Kite System and Method for Operating a Kite System
AssigneeSkySails Power GmbH
InventorsXaver Paulig, Christoph Heeckt, Bernd Specht, Felix Braun
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Abstract
A kite system having a kite (14) and a hauling rope (15) which extends between the kite (14) and a tow point (16). A marking holder (25) is disposed between the tow point (16) and the kite (14). The marking holder (25) is conceived for changing between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope (15), and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope (15). A fitting installation (31) initiates a changeover between the entrained state and the free-running state of the marking holder (25). The invention moreover relates to a method for operating a kite system.
Claims15
A kite system having a kite (14) and a hauling rope (15), wherein the hauling rope (15) extends between the kite (14) and a tow point (16), and having a marking holder (25) which is disposed between the tow point (16) and the kite (14), wherein the marking holder (25) is configured to change between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope (15), and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope (15), and having a fitting installation (31) that initiates a changeover between the entrained state and the free-running state of the marking holder (25).
A method for operating a kite system, in which a hauling rope (15) extends between a kite (14) and a tow point (16), said kite system including at least one marking holder (25) configured to change between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope (15), and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope (15), said method comprising the steps of:
- dispensing said hauling rope (15) through said at least one marking holder (25) while said at least one marking holder (25) is in the free-running state;
- monitoring a length of said hauling rope (15) dispensed through said at least one marking holder (25);
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- changing the at least one marking holder (25) from a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope (15) to an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope (15) once a predefined length of the hauling rope (15) has been dispensed.
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