Flying wind turbines
Dec. 13th, 2005 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
armbFlying wind turbines. Helium filled, with added Magnus effect lift, a bit like a rotor kite.
I can't see one attached to our house, even if it would get it above the trees. Rather fun though. (Years ago someone at an SF convention was proposing fleets of offshore balloons with wind turbines, tethered by power cables to oil-rig type structures. Those were a bit more orthodox looking, without the Magnus effect, just blimps with blades at one end.)
I can't see one attached to our house, even if it would get it above the trees. Rather fun though. (Years ago someone at an SF convention was proposing fleets of offshore balloons with wind turbines, tethered by power cables to oil-rig type structures. Those were a bit more orthodox looking, without the Magnus effect, just blimps with blades at one end.)