Comments on: Kite-Powered Generator http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DeLuxe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1870416 DeLuxe Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:53:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1870416 A 'laddermill' would even be better: it is fully wind driven (so yes, it's a modern version of the windmill. Only much bigger and much more energy efficient. http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=8d16d19a-e942-45aa-9b52-48deb9312e92 A ‘laddermill’ would even be better: it is fully wind driven (so yes, it’s a modern version of the windmill. Only much bigger and much more energy efficient.

http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=8d16d19a-e942-45aa-9b52-48 deb9312e92

]]> By: BamaChris http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869780 BamaChris Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869780 This is cool. Technology is cool. Word This is cool. Technology is cool. Word

]]> By: whitcwa http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869548 whitcwa Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:53:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869548 The advantage is that they fly "to altitudes of 2,600 feet, where wind streams are four times as strong as they are near ground-based wind turbines." The kite collapses when it reaches the end of its tether, so it is easier to rewind. What happens when the wind stops and the huge kite crashes at the end of a half mile tether? The advantage is that they fly “to altitudes of 2,600 feet, where wind streams are four times as strong as they are near ground-based wind turbines.”
The kite collapses when it reaches the end of its tether, so it is easier to rewind.
What happens when the wind stops and the huge kite crashes at the end of a half mile tether?

]]> By: MadMolecule http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869492 MadMolecule Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:23:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869492 I'm having trouble grasping how this is an improvemenet over a windmill. I suppose you could let the kite out, have it collapse, and then have a wind-powered device to reel it back in; but then why not just use the wind-driven device to generate all the energy in the first place? I’m having trouble grasping how this is an improvemenet over a windmill. I suppose you could let the kite out, have it collapse, and then have a wind-powered device to reel it back in; but then why not just use the wind-driven device to generate all the energy in the first place?

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869318 Christophe Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:41:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869318 It's the same than a windmill : NIMBY! ;p It’s the same than a windmill : NIMBY!
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]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869291 Johnny Cat Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:13:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869291 Again, in post-apoc world, you don't want to draw attention to yourself, plus there's the potential for mobility with this design. May have to break camp and head to the mountains. Again, in post-apoc world, you don’t want to draw attention to yourself, plus there’s the potential for mobility with this design. May have to break camp and head to the mountains.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869284 Alex Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:52:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869284 So, how is that different or better than a windmill? So, how is that different or better than a windmill?

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869277 Johnny Cat Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:30:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869277 Yeah, I'd add a hand crank to that retrieving the kite thing. It wouldn't be that hard, so then you could repeat the process over and over. Just add cheap labor, or in the case of post-apocalypse, the young, and generate away! :) Yeah, I’d add a hand crank to that retrieving the kite thing. It wouldn’t be that hard, so then you could repeat the process over and over. Just add cheap labor, or in the case of post-apocalypse, the young, and generate away! :)

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869263 Alex Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:43:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869263 Wouldn't the cranking back the spool to retract the kit expend more energy than the kite could possibly generate in the first place? Wouldn’t the cranking back the spool to retract the kit expend more energy than the kite could possibly generate in the first place?

]]> By: whitcwa http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/kite-powered-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-1869208 whitcwa Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:55:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26883#comment-1869208 Do you have to file a flight plan? Airplane safety aside, it seems like a good idea. Do you have to file a flight plan? Airplane safety aside, it seems like a good idea.

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