ʻO kahi pale ahi kahi mea palekana i hoʻolālā ʻia e kinai i nā ahi hoʻomaka (hoʻomaka). Aia ia me kahi ʻāpana o kahi mea pale ahi i kau ʻia ma luna o ke ahi i mea e hoʻopau ai. ʻO nā pākeʻe ahi liʻiliʻi, e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lumi kuke a me nā hale a puni ka mea maʻamau i hana ʻia me ka fiber aniani, carbon fiber a i kekahi manawa kevlar, a ua pelu ʻia i kahi contraption wikiwiki no ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana.