Hello Garrett @WindFisher,
Congratulations for your new MAG 15 (on the videos above).
I would have some questions please: has the design changed?
It seems that three secondary tethers hold the two ends and the connection between the two balloons, which allows for an increase in wingspan while using axial motors at both ends (?) to rotate the balloon or only one axial motor in the connection of the middle (?) (the ends being connected with an axial bar through said motor (?)), with the third secondary tether in the middle relieving the tension across the entire balloon (?), unlike the previous design where the motorized winches were installed in the ground station and acted peripheral ropes to rotate the balloon. Now the design looks like Omnidea design but with two connected balloons.
Perhaps the original design (in the rendering) was set aside because the fixed shells (with bearings?) around the balloon were slowing it down?
Are crosswind operations also being sidelined, in favor of vertical trajectory far from the winch for example?