Structures from aft of wing to main tether

Aft of Wing to Main Tether (AoWtMT)

Speculative applications of structures from aft of wing to main tether:

Active control of wing
- Have a fairlead at the main tether for routing a line from the AoWtMT structure to a human or machine control station.
Hammock for humans
Passive control of wing
- Various sub-structures on AoWtMT might be variably stationed and sized
- Notice the options for ruddering the wing with AoWtMT. Yaw.
Urgent depowering of wing with release of main tether from wing near wing; then the wing flops to depend just on the AoWtMT structure; the wing will feather in the stream with much less power.
Passive control for the wing from the AoWtMT. Notes: Main tether twist excess could wrap the AoWtMT if such is a line or ribbon; care of set-off is up for consideration; connection by slip-ring might be better in order to let any torque of the main tether unaffect the AoWtMT structure.
- Observed that some configurations of the AoWtMT can nicely keep the angle of a tailing action precisely as wanted; this should be fully explored, specified, analyzed, photographed. Comparisons.
Some progress on 26 Jan 2014. Some clue announced: AirborneWindEnergy/conversations/messages/11165