Take-off and landing of an AWE system using a multicopter

In this paper, the problem of take-off and landing of an airborne wind energy system is addressed. The solution explored is to equipe the airborne wing of the system with a multicopter drone in order to perform the take-off and land maneuvers, even in the absence of wind. The proposed model with the proposed control strategy is implemented and tested in a numerical environment. The results show efficiency of the proposed control law and its robustness with respect to modelling errors and wind gusts.