Dual-drone AWES resulting from a Design Synthesis Exercise

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I would love to hear their take on cubic scaling of tether mass, and the effects this will have for dual drone AWE vs single drone AWE, in utility scale (>3 MW)…

Cubic scaling of tether mass as a critical limit to scaling

That (5 cm tether) coincides pretty well with where a tether will out-mass a rigid kite. I would think for a soft kite, the tether is relatively much heavier. Lightweight, slow moving kite, with relatively large pull… Perhaps for soft kites, tether mass would be a big issue even before 1 MW scale… Would be an interesting analysis to perform… (edit: Im not thinking clearly here - soft kites are probably also cubic scaling in mass. The kite weight will escalate in mass the same speed as the tethe…