Yes phase tension over pointy wing meshes as well as having inter ring inflation strips sew on the trailing edge of the tether to the upwind ring.
Tension can be added through misalignment or offset inducing roller.

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Ultimate Sailing: Introducing the Hapa : a Study in the Application of Underwater Kites

Considering the lift as the roof of a mouth. Overall I imagine a gulp swallow. Don't get caught up in any gag reflexes. Both in Kite or language use cases.

That news article seems to fix Vermillion lab into flygen.

"Airborne wind-energy systems, which fly at altitudes up to 2,000 feet, are meant to replace traditional wind turbines. These wind-energy systems vary in size and shape but generally include a sizeable lifting body, or vessel, that houses a turbine. "     [My bolding and font sizing.]    

Chris, is that so? Are you fixed into flygen research?

Hi Joe,

     Thanks for the note of congrats!

Right now, my research lab is set up to model (in the water channel) the dynamics and control of any airborne wind system that uses a rigid lifting body, regardless of whether the generator is in the air or on the ground…for control, we are presently limited to tether actuation. We’re interested in expanding the lab capabilities to accommodate flexible lifting bodies and ultimately incorporate control surface actuation, but these goals, particularly the latter, will take some time.

The quote in the article about the lifting body housing the turbine really has more to do with a reporter for the newspaper not fully grasping the breadth of airborne wind energy systems after our short conversation – which is understandable, given that we only had about 30 minutes to chat. But in any case, I’m interested in both ground-gen and fly-gen systems. Of course, my background and current collaborations are with Altaeros, so that has focused our lab more on fly-gen systems.

Hope that answers your question,

Chris

https://coefs.uncc.edu/cvermill/tethered-wind-energy-systems-2/

Doesn't stop you from making it.
Autodesk is more commercially savvy than just that or one person.
That's a piddley wee plan from a minnow as yet not caught in shark netting.
A fast wee minnow.
However I would like very much for those works to be improved upon. Even by eels.

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He notes on the page, recommended to read and see some fresh graphics:

Deep Green – Minesto 

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" In year 2004, I presented the invention called the Enerkite (the former name of Deep Green) for Saab Ventures."

Research note and caution on use of "EnerKite"

Sorting, one would want to explore the history:

EnerKíte - Team

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as  well as how the term is used by Magnus Landberg  of Minesto.   I have not sorted things out on the term yet, but just flag the matter here.    Anyone?

Makani as open-AWE.

PierreB

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Renewable energy systems using long-stroke open-channel reciprocating engines
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PDF of patent

Large-gap nets on compression posts may be laterally anchored to hill or mountains. 

The nets may keep kiting above the net and above the thousands of activities below the nets.  Aggregate posting lowers the stress duty of any one post.  Some posts may be inflated beams. The wide-gap nets will have catenary droop.

    Notice that very large net systems need not have the same mesh size over all patches of land. Indeed, the mesh size may vary greatly in order to serve not only the kite-system and other aviation needs, but the needs of peculiar below-Net activities. 

   Notice that the Net systems may have drop curtains of a wide variety also; such drops may be ordered from the kite-system master net managers or stewards. Drops may be shaders, windbreakers, insect controllers, dust controllers, crop protectors, sound damps,  wind channels, WECs, swings, climbers, water-from-air curtains, communications-cable holders,  etc.  Such drops modify the loads that node posts will carry.   Camping aloft below the kite-system operation space might give a safer and cooler experience for many people around the earth; let soil rompers and soil creepy crawlers do their thing while human rest aloft.  Double the face of the earth.   Reduce the cost of operating tethered AWES.  Some net "holes" may be loaded with shaders, solar arrays, ...

    Also, though the primary net system separate kite-system activity above the net system, the very net lateral anchors could be fit in some circumstances as PTO devices. Nets may be of square holes or hexagonal holes. In some sites, just systems of individual lines would form the catch, even with lines actually forming integral nets; the lines may be parallel sets or sets of lines that overlap; skewed non-touching sets of lines may serve some purposes. Renting rights to use the aerial lines for secondary purposes pending engineering approvals could form a new sector of economic activity; many specialized jobs would be created to care for huge aerial net-post systems.

  Teasers:

== Notice how many telephone poles there are.

== http://www.usgr.com/net-fabrics/wind-break.php

== http://www.usgr.com/net-fabrics/types-of-agricultural-crop-covers.php 

== "Lightweight netting protects hundreds of acres. PAK bird net for overhead canopy structures is an effective way to keep birds out of your crop."

==

If the turbines are connected to the tether with rigid shafts and universal joints as is shown in the drawing, will they orient towards the direction of the wind?  Will the gain in turbine performance be negated by the inefficiency of the universal joints?  The turbine shafts can be made short relative to the length of the joining shafts.

It is possible to scale this system to much larger size without much weight penalty, since all the turbines turn as one unit and the relative torque between turbines is small.  The only torque scaling penalty occurs in the short distance between the bottom turbine and the cable drive.

Gordon S

I got an old wind sock on the weekend which could beat wing 7.
Chop into 15 rings, spin each ring 180 and join all in line, attach blades, dip in flow with a gen attached.
It's not about cash if you're doing it right Dave.
It's not even about haircuts Doug. (Probably a significant contributing factor)
2000 page views 1day in, I'm going to even dare to trust they're genuine humans.
Significant investors in alt energy retweeted and favourited my video and page link.
Other parties expressed interest in building their own version.
This isn't about being used as advertising bait.
You should post some instructions on Mothra somewhere popular. I have a bunch of old windsurf sails to re-purpose. Maybe I should record what I do. Certainly if my intention is openness and innovating I should share my work.

$5lb is easier to reach with rigid wings than with soft wings.  A parasail is about 1,500 $ . A paraglider is about 3,000 $ for 10 lb (300$lb) . A ram kite is  40-100$lb. Can soft giant kite sytems be less expensive/lb ? What are means to standardize their building, obtaining a cost being roughly fabric cost?  If yes simple skin kites for $5lb would be very interesting.

PierreB