Prototype of Flying Electrical Generator
A prototype of the Flying Electrical Generator is tested, first in powered flight mode, then in electricity generating mode. The rotors harnessing the wind power have a diameter of 4.6 metres (15 feet)
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MondoMedia7 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
this is making the …
this is making the SkyStream 3.7 look better all the time!
222bored said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
This is a test …
This is a test version, nothing more. The real thing would be *much* larger and stronger. The idea is that winds several thousand feet up are typically stronger and more constant, so flying this at those heights would make for more constant power. This is *not* for home use.
The rotors are powered by the wind (like a gyro kite) and are connected to generators.
william112004 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
its simple! example …
its simple! example, take an electric motor connect it to a small bulb with wire & turn the motor the bulb will light up bec of the electricity generated by the motor
Unguidedone said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Is that like a Gyro …
Is that like a Gyro Kite generator?
nl59 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
good point!
good point!
vjdirtyhenry said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Yes but the Wright …
Yes but the Wright Brother’s flyer was a prototype
kjbacon said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Will I have to have …
Will I have to have extra coverage on my house for when the wind stops blowing? Why would I want the generator to fly on a teather rather than just mount it on a pole where it is safe when the wind does not blow?
benkettle said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
i’m not seeing how …
i’m not seeing how that generates energy
ohuk said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
great a copter for …
great a copter for stick insects and victoria beckham
nl59 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
but most of these …
but most of these contraptions shown are just gimics and prototypes with so many flaws. Like for example that gyroplane is like floating polystyrene. to expensive for what it does.
GTEskee said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
dumb shit!! go to …
dumb shit!! go to school and learn a bout gyro copters/autogyros
siman321 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
I like contra …
I like contra rotating helicopter better it was a working model not a computer simulation
3kliksphilip said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Everything starts …
Everything starts off very basic, before expanding. Cars, computers, your vocabulary…
elfcounsul said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
We need more people …
We need more people willing to experiment with new technologies, or adapt old technology like the gyroplane shown above.
kahlesstiberius said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
so we don’t really …
so we don’t really need oil….WOW.
tell bush and his cronies.maybe they will crawl under his gold plated rock and die rich and happy
digitalbroadcaster said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Everyone is wrong! …
Everyone is wrong! The machine has two motors connected to an electricity supply. The fans spin at high speed, generating wind that blows the turbines on wind farms thousands of miles away. Okay, not really..BUT the generators are too small and once loaded, would stall. Battery charging only perhaps?
emochav15 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
blah blah blah the …
blah blah blah the idea of that will blast right back in their faces when the machines develop minds of their own ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
energyadvertiser said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
I was replying to …
I was replying to 12ob8logland who said ‘could this end up being yet another source of power just like solar power which ends up pretty much useless?’
lamnaa said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
The catch o matic …
The catch o matic 4000
Docv400 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Who’s going to …
Who’s going to catch them when the wind suddenly drops though?
MariosTackle said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
and ..
and ..
energyadvertiser said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Solar power is the …
Solar power is the second fastest growing energy resource on the planet, after wind.
Fentanyl3 said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
LOL huh lol huh doh …
LOL huh lol huh doh the props don’t keep it airborne the wind does, the Rotors are turned by wind passing over them
ghhyrd said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Who is going to …
Who is going to complain? Free energy in voltage of millions!
WarzSchoolchild said :
August 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Back in the 1970’s …
Back in the 1970’s Stunt-Kites were all the craze, a dozen or so on two strings. Now we have all fabric flying wings. some can lift a grown man into the air! Why stick to rotary motion? Faraday also works in linear alternators. Mmmmm? Two sets of kites? one goes up, the other down?
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