🪁 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.
⚙ Under the hood
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