makani
Open-source flight simulator, autopilot controller, and monitoring tools for the Makani airborne wind turbine project.
What is makani?
Makani is the open-sourced software suite from the Makani airborne wind turbine project, providing a complete flight simulator, autopilot controller, visualizer, and monitoring tools for kite-based wind energy systems. It enables simulation, testing, and control of commercial-scale airborne wind turbines, capturing the full software stack used in the M600 flight tests.
Researchers, engineers, and developers working on airborne wind energy, autonomous flight systems, kite power, and renewable energy innovation who need advanced simulation and control capabilities.
It offers a rare, production-proven codebase for airborne wind turbine control and simulation, with comprehensive tools for flight testing, data analysis, and system monitoring that can accelerate development in the renewable energy sector.
Overview
Makani was a project to develop a commercial-scale airborne wind turbine, culminating in a flight test of the Makani M600 off the coast of Norway. All Makani software has now been open-sourced. This repository contains the working Makani flight simulator, controller (autopilot), visualizer, and command center flight monitoring tools. Additionally, almost all avionics firmware is also included, albeit potentially not in a buildable state, due to the removal of some third-party proprietary code. We hope that this code will be inspirational and useful to the kite-based windpower and wider communities.
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