ALLEN HARRIS IBARA
Pilots at Whitman Ct, San Carlos, CA

2010023, Sep 16, 2010

Sep 25, 2009

12/566675

Joeben Bevirt - Santa Cruz CA, US
Jeffrey K. Gibboney - Menlo Park CA, US
Giles M. Biddison - Santa Cruz CA, US
David D. Craig - Santa Cruz CA, US
Allen Harris Ibara - San Carlos CA, US

B64C 31/06, G05D 1/00

244175, 244153 R, 244 751

A control system and method for control of a cyclical flying system which uses lift segments, which may be airfoils, which rotate around a central hub, similar to the mechanics of an autogyro. The airfoils may achieve speeds significantly above the wind speed feeding the system. The airfoils may be linked to the central hub by flexible radial tethers which stiffen considerably as the speed of the airfoil increases. The central hub may be linked to the ground with an extendible main tether. Power generation turbines may reside on the airfoils and utilize the high apparent wind speed for power generation. The generated power may travel down the radial tethers and across a rotating power conduit to the main tether and to the ground. The airborne assembly may have the rotational speed of the airfoils, its altitude, and its attitude controlled by using control surfaces linked to the airfoils, or by control of the angle of attack of the airfoils relative to a central hub, or relative to each other. The attitude and altitude sensors and the control system may be airborne and may be part of the rotating assembly. The airborne assembly can be moved to areas of appropriate wind speed for the system using these controls.