KYTOONS

Lighter than air tethered aircraft

Aerodynamic lift

buoyancy

The primary advantage of a kytoon is that it remains up and at a reasonably stable position above the tether point, irrespective of the wind. Hydrogen, methane, air, helium, etc. may be used to inflate the balloon aspect of a kytoon. Shapes: Flattened sphere, symmetrical airfoil in the form of a body of revolution etc.

Kytoons are flown like kites. The buoyant lift keeps them aloft in winds low for kiting.

KYTOONS AT NATIONAL BALLOON FACILITY, HYDERABAD

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APPLICATIONS OF KYTOONS
Raise emergency signals in calm or wind Keep communications antenna aloft during calm and wind Raise wind turbines for generating electricity

Scare birds away from crops

Toy and sport kiting Meteorological measurements

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ON CALM DAYS, kite enthusiast Domina Jalbert felt frustrated. Although he had kites of all types, he simply couldnt make one fly when there wasnt any breeze. This frustration led to the Kytoon, a hybrid sky rider that combines the best features of the kite with the best of the balloon. Even the name, Kytoon, is a combination of kite and balloon. By adding the kites ability to climb the wind to a lighter-than-air, helium-filled balloon, Jalbert produced a sky hook that flies virtually motionless above its mooring. Unlike a kite, it wont nose dive, being lighter than air. Yet it wont drift downwind like a captive balloon because its fins make it rise into the wind.

Its extreme stability makes it an ideal way to elevate radio or TV antennas. It supports advertising signs over business districts and carnivals. So stable is it that it can be used as a sighting target on large-scale surveys or to carry cameras aloft for low-level aerial photographs.

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