STUNT KITES

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
AERIAL STUNT KITES	HACKMAN, RUTH	121 Wrigley Drive Lake Geneva WI 53147	stunt kites;
GRIFFIN	SWANSON, STAN	SUITE B 1840 SOUTH SANTA FE SANTA ANA CA 92705	stunt kites;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

One or more tethered platforms, each having three or more, mill rotors, are operated at altitudes in relatively high winds to generate electricity. These windmill kites use one or more electro-mechanical tethers on each platform. Their position, attitude and orientation are monitored by one or more GPS receivers and/or gyros and controlled through differential thrusts and torque-reactions produced by the mill rotors. The kites can be electrically powered from a ground supply during relatively calm periods, or landed if desired. During windy periods the kites may be used to generate electricity by tilting the rotors at an angle, or incidence to the on-coming wind. In this generate mode the mill rotors simultaneously develop thrust while generating electricity.