Subscale SpiderMill R&D Progress

Exactly, Pierre, but the performance secret is to pull the canopy flatter toward its center, so it flys more like a wing than a windsock.

Lee’s UFO kite was the starting inspiration for kPower and then JAL to rig without the hoop, pulling the center inward to keep it flat-

Sedgwick-UFO-Inspiration

I think we have pretty much solved megascalable AWES conceptually. Single-line AWES archetypes with rigid members and complex flying parts are dangerous and do not scale much.

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