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A construction for a keeled kite wherein the keel is a flexible tubular member fixed to the underside of a kite canopy and is open at its leading end and closed at its trailing end so as to be inflated by the oncoming wind to stabilize the kite under varying wind conditions which would cause kites h

A construction for a keeled kite wherein the keel is a flexible tubular member fixed to the underside of a kite canopy and is open at its leading end and closed at its trailing end so as to be inflated by the oncoming wind to stabilize the kite under varying wind conditions which would cause kites having conventional flat keels to power loop or crash, either because of excessive wind velocity or because of low wind velocity.

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A kite comprising a substantially horizontal canopy having upper and lower faces and a substantially vertical keel secured to and depending freely from the lower face of said canopy between its leading and trailing edges for stabilizing said kite while in flight, said canopy extending laterally on o

A kite comprising a substantially horizontal canopy having upper and lower faces and a substantially vertical keel secured to and depending freely from the lower face of said canopy between its leading and trailing edges for stabilizing said kite while in flight, said canopy extending laterally on opposite sides of said keel to define wing portions of said kite, said keel comprising a tubular member of limp sheet material having an open leading end and a closed trailing end, and means for attaching a kite string to the lower edge of said tubular member in a position relative to the fore and aft axis of the kite which enables said kite to rise in an air current and said tubular member to be inflated by air entering the open leading end of the tubular member as the result of relative movement in opposite directions of said kite and said air whereby said tubular member is retained in a keel configuration to continue to stabilize said kite even when the true wind velocity has fallen to an insignificantly low value.