Could variants of hoop stress also apply to soft kites?

This corroborates the measurements of kites of different dimensions. We will therefore indeed have a mass increase slightly above the surface area increase (squared, so linear when we consider that the mass/m² does not increase with the surface area), and not above the volume increase (cubed) like blimps. Soft kites benefit from their bridle which mitigate the requirement of thicker fabrics excepted the reinforcements.