Tether set and resistive set remain to make a kite system. The topic regards resistive set as not having reels, winches, drums, but rather just other resistive members. The most common example is a fixed soil anchor; have lines out to the wings; fly the system for practical works; have no winch or drum or reel in the system.
Another example is a bag and hand; collect the line of an elementary kite system into a line bag or box or pail.
In larger scale, consider AWES without having a winch, drum, or reel. Consider other means of line handling. Consider line on ground or along raised way. Have control and kill lines. Have remote controls for wing parts. And much more. Down the AWES without winching or reeling or drumming the line set. Consider controls that bring the wings down. Consider releases into glider means for the wings in some downing choices. Consider gliders morphing to kite systems by dropping lines to anchor points.

Much adventure.  Some teasing matters: No line wear from drumming or reel or winch interface. No expenses for the winch system. And more.  Open for the adventure.

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•  ~ Joe Faust      23April2014           Discuss >

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  • Consider the line-storage method of wrapping line in a figure-8 manner; using the line from such storage keeps twists from the line.   ~ JoeF
  • Bag line in a manner that is exactly reversed to keep twists from the flying line sets. ~ JoeF
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