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Control kite systems
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Control AWES, control FFAWE, control traction kites, control kiteboarding systems, control stunt kite systems, control arch kites, control single-line kites, control arch kites, control rotary ribbon kites, autonomy, cybernetics, robotics, programs, sensors, servo-mechanism, human manual controlling, active control, passive control, stability, recovery from upset, over-pressure mitigation, control rotation speeds, control line tension, control wing attitudes, control porosity, control area, control icing, control free-flight released wings, control signals that notify other aircraft of a system's presence, control swarms of kite systems, control kite farms, powering control systems, control of electrical systems in kite systems, actuators, logging events in a kite system, KIS principle for controls, control science, control scientists, COTS control devices, communicating status to target receivers, governors, limiters, triggers, switches, circuit breakers, timers, position sensing, control of position, mixed controllers, staged controlling, layers of control, loss of control, aerodynamic control surfaces, aerodynamic controls, controlling by use of temperature, controlling by use of airspeed, controlling by use of mechanical vibrations, controlling by use of electrical signals, controlling by use of pneumatics, controlling by use of position, controlling by use of tension in lines, control by voice commands, control by use of induced mechanical oscillations, see binary methods,

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Some tease:
Reference to one paper on control of AWES:   See post: AirborneWindEnergy/message/9294 for paper to paper which has
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Sensors:
  • line angle sensor
  • position sensor
  • airspeed sensor
  • tension sensor
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