- A
kytoon or kite
balloon is a
tethered aircraft which obtains some of its lift
dynamically as a heavier-than-air kite and the rest
aerostatically as a...
- laser.
Kites and
helicopters come down when
there is
insufficient wind;
kytoons and
blimps may
resolve the
matter with
other disadvantages. Also, bad weather...
- War.
Kites were also used for anti-aircraft
target practice.
Kites and
kytoons were used for
lofting communications antenna.
Submarines lofted observers...
-
novel thrust / lift
solutions (e.g. coleopter,
Flying Bedstead,
Avrocar and
flettner airplane) or balloon-wing
hybrids (e.g.
kytoon and
hybrid airship)....
-
captured from the wind by kites,
kytoons,
tethered gliders,
tethered sailplanes,
aerostats (spherical as well as
shaped kytoons),
bladed turbines, airfoils...
-
flying kites (such as
water kites, bi-media kites,
fluid kites, gas kites,
kytoons, paravanes, soil kites,
solid kites, and
plasma kites) have
niche applications...
- Gas
inflatable kytoons.
These are
variously inflated with air, helium, hydrogen. When the kite wing is heavier-than-air, then the
kytoon needs relative...
-
novel thrust / lift
solutions (e.g. coleopter,
Flying Bedstead,
Avrocar and
flettner airplane) or balloon-wing
hybrids (e.g.
kytoon and
hybrid airship)....
-
novel thrust / lift
solutions (e.g. coleopter,
Flying Bedstead,
Avrocar and
flettner airplane) or balloon-wing
hybrids (e.g.
kytoon and
hybrid airship)....
-
hybrid airship or by
tethering in the wind like a kite, as a
Helikite or
kytoon. The
Allsopp Helikite is a
combination of a
helium balloon and a kite to...
