Patent ID: 9329096
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,G01L,G01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a tether coupled to a ground station; an aerial vehicle coupled to the tether and configured to fly in a given path relative to the ground station based on a length of the tether; one or more load cells coupled to the tether to provide information indicative of a tether force between the tether and the aerial vehicle, wherein the one or more load cells are arranged in a given arrangement indicative of a direction of the tether force; and a controller determining an acceleration of the aerial vehicle flying in the given path, and the controller determining, based on the determined acceleration and the tether force indicated by the information from the one or more load cells, an angle-of-attack of the aerial vehicle, wherein the angle-of-attack is between a direction of wind incident on the aerial vehicle and a plane defined by a longitudinal axis of the aerial vehicle and a lateral axis of the aerial vehicle.