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That's awesome. I mentioned Bucky's "Cloud Nine" on a comment of yours ten days ago, it seems you're all over it, eh? Have you seen Alexander G. Bell's cellul

That's awesome. I mentioned Bucky's "Cloud Nine" on a comment of yours ten days ago, it seems you're all over it, eh? Have you seen Alexander G. Bell's cellular geodesic kites? I feel like a cellular system makes sense because it would be easier to manufacture and assemble large systems out of collections of smaller systems.

dr_dshiv 5y ago
Yes! The cellular approach, with a combination of kite power and hydrogen… seems like a lot of force. I’ve wondered about a sea anchor turbine, where the lifting power changes from day to night would spin the turbine, and provide enough power to keep the airship or platform in place (eg, to do cloud seeding duties)
- carapace 5y ago
  > The cellular approach, with a combination of kite power and hydrogen… seems like a lot of force. Riiiight? :) The (defunct) Magenn co. had the idea of making Magnus effect pontoons that would stay aloft and generate electricity. https://newatlas.com/magenn-mars-floating-wind-generator/11109/ https://newatlas.com/magenn-mars-floating-wind-generator/111... http://energykitesystems.net/0/Magenn/ http://energykitesystems.net/0/Magenn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect I like to say that the Magnus effect is to the wing as the wheel is to the sled runner. (BTW, the link on your HN profile has some sort of problem. "connection has timed out")
  - dr_dshiv 5y ago
    Thanks for the tip. Fixed! Do you know this paper? It’s a fave. Magnus effect ftw! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2012.0086 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2012.008...
    - carapace 5y ago
      I haven't seen that paper before but I've heard of similar ideas. It seems like it might be helpful, but I'd be wary of unintended side effects, eh?

3 ms·

That's awesome. I mentioned Bucky's "Cloud Nine" on a comment of yours ten days ago, it seems you're all over it, eh? Have you seen Alexander G. Bell's cellul

by carapace 5y ago

dr_dshiv 5y ago
Yes! The cellular approach, with a combination of kite power and hydrogen… seems like a lot of force. I’ve wondered about a sea anchor turbine, where the lifting power changes from day to night would spin the turbine, and provide enough power to keep the airship or platform in place (eg, to do cloud seeding duties)
- carapace 5y ago
  > The cellular approach, with a combination of kite power and hydrogen… seems like a lot of force. Riiiight? :) The (defunct) Magenn co. had the idea of making Magnus effect pontoons that would stay aloft and generate electricity. https://newatlas.com/magenn-mars-floating-wind-generator/11109/ https://newatlas.com/magenn-mars-floating-wind-generator/111... http://energykitesystems.net/0/Magenn/ http://energykitesystems.net/0/Magenn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect I like to say that the Magnus effect is to the wing as the wheel is to the sled runner. (BTW, the link on your HN profile has some sort of problem. "connection has timed out")
  - dr_dshiv 5y ago
    Thanks for the tip. Fixed! Do you know this paper? It’s a fave. Magnus effect ftw! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2012.0086 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2012.008...
    - carapace 5y ago
      I haven't seen that paper before but I've heard of similar ideas. It seems like it might be helpful, but I'd be wary of unintended side effects, eh?