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Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1153-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1153-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
Research article
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27 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 27 Jun 2025

A small-scale and autonomous testbed for three-line delta kites applied to airborne wind energy

Francisco DeLosRíos-Navarrete, Jorge González-García, Iván Castro-Fernández, and Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga

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This work presents a small-scale machine capable of flying delta kites with three lines for airborne wind energy research, that is, the extraction of energy from high-altitude winds using aircraft. Its built-in controller allows it to operate autonomously, demonstrated by two test flights that are presented and compared. Additionally, the results obtained by the analysis of the data will help to further improve the control and better understand the behavior of these devices.
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