Just in from the post office: India Patent # 248480 A FLUID CURRENT MOTOR FOR EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM THE WIND Issue Date: July 18, 2011 Inventor: DOUGLAS...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 1, 2012 11:28 pm
Rotational physics can be celebrated in comic fashion today as we go round the sun one more time. It was certainly celebrated that way in my house last night....
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 2, 2012 2:47 am
Roddy,  Our fancy new kite physics, as coolIP, is not more expensive, just more explanatory and inspirational. To reason about our AWE problems at the...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 9:33 am
Yeah, I love that description, thanks Dave. I'll keep trying to evolve my designs with that high order state in mind as quick as I can. Q. What is the...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 3:20 pm
A link to my latest scheme... https://sites.google.com/site/kitepowerresearch/project-updates/toptiedm\ ountainpassfollowingtower ...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 2, 2012 6:17 pm
Yes you are right Dave S. Approximating the Earth's surfaace as flat, and sticking with Newtonian physics for your rotating parts - woops in your case,...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 6:26 pm
yeah hmmm, you sussed me Doug. you'll probably not be too surprised if I go into the details of some of my flashes of inspiration. Roderick J Read...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Jan 2, 2012 6:44 pm
Cannons, guns, missiles, and rockets in AWESs?Launching?Downing?Modifying?Packet placement?Notice that the cannons, guns, or rockets may be ground-based,...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Jan 2, 2012 6:52 pm
Flowing: Cannons, guns, missiles, and rockets in AWESs * Laser gun using energy gained in the AWES for sending energy to targets for various reasons. *...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Jan 2, 2012 7:13 pm
Netherlands. Jan Westerink. Video: Historical Rocket Kite Launch <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxxbMfYY9Bw>...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 7:21 pm
Expansion on the use of rockets to grab kites...Joe, I tend to be inspired by toys, My rocket is much less military than my brother flies. I have intended a...
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Bob Stuart
carcyclebob
Jan 2, 2012 7:38 pm
I was just thinking about soda-bottle rockets using compressed air and water, and wondering how much higher you could get using the same air bottle running a...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 7:52 pm
Making a spud canon is an essential part of later childhood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEhtFYQ7dxM <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEhtFYQ7dxM> You can...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 2, 2012 8:25 pm
 I finally got to read Clive Hart's great "KITES, An Historical Survey"; the late great Valerie Govig's personal copy held by the World Kite Museum. The...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 2, 2012 8:49 pm
I've finally given the TACO a once over.It's thorough.I hope the stringency in standards won't overly affect RAD.Openness is essential and does have to take...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 3, 2012 12:58 am
Rod wrote- I've finally given the TACO a once over. It's thorough. I hope the stringency in standards won't overly affect RAD. Â Â Â TACOÂ intent is to...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Jan 3, 2012 11:50 am
The LAGI competition opens today. Our designs can be particularly matched to this kind of competition... they are beautiful and graceful, they can match the...
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Dan
spiralairfoil
Jan 3, 2012 6:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswBDZuL-8w&feature=share Instead of a backwards drag based system a forward leading attack lifter should be developed, this...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 3, 2012 8:18 pm
Numerous ancient images and accounts depict multiple tethers on kites. As a stability factor, these lines were often spread apart to varied extents, even...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 4, 2012 3:25 pm
Don't your FAA rules specify anchor at a single point? Maybe last week when you were touting the advantages of drafting rules ahead of the machines, multiple...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 4, 2012 4:12 pm
Hi Dave S. It is true that, for some people, thinking is not a waste of time. Others seem to do an awful lot of thinking that is completely illogical or...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 4, 2012 6:00 pm
Pessimistic? That AWE will forever remain an open field? No that's actually great for me. It's reassuring that there's really no competition yet. I hope it...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 4, 2012 7:09 pm
Doug wrote> Don't your FAA rules specify anchor at a single point? Maybe last week when you were touting the advantages of drafting rules ahead of the...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 4, 2012 7:54 pm
Doug,  Your message never once referenced the actual subject topic; of small-scale experimental AWE classes linked to hobby avaition user groups. That idea...
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dave santos
santos137
Jan 4, 2012 11:36 pm
Kites are often classed between flat kites and boxes, as well as between single and multi-kites. Although highly three-dimensional and/or...
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mk
vacuum1313
Jan 4, 2012 11:46 pm
What about a compressed air cannon to launch a power kite? Foam sabot that has a trigger to open it when working altitude is reached? Could allow launching in...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Jan 5, 2012 4:51 am
http://www.laboratoridenvol.com/projects/bhl/bhl.html <http://www.laboratoridenvol.com/projects/bhl/bhl.html> Happy new year! And good news...! I finished the...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 5, 2012 3:28 pm
Stay on topic? What a great idea. Perhaps we should have a simple litmus test for nonsense here. We could start restricting who is allowed to post. We could...
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Doug
dougselsam
Jan 5, 2012 3:37 pm
Dave S. So your position is that: 1) multi-anchor point systems are the (new) final answer to AWE; 2) Making rules now is (was) advisable; 3) The first rules...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Jan 5, 2012 4:04 pm
Some notes on "more than one line" to airborne aircraft to moorings that are soil moored, vehicle moored, free-falling mooring operating, powered-aircraft...
