[anotheryou]

Have you seen these guys (makani)?

Kiting in an figure-8 with turbines instead of propellers (actually used as propellers for liftoff).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6NW0QeKLZA

That thing is also huuuge: https://makanipower.com/makani/images/pages/technology/cta.j...

longer vid with sound: https://youtu.be/hYxeni2vVOs?t=60

[starpilot]

There are quite a few companies working on this: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-beginners-gui...

[tekknolagi]

Looks like Google is shutting down Makani: https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/18/alphabet-takes-the-wind-ou...

[jacquesm]

Another one that - forgive me the pun - failed to take off.