What is possible with Payne's patent US3987987 figure 5?

Kiteborne (figure 5), Mutiny (25 m², yo-yo mode), SkySails on figure 15 (more than 100 m², yo-yo mode) produce a same average power, all things being equal.

To use @tallakt 's terminology, the device shown in Figure 5 could perhaps belong to the family of “hovering”, while yo-yo mode would enter “bounding”.

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