As someone who regularly flies hobby kites, I think it can be done.
Modern kites are made of nylon and kevlar. With regular maintenance these kites should last at least a decade. Cables might have to be replaced every few years.
As for the flying algorithm, I doubt it has to be very sophisticated at all, especially if the kite is itself designed to self right and stabilise. After all, a single line kite has 0 controls.
I sort of assumed it would power and depower like a kiteboarding kite to create work. You could probably depower by collapsing the kite leading edge and dragging it back in but that seems less efficient than flying it in a figure 8 to power and depower.
Modern kites are made of nylon and kevlar. With regular maintenance these kites should last at least a decade. Cables might have to be replaced every few years.
As for the flying algorithm, I doubt it has to be very sophisticated at all, especially if the kite is itself designed to self right and stabilise. After all, a single line kite has 0 controls.