Abstract: Embodiments may provide a kite system that incorporates a highly efficient lifting surface combined with aerodynamic control surfaces while using only a single tether. Such a kite having a lifting surface combined with aerodynamic control surfaces while using only a single tether may be referred to as a “controllable kite”. Embodiments may include a controllable kite configured to operate aloft connected to only a single tether, the kite including a lifting surface that is heavier-than-air, an aerodynamic surface control system configured to adjust an attitude of the lifting surface while the kite is aloft, and an attachment point connecting the single tether to the kite.

Abstract: An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom.

Abstract: A shock resistant fuselage system includes first and second fuselage side walls, each of the first and second fuselage side walls having a plurality of guide posts, and a printed circuit board (PCB) rigidly attached to at least one of the first and second fuselage side walls, the PCB having a plurality of guide slots, each of the plurality of guide posts slideably seated in a respective one of the plurality of guide slots so that elastic deformation of the PCB is guided by the guide slots between the first and second fuselage side walls.

Abstract: A shock resistant fuselage system includes first and second fuselage side walls, each of the first and second fuselage side walls having a plurality of guide posts, and a printed circuit board (PCB) rigidly attached to at least one of the first and second fuselage side walls, the PCB having a plurality of guide slots, each of the plurality of guide posts slideably seated in a respective one of the plurality of guide slots so that elastic deformation of the PCB is guided by the guide slots between the first and second fuselage side walls.

Abstract: A glider, a system and methods for electric power production from wind are disclosed. The glider includes an airfoil, onboard steering means for pitching, rolling and yawing the glider when airborne, sensor means that provide a first signal related to an absolute position of the glider, a second signal related to an air speed of the glider and a third signal related to an acceleration of the glider, a control device connected to the steering means for controlling autonomous flight of the glider based on the signals provided by the sensor means, and a connection means for a tether connecting the glider to a ground-based electrical machine constructed for converting a lift force generated upon exposure of the airfoil to wind and transferred to the ground via the tether into electric power. The system includes the glider, the ground-based electrical machine and tether.

Abstract: An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom.

Abstract: A kite for a system for extracting energy from the wind, the kite comprising: a body having a wing for providing lift; means for connecting the wing to a tether; and means for controlling the flight of the kite in the wind, wherein the wing is constructed with an asymmetry in a spanwise direction from a first end of the wing to a second end of the wing to provide the wing with a naturally asymmetric shape at least when in flight. The asymmetry may be provided to optimise the shape of the wing for a flight pattern in which one end of the wing has a higher speed than the other end of the wing. For example, the asymmetry may be optimised to allow the kite to follow a flight pattern resembling a circle or spiral, from the point of view of a base unit of the system.

Abstract: A motor pylon system adapted for use with an airborne power generations system is disclosed. The pylons may support turbine driven generators for wind based electrical power generation which also function as electric motors in some aspects. The pylons may be designed to provide side force useful for turning a tethered flying wing flying in a circular cross wind flight path. The pylons may be designed to minimize air flow disruptions over the main wing.

Abstract: A system for electric power production from wind includes a glider having an airfoil, an on-board steering unit, a flight controller for controlling the steering unit, and a connection unit for a tether. The system further includes a ground station including a reel for the tether, a rotating electrical machine connected to the reel, and a ground station controller for controlling the reel and the rotating electrical machine. A master controller operates the system in at least first and second operation modes. In the first operation mode electric power is produced with the rotating electrical machine from rotation of the reel caused by reeling out the tether using a lift force generated upon exposure of the airfoil of the airborne glider to wind. In the second operation mode, the reel is driven by the rotating electrical machine, thereby reeling in the tether onto the reel.

Abstract: A system and method of power generation, wind based flight, and take off and landing using a tethered kite with a raised tail mounted rearward of the main wing or wings. The tail may be fully rotatable and may be adapted to rotate more than 90 degrees from its nominal position during a traditional flight paradigm.

Abstract: An inflatable kite has a continuous leading edge tube that is swept forward at its left and right wingtip ends so that bridle lines attaching the canopy to the user are forward of the centre of effort of the kite.

Abstract: There is a Rogallo wing having an aerodynamic sheet having a leading end and a trailing edge. The trailing edge is curved to form a sheet of increasing concavity away from the leading edge. At least two folded edges extend between the leading end and the trailing edge are on opposed sides of the aerodynamic sheet, the two folded edges comprising integral ribs. A wind energy extraction apparatus comprises one or more concentrator wings that react with a flow of wind to induce a drop in static air pressure that is then used to drive one or more impellers and one or more power converters. The one or more concentrator wings are Rogallo wings.

Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a sail wing appended to the fuselage, the sail wing having a sail wing root chord length, and wherein the sail wing includes a sail wing leading edge spar, a sail wing membrane attached to the sail wing leading edge spar, and a sail wing trailing edge wire located at a trailing edge of the sail wing membrane, the aircraft further comprising a wing surface extension, located aft and at an inboard area of the sail wing trailing edge wire, the wing surface extension having a wing surface extension root chord length, and wherein the wing surface extension includes a wing surface extension membrane attached to the sail wing trailing edge wire, and a wing surface extension trailing edge, and wherein the wing surface extension trailing edge is reflexed such that the wing surface extension trailing edge is positioned upwards at a first angle with respect to a plane formed along a centerline of the aircraft and along the lower surfaces of the sail wing.

Abstract: A crosswind kite system adapted to operate in an alternate mode in high winds. The system may operate at reduced efficiency in high winds in order to moderate loading on the system during those high winds. The system may use multi-element airfoils which are actuated to reduce the coefficient of lift of the airfoils in order to moderate loading in high wind conditions. Other flight aspects may be controlled, including flying the crosswind kite in side slip to induce drag which may lower loading on the system.

Abstract: An aerial image projection system (20) includes a light aircraft (22) having a parachute-wing (24) attached to a carriage (26). The system (20) further includes an on-board computing and projection unit (30) with an image projector (32) coupled to the carriage (26) and suspended below the parachute-wing (24). An image display process (98) utilizing the system (20) entails generating (100) still and/or moving images (34) in a digital format for management by the computing and projection unit (30) and projecting (102) those images (34) from the projector (32) onto the parachute-wing (24). The projection of particular images (34) may be governed by time of day, particular events, current location of aerial image projection system (20) as detected by a navigational system receiver (66) of the unit, and so forth.

Abstract: A wind energy generator for employment in the jet stream or other wind conditions is described herein. The craft comprises a “kite” configured with an airfoil and tethered to a ground based power generator. The craft and tether are configured to pull on the tether during a flight pattern calculated to pull on the tether that is connected to the generator to enable power generation. Also, an aerodynamically stable tether configuration is used and can be supplemented with a number of periodically spaced control surfaces arranged at various points along the tether. These control surfaces can be selectively actuated to stabilize and position the tether. The tether can comprise a two-stage tether having an inelastic portion attached to a pool and an elastic portion that connects with the kite. Also, the invention contemplates a system of wind detection devices that identify the local wind variations and through control systems enable the optimal positioning of the kite.

Abstract: A wind turbine energy conversion device that can take advantage of the higher speed and more persistent winds at higher altitudes is hereinafter disclosed. The wind turbine energy conversion device includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) connected to one end of a tether (which may include multiple shorter tethers), the other end being connected to a terrestrial anchorage point. The UAV flies at altitudes where wind speeds can reach 40 mph or higher. The UAV comprises a flying wing with one or more trailing wind power turbines and flies airborne maneuvers designed to increase relative wind speed up to about four times the true wind speed.

Abstract: This invention provides a small lightweight glider that is hollow and made from a molded thin film material. Typically the glider is formed in the shape of a bird or a plane. The body of the glider comprises top half and a lower half, which form a hollow fuselage, a left wing and a right wing extending laterally from the fuselage. The glider also comprises a ballast weight, a stiffener, and optionally an interior skeleton. The interior of the glider is open to the outside atmosphere and requires no inflation.

Abstract: A kite system having a light transmitter and a light receiver is described. The kite system comprises a kite having a light receiver attached with the kite. The light receiver is capable of receiving and registering a light signal. A light transmitter is included for emitting a light signal. The light transmitter is encased within a hand held transmitter housing. The hand held transmitter further includes a kite string attachment mechanism for holding kite string for attaching with the kite. A user may fly the kite and use the light transmitter to project the light signal toward the light receiver, and upon receiving the light signal, the light receiver registers that it has received the light signal. Additionally, the kite system is formed as a kite shooting game such that hitting the light receiver with the light signal provides a user with a point.

Abstract: A kite system having a light transmitter and a light receiver is described. The kite system comprises a kite having a light receiver attached with the kite. The light receiver is capable of receiving and registering a light signal. A light transmitter is included for emitting a light signal. The light transmitter is encased within a hand held transmitter housing. The hand held transmitter further includes a kite string attachment mechanism for holding kite string for attaching with the kite. A user may fly the kite and use the light transmitter to project the light signal toward the light receiver, and upon receiving the light signal, the light receiver registers that it has received the light signal. Additionally, the kite system is formed as a kite shooting game such that hitting the light receiver with the light signal provides a user with a point.

Abstract: A new steering logic based on a mixed weighted two-norm and least squares optimization solution overcomes a deficiency of being trapped in the momentum saturation singularities. The new steering logic utilizes an additional weighting matrix, W, in conjunction with deterministic dither signals in a weighting matrix V. The new steering logic also provides a simple means of avoiding troublesome, internal elliptic singularities which are commonly encountered by most other pseudoinverse-based steering logic. Various CMG systems, such as a typical pyramid array of four single-gimbal CMGs, two and three parallel single-gimbal CMG configurations, and four parallel double-gimbal CMGs of the International Space Station are described as illustrative embodiments demonstrating the simplicity and effectiveness of the new steering logic.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A kit of parts and a method for converting between a glider and a kite. The kit of parts includes a body, a kite wing and a glider wing. The kite wing is removably connectable to the body so that the body and the kite wing can be connected to a kite string and flown as a kite. The glider wing is removably connectable to the body so that the body and the glider wing can be flown as a glider.

Abstract: A kite has a support frame and a waterproof fabric covering the support frame. The support frame has a levelling rod, a center spine passing through the levelling rod, a head rod disposed on a front of the center spine, a hollow joint disposed on the center spine, a first front rod and a second front rod connected to the hollow joint, a first positioning block disposed on the hollow joint, a second positioning block disposed on the hollow joint, a first connector disposed on the first front rod, a second connector disposed on the second front rod, a first extended bar connected to the first connector, a second extended bar connected to the second connector, a first connection rod connected to the second extended bar and the first front rod, and a second connection rod connected to the first extended bar and the second front rod.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined lengths. The connection members are preformed V-shaped connectors slidably mounted to spar members disposed in open-ended sleeves in the leading and trailing edges of a wing and may be oriented to receive strut members form either above or below the wing, for efficiency manufacturing, ease in assembly, and minimum exposure to breakage during operation, storage and transport. Additional connection members may be added to the spar members to receive strut members connected to additional wings thereby allowing for an airplane kite having one wing, two wings, three wings, or more. Multiple-V connectors may be combined to create hubs for propellers or wheels that rotate when they encounter a front wind. Ram air openings are utilized in the fuselage of the kite to maintain the shape of the fuselage and the angles of wings.

Abstract: A glider toy for entertainment purposes. The glider toy includes a housing that includes an upper plate section and a lower plate section. The upper plate section has a substantially circular shape. The lower plate section is generally crescent-shaped. A bulbous member is attached to the top side of the upper plate section. A nose piece is fixedly coupled to the housing and positioned adjacent to the front portion of the lower plate section. A tail member is attached to the top side of the upper plate section and is positioned adjacent to a rear edge of the upper plate section. A pair of fin members is attached to and extends away from opposing sides of the tail member. A pair of support members is attached to and extends away from the bottom side of the lower plate section. All of the aforementioned parts comprise a resilient closed cell material.

Abstract: A launching device for releasing an article from a line, such as a string of a kite while the kite is aloft. The launching device includes a body with at least one blade and means for rotatably mounting the body on the kite string, so that the wind on which the kite is aloft rotates the body on the string. In this manner, the rotation of the body serves to release the article when the article encounters the body while sliding up the string toward the kite.

Abstract: A scale model airplane kite made of STYROFOAM, an expanded rigid polystyrene plastic foam, and having reinforcing members, rods, dowels, pegs, pins, skewers, or the like embedded in the foam at stress points and oriented to counteract stress forces. These kites are lightweight and can withstand a 15 mph wind. The kites are easy to repair by using more pegs and glue at the fracture site. These kites have string attachment or tether holes reinforced with a plastic tube and balsa wood to prevent the string from coming through the foam and allow the flyer to adjust for different wind velocities. In accordance with one embodiment, the kite is formed of half-inch thick bead foam which is substantially rectangular in cross-section and is cut in elevation and plan view to scale of an actual airplane or aircraft such as a P-40, Zero, P-38, ME-109, FW190, DRI Folker triplane, and the like. Also, the foam may be painted and plastic tails may be added to enhance the aesthetics thereof.

Abstract: An improved shape-retaining support structure is provided for the fuselage of a windsock style kite. An inextensible strap member is also provided between the wings of the kite to transfer wing loads through the windsock body without distorting its shape.

Abstract: An aircraft is composed of two elongated inflated, flexible tubes diverging from each other from a nose of the aircraft toward a trailing edge. First and second membranes span the upper and lower surfaces of the tubes respectively to provide upper and lower airfoil surfaces. One of the two membranes is connected to a length of cable extending from the tip end of one tube to the tip end of the other at the trailing edge. Trim is provided by a fixed flap composed of flexible membrane stretched between the cable and another, parallel cable. The nose ends of the tubes are secured to a propulsion motor-mounting plate assembly at the nose end of the aircraft, and the opposite ends of the tubes are secured to plates at the ends of the trailing edge. The cables are secured to the plates at the ends of the trailing edge, and these plates are also used to support horizontal stabilizers.

Abstract: A glider toy apparatus including a body member made of a resilient material, a wing member having a length greater than a width of the body member, and a weight member secured to the body member forward of the wing member. The wing member has a greater density than the body member. The body member is affixed centrally of the wing member. The wing member extends from the body member in a swept-back boomerang shape. The weight member is secured to the body forward of a center of gravity of the body member. A vertical stabilizer can be affixed to either the body member or to the wing member so as to extend upwardly therefrom.

Abstract: A kite of the type that comprises a main frame with longitudinal rods (10, 12, 13) and transverse rods (11, 11'), has a secondary frame comprising rods known as "whiskers" (2). These rods (2) are extended to meet at a junction point (22) located in the median plane of symmetry. According to a first embodiment, straps (23, 24), either elastic or not elastic, stretch these rods (2). According to a second embodiment, an additional sail forms a keel, this sail being stretched between the median longitudinal rod (10) and the point of junction (22).

Abstract: A controllable kite, which changes its geometry and aerodynamic form in flight, in response to control inputs from control handles and control lines, enabling smooth stable high-speed flight as well as extreme low-speed agility and the ability to fly in any direction or hover, consists of a flexible leading-edge spar, stressed by the curve of the sail and providing tension in the sail. Control longerons, at a predetermined angle on either side of the centerline act on the leading-edge spar in such a way as to provide variable geometry that controls the form, stability and flying characteristics of the kite and sustains the shape required for both high and low-speed flight. Precise control is achieved by attaching equal-length control lines from control handles directly to the control longerons without the need for bridling.

Abstract: A flying toy disc with a pivoted fuselage, the disc flying spinning in flight upon being thrust with a forward spinning motion, the disc having a particular transverse configuration which taken with the pivoted fuselage tends to stabilize the flight of the disc by having air streams co-act upon the lower and upper surface of the disc to stabilize the flight.

Abstract: A toy aircraft structure, including a forwardly elongated fuselage, including left and right elongated sections, and structure holding the sections in assembled relation; the structure having a retainer portion projecting upwardly and above the sections; and a forwardly and rearwardly elongated kite extending above the fuselage and attached to the retainer portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are airfoil structures which provide two distinct mean centers of lift and high induced drag. Also disclosed are aircraft structures employing such high-lift high-drag airfoils for both the lifting wing and the horizontal stabilizer with the center of gravity disposed between the mean centers of lift of the fore and aft airfoils.

Abstract: Disclosed is a parawing with an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism having a canopy, a frame to which the canopy is fastened and on which a pilot can be carried, a propeller mounted on the frame, and a plurality rows of suspension lines interconnecting the canopy and the frame. Also mounted on the frame is an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism including a reel which may be operated to pull back the suspension lines for withdrawing the canopy. Further, a front pulling rope interconnecting the reel and two rows of suspension lines near the leading edge of the canopy, a rear pulling rope interconnecting the reel and the trailing edge of the canopy, and a plurality of guide rollers for guiding the movement of the front pulling rope and the rear pulling rope are provided so that the suspension lines and the canopy may be withdrawn by the automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism. With the canopy and the suspension lines being withdrawn.

Abstract: A winged kite (10) comprises an elongated body (12) attached on a bottom side of a flat sheet lift member (14) forming right and left wings (44, 46) and a diverging flat tail (48). An elongated flexible spar extends between respective outer end portions (60, 62) of the right and left wings across the top side of the lift member and a support ring (68) attached to the top side of the lift member at the body supports the body and the lift member from the spar. Leading edge salient portions (70, 72) of the wings curl upwardly about the spar, the amount of curl being substantially affected by wind striking the right and left leading edge salient portions during flight of the kite. A tether is attached only near the front end of the body. The lift member is formed of a main body sheet (40), for forming the wings and tail, and a support sheet (42), which extneds along the tail between the wings to a front end portion of the body.

Abstract: A control line kite has a flexible cover over a framework of spars including a longitudinal spar and a transverse spar. The longitudinal spar carries a weight which is adjustable along the length of the spar between the nose of the kite and the point of intersection between the spars.

Abstract: A ram-air airfoil stunt kite has its upper forward edge provided with two stiffener members that provide a rounded leading edge and are connected together by a flexible joint. Two operator-held control strings are connected to bridles which are, in turn, connected to keels on the kite. The outboard bridle strings are shorter than the inboard bridle strings so as to remain taut during normal flying operations. When the apparent wind velocity increases, the kite becomes transversely curved, whereupon the inboard bridle strings become taut to establish an optimum maximum curvature.

Abstract: An airplane kite shaped to resemble a jet powered airplane, formed of lightweight plastic foam material, or the like, having a fuselage and vertical stabilizer shaped to resemble the side view of a jet airplane, and a wing and horizontal stabilizer both shaped in the form of a top view of a swept back jet airplane.The horizontal and vertical stabilizers are enlarged relative to the normal dimensions of actual jet powered aircraft and the stabilizers and wing are so positioned to provide lift and flight stability when flown from a tether attached to the airplane kite.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new system for generating electrical energy by wind power.The wind generator is suspended in the air like a kite by wind currents and is attached to the earth by a high strength cable to which are attached electric cables and a natural gas pipe.The numerous small wind generators are mounted in a box-like kite enclosure, which are raised to the desired elevation by rotary blade power with the assistance of a gas balloon.The wind generator kite is raised and lowered to the proper elevation for maximum electrical output.A complete system, including control methods, permits the production of electricity at a lower cost than conventional methods and provides means for generating large amounts of power with a high load factor.

Abstract: Wind driven apparatus for the production of power at a ground location includes an aerodynamic lift generating vehicle capable of maintaining a stable airborne orientation, a tether linking the vehicle to a ground location, mechanical power generating equipment carried by the vehicle and responsive to relative motion between the air and the vehicle, apparatus for converting the generated power to reciprocating motion and structure for transmitting the reciprocating motion along the tether to the ground.

Abstract: A kite, comprising a substantially arrow-shaped body; a wing framework mounted to and divided by the body into two quadrilateral sections; a cover, respectively spanning loosely across and mounted to two opposite sides of each division of the wing framework, one of the unmounted sides thereof is provided with a reinforcing strip of material; a tail framework mounted to the body; a cover spanning loosely across and mounted at two opposite sides of the tail frame, one unmounted side thereof is provided with a reinforcing strip of material; lengths of strings are mounted to the body of the kite.

Abstract: A toy glider kite capable of effectively functioning as a kite when held by a tow line and as a glider when released for free flying. The glider kite comprises a pair of flexible wing sections which are pivotal relative to one another between kite and normal glider modes of operation. In the kite mode of operation, the wing sections pivot to form a dihedral angle of one value in relation to a reference plane. In the normal glider mode of operation, the wing sections pivot to form a dihedral angle in relation to the reference plane which is smaller than the one value.

Abstract: A ground controlled tethered flying autogiro toy utilizing a single auto rotating wing for its sole means of aerodynamic lift. The wing is attached to a greatly simplified space frame structure that makes the toy capable of controllable aerobatic maneuvers.