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Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
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Liquid Force Kite Control System Design, Brendan Kerr, Brodie Sutherland, Alden Simmer
Liquid Force Kite Control System Design, Brendan Kerr, Brodie Sutherland, Alden Simmer
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Kiteboarding is an ocean sport wherein the participant, also known as a kiter, uses a large inflatable bow shaped kite to plane across the ocean on a surfboard or wakeboard. The rider is connected to his or her kite via a control bar system. This control system allows the kiter to steer the kite and add or remove power from the kite, in order to change direction and increase or decrease speed. This senior project focused on creating a new control bar system to replace a control bar system manufactured by a kiteboarding company, Liquid Force. The current Liquid Force …