festivals sometimes have a category called "youth kites".[http://www.drachen.org/pdf/learning-guatemala/Introducing-GiantKitesofGuatemala.pdf Giant Kites of Guatemala] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221105923/http://www.drachen.org/pdf/learning-guatemala/Introducing-GiantKitesofGuatemala.pdf |date=21 February 2007 }}

;Zero-wind kites:Kite pilot stays within a tight ground circle, or pumps the kite line without moving, or walks or runs when there are zero-wind conditions (also known as nil-wind, null-wind, no-wind, indoor kites). The Ninja zero- and low-wind kite plan is open for all for non-commercial use.{{cite web|url=http://www.horvath.ch/ninja/the_urban_ninja.html |title=A Light Kite |publisher=Horvath.ch |access-date=3 January 2012}}[http://www.horvath.ch/ninja/the_urban_ninja.html the urban ninja: a synergetic low wind kite project] Retrieved 16 March 2011.[http://blip.tv/file/849491 indoor kite flying in leipzig] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502145916/http://blip.tv/file/849491 |date=2 May 2009 }} Retrieved 16 March 2011.

• Ballooning (spider) (mechanical kiting by spiderlings)
• Controlled aerodynamic instability phenomena
• Domina Jalbert
• Francis Rogallo
• Kite applications
• Kite control systems
• Kite mooring
• Kite rig
• List of surface water sports
• Paravane (water kite)
• Paravane (weapon)
• Spider silk

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• [http://www.best-breezes.squarespace.com/ Best Breezes: Kite History, Kite Blog and Time Lines of Kite History]
• [https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/bitstream/1826/918/2/sehphd2a.pdf A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF KITE PERFORMANCE IN NATURAL WIND WITH APPLICATION TO KITE ANEMOMETRY]
• [http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans.html Builder Plans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509070958/http://www.kitebuilder.com/plans.html |date=9 May 2008 }}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1Pf0uMSug Nano Sail-D. Inflated frame space kite]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623052625/http://www.ahmedabadkiteflyers.org/ Unique Kite Design Collection]

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