| Aft: | The tail or stern of a kite or ship. In kite jargon, this is also the trailing edge. |
| AKA : | American Kitefliers Association |
| Anchor: | Device to which you attach the kite line to keep the line at fixed position. |
| Angle of attack: | The angle between the kite chord-line and the horizontal when the kite is in flight. |
| Angle of flight: | The angle measured between the horizontal and the vertical position of the kite. |
| Aspect ratio: | In a rectangle, the comparative relationship between two adjoining sides. |
| AuRiCo: | Automatic Rig Control, an electronic device to control a rig. |
| AutoKAP: | KAP in which a timing device is used to repeatedly trigger a camera shutter and/or control the camera rotations. |
| BAP: | balloon or Blimp Aerial Photography |
| Batut: | Arthur Batut is the father of Kite Aerial Photography (KAP). |
| BEAK©: | The Brooxes Electric AutoKAP Kit takes pictures automatically while you fly the kite. |
| Beaufort scale: | In KAP discussions, wind strength is often refered to in a Beaufort (Bft) value. |
| Becot modification: | Modifications to a parafoil kite that improve stability in stronger winds without using a tail. |
| Block: | A pulley that some picavets use. |
| Bow: | Either the leading edge of a kite or the bend of a spar or spine of a kite. |
| Bridle: | The line or lines that connect the sail of the kite to the flying line. This bridle defines the angle of attack and/or the shape of the kite in flight. |
| Bubble panoramas: | A full 360 degrees panorama showing the entire surroundings. These panoramas can be made by stitching two or more (fisheye) images together. |
| Camera rig: | See Rig. |
| Carabiner: | A small metal loop with a sprung, hinged gate to attach or detach line. |
| Carp pole: | A pole on which you attach a camera rig, from which you take photographs |
| CHDK: | A firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon Cameras |
| Collar rig: | A type of camera rig for kite aerial photography |
| Counter: | A device that (remotely) counts the number of shutter releases |
| CVCF: | Cerf-Volant Club de France or French Kiters Club |
| Delta: | A family of framed kites characterized by their triangular wings. |
| Discussion forum: | Many-if not most-English language KAP discussions take place at Cris Benton’s foru |
| Dopero: | Double Pearson Roller kite |
| DTM (Digital Terrain Model) or DEM (Digital Elevation Model): | Digital Terrain (Elevation) Model. These models are comparable to an elevation map of for example the earth surface. |
| Eight: | A tie-down device to connect the kite line with the anchor line. Originally this 8-shaped piece of aluminium is used by climbers to rappel down steep mountain hills. |
| Enblend: | An application that smooths the density transitions between stitched or merged photographs, such as multi-image- panoramas. |
| Exif: | EXchangeable Image File format |
| Eyebolts: | The lines on which the picavet hangs pass through eyebolts. |
| FAA: | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Fins or flares: | Also keels or rudders. Pieces of fabric positioned parallel to the wind, often supported by the bridle lines. These parts help a kite to remain in a stable position in the sky. |
| Flickr: | A Web site for displaying and sharing photographs, where many kapers post their photos. |
| FLIBB | Kite aerial photography days in Bad Bevensen |
| Flowform: | Popular with many KAPers. Flowforms are soft, sparless kites, invented by Robert Sutton. |
| Fore: | the bow (rhymes with cow), front, nose, or leading edge or area of a kite or ship. |
| Forum: | A place on the internet within a site in which people can discuss topics with other people. A Forum is separted by topic sections and those are divided by sections called “threads” |
| Frame or cradle: | KAP camera rigs or cradles are usually constructed as frames. |
| Gamma Hook: | A device to connect your kite line to the anchor strap or line |
| GentLED: | A range of devices for triggering the shutter or zoom of cameras remotely |
| Hangups©: | Lightweight connectors for attaching a Picavet suspension to the kite line |
| Helikite: | A combination of a balloon and kite |
| Image stitching: | The combining of more than one adjacent image to form a larger image |
| Intervalometer: | A timer that automatically takes a picture at intervals |
| IR: | A camera’s infra-red sensors for use with remote controls |
| JKPA: | Japan Kite (aerial) Photography Association |
| KAP: | Kite Aerial Photography |
| KAPanorama: | A panorama photo made from a camera hung from a kite line. Such photos may be from one or more exposures. |
| Kaperchief: | Camera rig fashioned out of a handkerchief or cloth. |
| KAPiFanø | Kite Aerial Photography in Fanø/DK |
| KAPiFrance: | Kite Aerial Photography in France |
| KAPiSco: | Kite Aerial Photography in Scotland |
| KAPiTA: | Kite Aerial Photography in Tahiti. Tentatively scheduled for October 2009. More information should be available soon. |
| KAPWA: | Kite Aerial Photographers Worldwide Association |
| KAP Feather: | A stabilization device for rigs |
| KAV: | Kite Aerial Video photography |
| Kite: | A flying tethered man-made object |
| Knots–speed: | A unit of speed |
| Knots–tying: | Fastening or securing of linear material |
| Leading edge: | The fore, bow (rhymes with cow), or nose of a kite or ship. Also known as LE. |
| Line: | The kite string |
| Line laundry: | Items kite flyers add to their line between the ground and the kite |
| Mini-KAPiCA: | An informal gathering KAP enthusiasts, such the event of 12 April 2008 at Bayfront Park in Menlo Park, California |
| Oblique: | Camera angle between horizontal and vertical. |
| Orthorectify: | The processes of reprojecting a photograph so that the effects of camera tilt and lens distortion are minimized. |
| Ooky (Ookie) : | Urban language, synonym for dirty. First introduced in KAP by Tom Benedict. See also:http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ooky |
| Overfly: | When a kite flies over the head of the kite flyer |
| Panorama: | An image with a very wide angle of view and an aspect ratio of 2:1 or greater |
| PAP: | Pole Aerial Photography |
| Parafoil: | A class of kite characterized by frameless construction |
| PeKaBe: | Tiny ball-bearing blocks or pullies sometimes used on Picavets. |
| Pendulum: | A means of suspension for the camera rig from the kite line |
| Picavet: | A pendular elliptical suspension system for kite aerial photography, named after its French inventor, Pierre Picavet. |
| Pole: | A pole used in Pole Aerial Photography. |
| Pulley: | The lines on which picavets hang thread through pulleys to keep the picavet level |
| RC: | Radio control, R/C, also remote control |
| RAW: | A generic term for a digital image format that has not been processed |
| Receiver: | The radio control unit attached to the camera rig that receives the signals from the operator and converts the signals into commands to the servos. |
| Reel: | The device on which kite line is wound or stored. |
| Rig: | Frame or cradle that holds the camera and other remote controlled components |
| Rokakku: | A six-sided, framed Japanese-style fighting kite |
| Safety: | Review these guidelines for safe practices! |
| SchiSwi: | Schieppati Switch, controls a camera on a model aircraft using a channel of the remote control equipment |
| Servo: | Triggers the shutter and rotate or tilt cameras on KAP rigs |
| Soft kite: | A kite without spars or supports. F.e, KAP-Foil |
| Soft Rig: | A soft material used for a picavet. [[kaperchief]]’s are an example of a Soft Rig. |
| Spar: | framework of of framed kites |
| Spine: | When viewing a framed kite vertically, the spine is the vertical center stick. |
| Stereo Photography: | Photography using two camera’s triggered simultaneously, providing depth perception from the resulting images |
| Stitching, Image: | New page to be created from original site data, link to be inserted here. |
| SuMiPi: | Super Mini Picavet suspension. By Wolfgang Bieck, Germany |
| Sunny 16: | Guidelines for setting the correct exposure settings |
| Tail: | A length of material hanging from the trailing edge of the kite. |
| Tilt: | Angular orientation of a (KAP) camera with respect to the vertical |
| TimeStamp: | Program that informs you of the intervals between each photo and Exif information |
| Trailing edge: | The aft, tail or stem of a kite (or ship) |
| TUCIT: | The Ultimate Camera Interval Timer (explanation or link needed) |
| VR: | Virtual Reality |
| Winch: | A mechanical device for winding up a rope or wire rope |
| Windless KAP: | Technique for flying kites on windless days |
| World Wide KAP Week: | Annual event to encourage Kapers around the world to engage in KAP |