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🪁 Kite Flying in the Wind - 2D Force Balance and Tether Angle

2D companion: a side-view force diagram of a tethered kite with lift, drag and weight arrows, closed-form equilibrium elevation angle and tension versus wind speed, and gust response.

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Kite Flying in the Wind - 2D Force Balance and Tether Angle ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion: a side-view force diagram of a tethered kite with lift, drag and weight arrows, closed-form equilibrium elevation angle and tension versus wind speed, and gust response.

KiteLiftDragAerodynamicsCanvas 2D

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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