Developing a kite system that’s got all the moves for Independent
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The Vision
The budget for a prototype has replaced the budget for an animated video, for which I had these models created. Of more interest, Rob Denney designed the Harryproa C50 Cruiser, which inspired the above concept boat. It energized me when Rob said he found nothing crippling the kite idea (yet) and that he was keen on being involved in future development.
The boat is a vision. For now, I’m making a genuinely real-deal, all-day, automatable power kite-bot. I’ll wind up with the expertise to help others who want big kites to do stuff.
Many Milvus milvi
What are the problems with kite sailing? How will we solve them? Read this manifesto.
About Me
I am Seth Carlson, a Californian with a currently un-used chemistry background. I’m switching gears, working un-traditional hours for more days off to pursue goals. Currently taking core prerequisite courses to enter an electronic engineering master’s program in a year or two.
When I learned how to get up and downwind on a kite board in 2021, I wondered why kite boats hadn’t replaced most sailboats, and started coming up with ideas to make it happen. My naivety has evolved since then.
Just before I had the “many-kites” idea, I moved in February 2023 from the beach in California to live with my land-locked partner in Berlin, Germany. Luckily, we live next to Tempelhofer Feld, a repurposed airfield where I can test the initial one-kite prototype — first stationary on a ground anchor, then in motion on a land yacht.
One of my first successful jumps, back in 2021. Since then, anytime a camera pointed at me, my ability to land anything halfway-stylish disappeared. That aside, I am still this stoked to get thrown around by a kite.
Talk to Me
Have questions? I am happy to consider your ideas.
Eager to support the project? You are more important than your money. But if you want to. . .