Right. The more I think about it I don’t want to have to have a big enough kite to lift a decent size sensor package. Even a cell phone its going to put a great load out there. Of course, what I mean is, I don’t want a big enough kite to lift off with that load. Sometimes the wind is erratic, and lifting that load from second one sounds like even more crashes than my skill usually encourages.
The solution of course is to lift the load after the fact. Now, I could do it as static load, probably something like twenty get from the kite itself. If I remember correctly, this is what many kite photographers do with much larger loads than I’m considering. Still, it seems dirty. Not in a bad way, but reduces the overall design value by implementing something entirely as a fix. What I’m envisioning would be a low energy rope climber. Now, I would be taking a hit on the weight, but it would also add functionality.
Kite not positioned where you want, move the load closer in. Kite to high, move the load down. Trying to get the max elevation, you’re not stopped at elevation minus twenty. About to make a water landing, panic retreat.
Now I’m thinking of how to make this happen. I should probably get the den cleaned some more and hang some string paths.
Peter's stuff.