Designing a kiteplane, and a little on how to control it

[Windy_Skies]

Off-topic but still related:

Lagrangian flight simulator by Roland Schmehl et. al.

Roland Schmehl has provided a free personal download link which works for 50 days.

Paragliding kites

Met the maker of https://gliderbase.com/ by chance. It’s a database and comparison tool for paragliders. They are amost exclusively LEIs with a few single skins. Price range from about 2.5 to 4.5 k€ Don’t know how well they are suited for power kites, but if anyone wants to abuse one that’s where you can start looking.

Aerodynamic characterization of a soft kite by in situ flow measurement

https://www.wind-energ-sci.net/4/1/2019/

Calculating drag [+lectures and books on Fluid Mechanics]

I’d like to be able to calculate drag. Here is a lecture series on that: Physics - Fluid Dynamics (19 of 32) The Drag Coefficient – Michel van Biezen Notice how the drag coefficient of a streamlined body is 0.04, versus 0.82 for a long cylinder. Physics - Fluid Dynamics (20 of 32) Force Due to Drag Coefficient – Michel van Biezen