. . . "Worcester Polytechnic Institute" . . "2008" . "2021-01-08T11:54:20.346240103-05:00"^^ . "http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" . "This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review." . . "Olinger, David J." . "StudentWork" . "2020-01-14T04:59:16.914778186-05:00"^^ . "E-project-042408-075921" . "depositor@wpi.edu" . . "2008-04-24" . "DeCuir, Michael George" . "Colschen, Christopher Michael" . "Lovejoy, Erik John" . "von Gal Hurgin, Max V." . "Simone, Nicholas William" . "Buckley, Ryan Patrick" . . "Major Qualifying Project" . "Wind Power from Kites 2008" . "Mechanical Engineering" . . "The goal of this project was to design and build a one-kilowatt scale system for generating power using a kite. Kite power has the potential to be more economical than using wind turbines because kites can fly higher than turbines can operate. In the developed system, a large windboarding kite pulls the end of a long rocking arm which turns a generator and creates electricity. This motion is repeated using a mechanism that changes the angle of attack of the kite during each cycle, thus varying its lift force and allowing a rocking motion of the arm. All sub-components of the system have been lab tested and field tested. The system has produced power under restricted conditions. A future application for this system will be in a developing nation without access to a power grid." . . "ActiveFedora::Aggregation::ListSource" . . . . .