Philip1111 - 23-9-2004 at 03:36 AM
For a college project i am going to make a control bar, for a 4 line kite.
I am hopeing to get some fed back as to what you guys would want from a control.
do you want it to be: easier on the arms to move the kite around?
more movement of the kite for less movement of the bar?
smoother acceleration?
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jangla - 24-9-2004 at 07:20 AM
How about some kind of "active" bar i.e. one that gave more turn than the amount given to the system. One that, for example, would flex so
that, say 6 inches of input on the left side actually produced 12 inches of force on that side plus 6 inches of give on the other side. like power
assisted steering on a car...but for a kite. I'm thinking of some system whereby the bar flexes on the side you are pulling and simultaneously
gives on the other side. You may even be able to achieve this through a simple pulley system but as it's the bar you're interested in, you
would have to make the bar itself reactive.