Advanced Kite Networks

This is normal, a photo is fixed, so you won’t see any movement.

More seriously, don’t expect a turnkey AWES here. And yet there are already some: are they suitable for you?

This topic has a participatory aspect: elements are given according to a new combination of power crosswind kite networks stretched on multiple anchors. It is now a question of making contributions to advance this concept.

If we get stuck on something, let’s try something else. For example if the triangles seem difficult to implement, you should know that other kites such as umbrellas have been suggested by the author. We can imagine umbrellas attached to each other and moving in two opposite directions without having to rotate to position themselves, thanks to their isotropic shape. Even with a low lift to drag ratio of 2 a large set could perhaps be efficient.

Re-edit, precision from Dave Santos: “Simpler to rig by lowest line count and work well enough, like countless triangle sails and kites. It’s a bit different flying with every 60deg shift, but not “difficult”. Always works at sufficient AoA.
The AKN investigation would of course be greatly simplified if Dave could answer directly from his own account.

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