Types of Inflatable Single-line Kites
- Ram-air-only soft fully flexible kite
- Ram-air-only inflation with spars also
- Gas inflatable kytoons. These are variously inflated with air, helium, hydrogen. When the kite wing is heavier-than-air, then the kytoon needs relative wind to fly. When the kite wing is lighter-than-air then the kytoon will stay aloft when the relative wind is below what is needed for kiting.
- Kites that combine both ram-air inflation and gas-bladders that are inflated.
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