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by UncleOxidant 1686 days ago
> What's the reason for the emphasis on weight? .... As an example, Makani's Y-bridle design to attach the tether to the kite introduce stability issues

It's quite possible that if their kiteplane was much lighter that these tether issues would have been much less of a problem. Remember that the Makani tether also had to include some copper cable for power transmission to the ground. That makes the tether itself heavy as well.