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When you pull the string of a kite it rises. Right?
Surely the kite is at its highest when all the string is rolled in ?
8 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
When you pull, it adds air friction to the lower side, causing it to rise.
Similar, though opposite, to why an airplane wing works.
The air passes more easily over it, than under it.
Everything takes the path of least resistance.
Source(s): Physics 101 - juicy_wishunLv 61 decade ago
Infallible logic, on a faulty basis. The kite rises when you -tug- on the string, not when you actually decrease the length of string by reeling it in.
- ~~Penny~~Lv 51 decade ago
~~~Pulling on the string is giving tension, stiffness,,that lets the kite grab the air,,,which pulls it higher in the sky,,,and yes, most of the time if you get a good wind and let the string out,,that will make it go higher,,,~~~
- NecropolisXRLv 61 decade ago
No, the kite is highest when you let the string loose.
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- 1 decade ago
Wow. No, that makes no sense. just go get some string and fiddle around with it. Use the brain and you will figure it out.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Uh ya and I can walk on water.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I don't know.
