Bags in Kite Systems' Anchoring Solutions

• Soil-filled bags buried or stationed on ground surface
• Sand-filled bags buried or stationed on ground surface
• Water-filled bag buried or stationed on ground surface or placed in water bodies
• Gambions      airbornewindenergy10629
• Compressed air in holding bags buried in soil.

• Bags at different scales
• Load-lines in bag construction
• Safety-critical matters?
• Leaks
• Tears
• Repairs
• COTS
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• Could sit behind a soil berm.  
• Bag could be gathered with other bags of water to form a large anchor.
• Bag could use the water of a pond and also be placed in the same pond.
• Water bags could be placed in the ocean or lake; the bags could be anchored to seabed or seashore to stop travel.
• Look into flexible freight bags.
• Look into flexible water tanks. But load-path webbing would be part of some solutions. We do not just want to tear a bag apart by the tension of a kite tether. 
• Pillow Tanks & Collapsible Water Tanks    These are not designed for tethering to a kite system; but the images are teasing.
• Safety-critical considerations:
  • Leaks
  • Tears
  • Could leaks or spills injure people or property
  • Biofilm   wiki/Biofilm
  • Anti-sliding remote anchoring.
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• At some kite-energy sites, a water-bag might allow easy start and easy de-commissioning where soil excavation would not be allowed.
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