Wow thanks for the response folks. If you look at an email from about two weeks back. There was a video link from Delft University. Part of the video had, had ...
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Bob Stuart
carcyclebob
Apr 22, 2012 8:32 pm
My favourite use for old tires is with two side plates and two reed valves to make a pump chamber. There are many ways to operate this from kite power, the...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 22, 2012 8:44 pm
Bob Stewart response to the possible uses of tyres got me thinking... My favourite is making shelters for lobsters... tie 4 tyres together, You fill the bottom...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 22, 2012 8:50 pm
oops sorry not a new mode at all. Discussed here before. Still think it could be very efficient. using line tension directly on a pulley set on the seafloor....
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Bob Stuart
carcyclebob
Apr 22, 2012 8:50 pm
Aye, if there's no uplands handy to the coast, the underwater air- compression bladder makes sense. I hate losing the heat of compression, but at tire-type...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 12:03 am
An experimental test set-up for launch/recovery of an Airborne WindEnergy (AWE) system ...
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blturner3
Apr 23, 2012 3:58 pm
Yes, cool. Roddy has now crossed the line from talking to doing. I should join you. :) Side note http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekman_spiral I'm sure Dave...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 4:51 pm
http://www.energykitesystems.net/0/KITESA/FAQelectric/glossary/index.htm\ l <http://www.energykitesystems.net/0/KITESA/FAQelectric/glossary/index.ht\ ml> leads...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 4:54 pm
Open for ever safer use of line in AWES scenes ... Start: Cordage Institute International Guideline CI 1401-06 • Safer Use of Fiber Rope • May 2006 ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 5:00 pm
http://www.ropecord.com/new/publications.php <http://www.ropecord.com/new/publications.php> Many documents are free in the online download format....
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 6:26 pm
What we have from Alexander Muzhichkov of awenergy.ru and regular member herein: AWECS from Chinese Dragon kite http://youtu.be/rkDn_jXDXwE ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 7:05 pm
(thanks to Alexander Muzhichkov of awenergy.ru for tip on URL for the following news on a concept by Dutch group: Two articles by Darius Snieckus ...
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harry valentine
harryc11
Apr 23, 2012 8:39 pm
It would be amazing if this concept actually works and performs as the designers intend. Harry To: AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 11:30 pm
Some tugging of big items in 2001 might be part of the mindset of Bogey Venio <http://www.google.com/patents?id=r0cNAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA4&ci=125%2C97\ ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 11:36 pm
Name-spelling correction: Correct is Venlo as in the first post. <http://www.google.com/patents?id=r0cNAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&dq=6540440&pg=PA4&\ ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 23, 2012 11:51 pm
Clarification: Bogey Venlo B.V. is a company in city of Venlo in Netherlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlo> Civil...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 24, 2012 12:05 am
http://www.eurospiraal.com/concept.php <http://www.eurospiraal.com/concept.php> Some contact info. I'll pause. Thanks....
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blturner3
Apr 24, 2012 2:47 am
I think making an aircraft unmanned, tethered and remote greatly decreases the risk to life and property. Low risk should be the same as low complexity from a...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 24, 2012 3:45 pm
<<Da oggi e per le prossime settimane pubblichiamo i seminari di Kitegen, a cura dell’Ing.Andrea Papini ..>> ...
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Doug
dougselsam
Apr 24, 2012 10:12 pm
The world is powered by wind turbines that mostly also make their own wind. A typical car is powered by: air pressure pushing against metal disc-shaped...
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blturner3
Apr 25, 2012 1:11 am
http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/wind-turbine-makes-clean-water-desert.html http://www.eolewater.com/gb/our-products/range.html This is rather...
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Bob Stuart
carcyclebob
Apr 25, 2012 2:33 am
I'm not sure the author of that article understood the process. Where does the steam come from? People have had success in collecting water in deserts from...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 25, 2012 9:36 am
If this was facebook / google I'd, Love or +1 that post. All these forums are definitely powered by a lot of hot air....
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 25, 2012 2:07 pm
We have made contact with Dr. Sjef Beaujean. He has given us a link to a direct site: Home <http://www.energykitesystems.net/index.html> Your notes ...
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Doug
dougselsam
Apr 25, 2012 2:15 pm
Interesting concept which has been discussed for years. Nice to see someone actually doing it - or are they? Is this a working product, or a hopeful rendering?...
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dave santos
santos137
Apr 25, 2012 3:00 pm
The grandest instance of Water from Wind was Polynesians on Great Proas able to fly kites into clouds with sea-sponges attached, and after a time bring the...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 25, 2012 3:43 pm
During the "public consultation" period regarding the Beaujean system developments, a collection of notes will be accumulated at ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 25, 2012 3:49 pm
http://www.energykitesystems.net/WaterCollectionFromSky/index.html <http://www.energykitesystems.net/WaterCollectionFromSky/index.html> will collect the...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 25, 2012 4:51 pm
Which will win for ship propulsion? * http://www.gizmag.com/next-gen-ships-sails-lower-fuel-use/22289/ ...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 25, 2012 4:55 pm
http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/12748.htm <http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/12748.htm> Anything there for kiting and perhaps AWES? Turning inside out in ...
