From Voliris design to the kite-blimp or kite-airship mainly as lifter for AWES

[PierreB]

Also I would mention a possibility of use for a Magnus effect-based balloon driven by external belts-motors as a big lifter for AWES, instead of as power system in yo-yo mode. The description, sketches, video of the principle, are on

Vertical trajectory for yo-yo AWES?

After the constructive criticism of the major disadvantages of a vertical trajectory with a power kite, I return to the Magnus effect balloon for which such a trajectory is planned, by presenting a method that I had outlined (see the three comments from the link): transmission not by two axes at the two ends, but by belts placed along the balloon, in order to limit the stresses on the structure to allow greater scaling. I put again the video, after having reviewed some results. I measured (with…