Using Durafly Excalibur for rotary takeoff in The Pyramid

Congratulations for the simulation @tallakt.

Please what would be the Λ value?
I got a little more than 0.053 by dividing the sum moment (450 Nm) by the sum tension (1200 N) and by the looping radius1 of the kites (7 m). Is it correct? I used from the pdf pages 6-7:

To go from an Λ value to the actual moment, multiply the Λ value by the looping radius of the kite and the shaft tension.

I also got a little more than 0.053 by using Tallak’s formula but by replacing radius0 (2.4) with 1: 1 divided by the square root of (tether length² − radius0² − radius1²).
If I use correctly (?) this formula, I get radius0 divided by the square root of (tether length² − radius0² − radius1²) = 2.4 times more, so about 0.129.

But if we were to extrapolate from the page 11 of the pdf, it seems that Λ value would be more or less the radius0 / the tether length, so 2.4 / 20 = 0.12, then about 0.129 by applying Tallak’s formula (see just above).

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