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how does it get relaunched when it falls to the ground? I'm guessing: the same way you'd launch a regular kite: by starting with it off the ground and slowly l
by hugh3 16y ago
how does it get relaunched when it falls to the ground?
I'm guessing: the same way you'd launch a regular kite: by starting with it off the ground and slowly letting out the line. Possibly the propellors can be switched from generators to motors if it needs an extra boost.
A balloon would lose too much in drag. If they can actually solve the software problem to get these things up and flying autonomously, it'd be pretty darn effective.
- tlack 16y agoI thought the drag could be beneficial in a way similar to wave power generators: pull on the balloon would operate a hydraulic piston, etc.
- jemfinch 16y agoWhy guess when the answer is clear on the second frame of http://www.makanipower.com/concept/makani-m1/ http://www.makanipower.com/concept/makani-m1/ ?