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 ...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 26, 2012 9:26 am
I like the look of the rotational aerofoil ribbon dynamic.But I still think the generation should be kept on the surface.With a diameter that large,...
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Bob Stuart
carcyclebob
Apr 26, 2012 9:38 am
If you had two belt and pulley systems sending power to the ground, and you wanted to go with torque instead, you might start by adding 50% to the length of...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 26, 2012 9:48 am
Bob, I was only suggesting running connection carriages around on a cableway near the surface. I would want the whole tower rotating above....
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Doug
dougselsam
Apr 26, 2012 1:08 pm
Ha ha - another "new" idea......
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 26, 2012 1:17 pm
I'm not sure that this is technically airborne, but it's off the ground. Here's a model built in the loft yesterday.http://youtu.be/dhZsCLEe5gM ...
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Doug
dougselsam
Apr 26, 2012 1:27 pm
Glad someone is waking up to the possibilities. The floating, tilting, offshore turbine concept was originally my idea. They show a single level of what...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 26, 2012 1:38 pm
I see floating tilting generators in US6616402... but not as a group, and not raising and lowering above the water. We have talked about US6616402 before and...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
Apr 26, 2012 7:43 pm
At any appropriate juncture, we have Doug's invite to form agreements with him for collaborative progress....
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Dan Parker
spiralairfoil
Apr 26, 2012 8:03 pm
Hi Roderick, If this is a tensioned structure could not the genny be placed on terra firma, using long belt to transfer power down to the...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 27, 2012 7:22 am
Thanks Dan,Yes You're right. And I had a design like that. where the whole tower genny at the bottom and wind vane at the top were mounted on slew bearings. It...
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Doug
dougselsam
Apr 27, 2012 1:24 pm
Roderick: I did not mention any barriers, just that the entire concept of a floating, tilting, offshore wind turbine was originally my idea. I introduced it....
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 28, 2012 8:22 am
could the London eye be retrofitted with kites for generation?...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 28, 2012 8:32 am
Doug, it's a great patent and I really admire that. Don't get me wrong. I'm sorry to hear that nobody cited you in continuing upon your concept and knowledge...
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christopher carlin
christopher.m.carlin@...
Apr 29, 2012 2:58 am
Good question. Not sure how it lies relative to prevailing winds. Probably doesn't take much energy to drive it. Would be neat to put sails on the wires and...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 30, 2012 11:17 am
OK, this isn't quite what I said I'd draw,,, but I think it'd be better http://youtu.be/N-xdzpEanxo <http://youtu.be/N-xdzpEanxo> It's a semi submerged sea...
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dave santos
santos137
Apr 30, 2012 4:46 pm
Its a nice trend to see yet another gigascale AWES concept like Dr. Sjef Beaujean's. How wildly imaginative to see a SuperTurbine(R) in it. Doug may be...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
Apr 30, 2012 8:24 pm
slight update... <http://youtu.be/GYVBevi2Sjg> ring kites included...
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blturner3
May 1, 2012 2:17 pm
What program do you use for your drawings and animations. I have tried to use Sketchup but it does not draw strings well. Brian...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
May 1, 2012 2:23 pm
An old copy of rhinoceros 2.0. I had it on my computer from teaching technology. I did some of my drawings in a newer version 4.0. It was only a trial and now...
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harry valentine
harryc11
May 1, 2012 3:49 pm
Marvellous concept on paper . . . . amazing concept when animated on screen. Be even more interesting to see a functioning prototype go airborne. Perhaps the...
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Doug
dougselsam
May 2, 2012 1:18 pm
Harry: Yes I'd say first power one home. That's a realistic test. That's how it's done. - Doug S. (writing from a rural, wind-powered location)......
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blturner3
May 3, 2012 2:46 am
Perhaps you guys discussed this as it happened before I was on the list, but I found the report interesting. A Cessna 182 hit the tether to the aerostat in the...
Geez 12 people killed by kites in Pakistan? Throats cut by kite strings? God forbid they get ahold of a Frisbee! Maybe that's why - hey wait - they already...
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roderickjosephread
roderickjose...
May 3, 2012 1:26 pm
A little bit of compassion and consideration would not go astray In our quest for glory, maybe one of us will win a Darwin award, as well as inventor of the...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
May 3, 2012 8:15 pm
More extensive drawings including wind deflector and arrays: http://www.google.com/patents/US8148838 <http://www.google.com/patents/US8148838> Systems and...
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Robert Copcutt
robcopcutt
May 3, 2012 8:53 pm
see; http://profeng.com/cover-story/sustainability-by-numbers/page:1 In March I tried to convince David that Makani was not the most promising wind energy...
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Joe Faust
joe_f_90032
May 3, 2012 10:17 pm
<http://www.google.com/patents?id=U1ctAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA4&ci=169%2C22\ 3%2C369%2C323&source=bookclip> Groundgen with loop....
