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I have done considerable thinking along these lines. I think that watersport kites should be used initially, thus avoiding much trial and error that is history. Developers should concentrate on cross wind performance, which is the best point of sail for these kites, and allows very high power generation for almost the entire path. I see the ground installation as using ski lift cable technology, to extract high power from a single DC generator. Many more kites, than in above picture, can fly the same crosswind narrow oval path, in unison, generating higher power. I am an experienced engineer and inventor, who would like to work in this area.
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