Adaptive Flight Path Control of Airborne Wind Energy Systems

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Adaptive Flight Path Control of Airborne Wind
Energy Systems
Tarek N. Dief, Uwe Fechner, Roland Schmehl, Shigeo Yoshida, Mostafa A. Rushdi
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