Long duration test flight 2018
On the path to continuously operation the team set a record April. The Kite was operated beyond the limitation of the onboard battery and was landed with the same battery voltage as it had at take-off 2 hours and 6 minutes earlier.
Important milestone
The flight confirms that Kitemill is on schedule to reach the next big technical milestone, a 24 hours flight. During March marking lights for night flying was tested. Also in March, a 1 hour flight was performed only limited by the battery capacity. This limitation is now considered removed, as the team succeeded in adding a charging system and demonstrated the ability to mantain battery voltage through a 2 hours flight.
18 September 2020 14:34
The KM1 Spark kite automatic launch and landing
A strong focus of engineering of a more robust kite system pays off with great results in our August 2020 test campaings.
9 October 2018 09:50
The Spark kite produces power in tests
Further testing of the Spark kite with increased load. The kite flies very stable and the test was a success.
3 August 2018 09:42
Tethered flight with the Spark kite
This was one of the first flights with the Spark kite on tether. The flight was performed up to 450 meters height and successfully proved the kites dynamic performance in tethered flights.
18 July 2018 08:13
Animation of the principle
This animation shows the principle for kite energy production used by Kitemill.
31 October 2016 08:03
Company video
Video made in 2016 as a general presentation of Airborne Wind Energy, Kitemill and the team.