POSITIONING DEVICE FOR FREELY FLYING SAIL OF KITE TYPE ON WIND DRIVEN WATERBORNE CRAFT Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B63H9/06 B64C31/06 B63H19/04 

FIELD: shipbuilding.

SUBSTANCE: proposed group of inventions relates to a positioning device for a freely flying sail of the kite type on wind driven waterborne craft. The positioning device for the freely flying sail of the kite type is made with a profile of a lifting wing, used as an exclusive, auxiliary or emergency actuator, which is joined by a hauling rope to the waterborne craft. The device has a windlass, which has apparatus, which if the first pulling force is less than the given and/or oncoming or past flow separation, enable equalisation and/or if the first pulling force and/or if the given speed of incident flow is exceeded, the apparatus provide for relieving the hauling rope. To generate energy, the waterborne craft with the positioning device has a generator driven by water flow outside. The generator feeds the generated electrical energy into an accumulator.

EFFECT: provision for automatic balancing the position of the sail in accordance with wind conditions.

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