Gyrokites, Gyrokiting, Rotor Kites,
Gyrogliders (that get significant kited sessions)
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• Forum to discuss gyrokite patents: Gyrokites 
• Gyrokite patents
• We study flip-wings elsewhere: FlipWings       See other rooms of AWES Museum
• http://www.energykitesystems.net/AutoGiroKites/index.html

• http://www.kate.aviators.net/gyro12.htm  Gyrogliders     (inhabited mostly)
• Focke-Achgelis   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_223
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_225
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
  • http://uboat.net/technical/bachstelze.htm
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• Sky Chopper sold in the toy kite marketplace via many dealers.
• Gyro Kite toy kite marketplace
• Wind Copter   hiflykites.co.za/kite-online-shop/fun-flying-toys-skychopper.htm

Contemporary commercial products for inhabited gyrokites/gyrogliders:

Contemporary commercial products for inhabited powered-pod autogyros where the kite line is stiffened but still the wing is towed through the tensioned unpowered shaft. The power pod is pushed or pulled by a power unit and separate propeller; these are powered gyrokites

http://www.kate.aviators.net/gyro1.htm

AirborneWindEnergy

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Rotorcraft

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• Sky Windpower
• SkyMill Energy
• U.S. Windlabs
• kPower
• KiteLab
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rotor_kite
• http://www.hiflykites.co.za/kite-online-shop/fun-flying-toys-skychopper.pdf

• Distinguish strongly between gyrokite that has wing autorotating from helicopter that powers the wing directly; big difference.
• Let the tensioned kite line be short and stiff to get gyrogliders and autogyros (autogyros using a powerd anchor or powered pod that is in free flight, but still kiting the lifting rotor wings)
• The resistive system of a gyrokite may be moving relative to the surface of the earth or fixed relative to the surface of the earth.
• Kites: {W1, T, W2} where the a wing set is tethered to another wing set, and all placed in media such as air, water, soup, plasma, etc. When the deflections give tension to the elements of the tether set T, then kiting dynamics occur. In gyrokite, the resistive set or one of the sets, say W1, gives resistance to wing set W2 through the elements of T, the tether set; the resulting kiting event given gyrokite when the wing set consists of autorotating wings. The wings may be rigid or extremely flexible.
• Distinguish between power-bladed helicopters and power-poded autogyros.
• Distinguish between gyrokite having no R-C and those that do have R-C. Again this line does not include powered-bladed helicopters.
• Autorotation
• Positive gyrokiting
• Negative gyrokiting
• Attempted neutral gyrokiting
• autorotation        wiki
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation_(fixed-wing_aircraft)
• advancing and retreating blades
• flapping hinge
• drag hinge dampers
• launching gyrokites, getting the blades rotating,
• rotor dynamics and control
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• Rotary kites, patents
• Bensen gyrokites, gyrogliders
• Gyro hang glider, Russia
• Gyro hang glider, project
• Uninhabited gyrokites marketed in part as "helicopter" without actually being helicopters
• Kite energy gyrokites

• Who first discovered that windmills could fly as a kite?  History of "windmill kites"?
  • http://www.windmillworld.com/windmills/history.htm
  • [ ]  https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q="windmill+kite"&num=10
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• Rotokite, wind generator ?   Any actual material test results?