Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Diamonds, Boxes, Sleds By: Xaviana

 Before I began studying kites I honestly thought that the diamond kite was the only kite EVER! But that's actually not the case. There are a different variety of kites, but I will talking about the diamond, winged box, delta, sled, and the box. I am going to start off with the winged box kite.


This Is a winged box kite because In the middle It has boxes and on the side there are wings coming out of It. Another reason is that the winged box kites were created by Lawrence Hargrave and are still used today. 


 This Is a diamond kite 
 because It Is in the shape of a diamond and this Is probably one of the easiest kites to make.                                                                        

    What makes up a delta kite is     very complicated. To build a delta kite you need to know geometry and technically math altogether. Delta kites look like a paper airplane that you build out of paper. This kite will probably stay in the air longer because It has an airplanes dynamics.


 Sled kites are known for there similarity to an upside down sled. These kites are the fourth most popular kites in the world! The way these kite work Is the wind pushes the center of the kite and then pushes the rectangular piece making the kite look rounded and pushing up to the sky.

The last kite that I will talk about is the box kite. This kite is similar to the winged box kite but instead this kite doesn't have any "wings". The box kite was used in the military to see the enemy form a high advantage point. Also, these kites are sometimes made to go 2000 feet in the air!

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    1. I liked how you had feeling in your writing and did not sound like a robot.

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  3. I liked how you mentioned when the kites was made and how they were used. I also liked how you expressed your feelings on kites.The one thing I would add is why kites were used.

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