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Articles | Volume 9, issue 12
Articles | Volume 9, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2261-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2261-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 12
Research article
 | 
29 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2024

Measurement of the turning behaviour of tethered membrane wings using automated flight manoeuvres

Christoph Elfert, Dietmar Göhlich, and Roland Schmehl

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This article presents a tow test procedure for measuring the steering behaviour of tethered membrane wings. The experimental set-up includes a novel onboard sensor system for measuring the position and orientation of the towed wing, complemented by an attached low-cost multi-hole probe for measuring the relative flow velocity vector at the wing. The measured data (steering gain and dead time) can be used to improve kite models and simulate the operation of airborne wind energy systems.
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