Low radius loop

For the same kite and for an equivalent (and far more regular) power a low radius loop would allow a corridor more than three times less wide than for an eight-figure path, allowing a more dense kite-farm. A lesser flight speed is compensated by a work in a zone that is closer to the center of the flight window. A swivel would be required, unless the sense of rotation changes at each cycle, which would also allow a better distributed wear of the rotary wing, by alternating a higher speed in respect to its two tip chords.

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