Kite Networks

A review of some experiments of kite groups (perhaps kite networks) are related below.

Tied parachute kites (on the sketch, the photo representing a working kite network) where the canopies are tied, so not free, like on the photo. The group did not fly for more than a second. The four parachutes opened and inflated at the same time for only a fraction of a second then deflated due to the interaction of kite traction and expansion force.

Parachute kite cluster with original ballasts (bears), or without, where the respective canopies are free, and the knot settled at the base of the respective suspension lines. Both flew in an anarchic manner without climbing, while an unity with the bear flies perfectly like a kite.

Kite chaos where each kite had its own tether after the suspension lines, the respective tethers joining much lower towards the common main tether, in such a way that the freedom of each kite was increased compared to that of the parachute kite cluster. The set flew maintaining itself at a certain height and descending from time to time, while only one of these kites (without bear) only flew for a few seconds.

One of the observations is that a kite in a group must have a certain degree of freedom. The kites should not be connected to each other by their respective areas, unless we are dealing with rotating sets like this.