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As someone who regularly flies hobby kites, I think it can be done. Modern kites are made of nylon and kevlar. With regular maintenance these kites should last
by dtx1 3y ago
As someone who regularly flies hobby kites, I think it can be done.
Modern kites are made of nylon and kevlar. With regular maintenance these kites should last at least a decade. Cables might have to be replaced every few years.
As for the flying algorithm, I doubt it has to be very sophisticated at all, especially if the kite is itself designed to self right and stabilise. After all, a single line kite has 0 controls.
- nothercastle 3y agoI sort of assumed it would power and depower like a kiteboarding kite to create work. You could probably depower by collapsing the kite leading edge and dragging it back in but that seems less efficient than flying it in a figure 8 to power and depower.