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I really enjoyed the documentary about their work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_hEja6bzE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_hEja6bzE
by msadowski 5y ago
I really enjoyed the documentary about their work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_hEja6bzE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_hEja6bzE
- Cyber3x 5y agoThis is one of the best videos on Youtube. I really liked how they documented their progress. If only the video lasted longer.
- mainpeanut 5y agoWell funded grad students trying to scale-down an airplane into a kite
- UncleOxidant 5y agoMore like they scaled up a kite into a largish 4 rotor airplane.
- UncleOxidant 5y agoVery good documentary on the project. It's amazing what you can do with basically an unlimited budget. I worked at a much, much smaller kite power startup that folded soon after Google stopped funding Makani (investors lost interest because they figured if Google wasn't funding in this space it must not be viable). Anyway, looking at that documentary it seemed clear that Google must've poured hundreds of millions of dollars into that company over it's lifetime. So many engineers and so many resources. I was kind of envious, but then again the ready funding might have been part of Makani's downfall, you're forced to make different design decisions when money isn't so plentiful.
- msadowski 5y agoI think they were considered a moonshot project? That’s probably one way you can justify a massive funding.