Kite Networks

[Rodread]

I’m going to have to query what you state in the last part @PierreB

@PierreB

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 .

The most basic airborne wind energy system

Networked Arch kites are very simple kite forms, they can generate huge lift forces, but are hard to rotate, elevate and keep tuned in a turbulent wind. They can fair gallop too. I made this one from old windsurfer sails today for some lockdown entertainment… I used a forward guide line instead of having pure leading edge span load tension to help hold the form… I probably needed a bit more tension on the undersides to hold it without the forward (upwind) tether.

There are many examples of network kites gaining stability by being strung out across their normal spanwise area like the above arch of windsurfers or

These arch forms are not very mobile, active or easy to simple relocate… but they do have some sort of utility