Kite Simulator

[cosmodog]

Here's my attempt at some physics programming:

Pics:
http://www.flysim.com/kitesim/kitesim_features.html

Download:
http://www.flysim.com/kitesim/kitesim_download.html

Uses Verlet intregration and very simplified aero - but the results are OK. Several things worked out without special case programming. In gusty conditions, a real kite will sometimes overfly the window, slack lines and fall out of the sky. This can also happen in the simulator.

Have fun,
J.R.