How Kite’s Can Fly

Nowadays my five years old two sons are deeply in love to kites. Every afternoon, they fly a kite in the court near the house and never stop until the night falls.

Whenever I see the kites high above the sky, I wonder that is at the end of the string controlling the kite? Is it a small barefooted boy in short trousers and in a T- shirt? Or is it an old man pulling at the line with a twinkle of pride in his eyes? Perhaps it is a father introducing his son to this delightful pastime.

Have you ever wondered how a kites flies? This is what I found after small research to read some book.

A number of aerodynamic factors help to make the kite flies. When the air pressure under a kite is greater than that above it, it stays up. If the pressure above it become greater, than it drops. But how do you get a kite off the ground? The long string or line that you hold is attached to short strings on the kite’s underside. This keeps it from fling away in the wind. It also acts as a stabilizer, allowing you to hold the kite steady in position. Kites are best launched at open, windy places. Walking or running a short distance against the wind, while you hold the line with the kite pulled along behind, usually gets a kite lifted up. The kites leaning position makes it climb because its front edge is pushed against the wind.

Kites maybe made in a variety of shapes and sizes. But they will not fly if they are not properly constructed to meet demands of flight. The used of one and several short string that are connected to a kite’s wooden frame is vital. This string tied to the long line that you hold, allow the kite to adjust itself to the changing at the rear end of the kite, provides a weight that keeps the kite bending upward so that it can get the benefit of the upward pressure of the wind flowing past its underside.