Magenn Rotor Kite

[Cowcharge]

I don't see how such low RPM could generate any electricity at all.

[ainekearsGA]

Helium is a non renewable resorce and as a result this design is not realistic for the future because it will no longer work when there isn't any helium left

[nolanjshettle]

so it can generate interest... how about electricity?

[a10fjet]

i bet you could power half a lightbulb with this beauty.

[BanjoKiD2K]

Well easy way is when we can shrink down the panel sizes in Solar panels and also have them absorb more energy from the light spectrum, with better nano technolgy and material that can absorb more waves of light we can see Solar pannels increase to 3-4X efficiency

[intaniastrawberry]

Excuse me..

Is there anyone can tell me the size of this ? ..please

thx ka :))*

[fx451Jockey]

The concept is fundamentally flawed. One word Torque. You must counter the torque to turn an alternator. Huge omission in this design.

They want lots of investment, and shovel out the sales patter, but they are a joke idea.

They suggest taking these to disaster hit areas to provide power. Yeah, as opposed to taking a small portable and reliable generator. It's a smack of desperation to make the idea look viable and have real world uses.

Invest? No thanks.

[kitevideo]

This was an early prototype from a few years back look at the website to see newer working versions

[personNumber0123]

@fx451Jockey You would also have to take lots of heavy expensive metal helium tanks to these disaster areas. I thought this was a joke when I first saw it. The more I look, the funnier it becomes.

[mogua79]

i could see neighbors fighting over there balloons getting tangled on an episode of worlds dumbest 

[Hardholzbrikett]

Is there any gas inside the kite or is it normal breathing Air. Maybe it flys because of the magnus effect ???

[skyship007]

Not too sure about this idea. Seem to remember most kites finish up in the trees in the end.

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[ubifernandes]

muito bom......

[owfped]

Wind Kinetic energy only has to do with wind speed and cross sectional area. So, with due respect, what KE can you get even if you fly that stuff high but the "stream line" kite realy not designed to do the work? Wind blades are designed to capture energy into torque. In your design, I don't see any value at all. Also, when the wind seriously blow, how can you make sure your kite won't break away? That would be a lot energy for you to find your kite.

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love flying?

(2) Why do we love to pilot airships/balloons?

(3) How does the enjoyment of flying on an airship/balloons different from that of flying on an aeroplane?

(4) Why do we want to design and to build creative airship/balloon during this "jet age"?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

[redneckhippiefreak]

@applesweeter 1. Unfortunatly we have feet not wings, and a good thing that.Being grounded by our bodys but flying through our imagination we long for the freedom only felt by the birds 2.. Useing the currents to get where you NEED 3..Useing the the air to go where you WANT, HOW you want .One is a destination the other is a journey 4. We realise the jet age is unsustanable and we need to look back to move foward.

[nickoswoos]

@applesweeter 1) freedom as it relates to the primal instinct of our roaming species

2)adventure, unknown horizons

3) slower, more of a challenge/accomplishment

[eroq77]

What is that thing tumbling around inside the kite? Is it a rat? Maybe the rat is a sort of starter motor for the kite to get it turning, so they wouldn't be embarrassed of it not working at this world premier of the kite wind generator.

[haruooon]

uniq idea and looking

[jonnygouda1]

Looks highly unstable. What happens when one of the wires breaks? Or a tear happens? In the catastrophic even ti broke completely loose, it's filled with helium and it's gonna go flying across the countryside. I don't think your neighbors would be happy.

[jerryaltman]

Uhhhhnnnn... Why the small generator inside do not spin together with the baloon body??

What keep the generator fix to the movement of the ballon be relative against the generator and so produce ellectricity??????

[J444123]

@jerryaltman - Inertia and Gravity...

[griseldafenne]

good idea i had it

already its possible

[bigtoyota479]

The only issue I could see with this generating electricity is the weight of the equipment needed to do so. How much lift does this balloon create? I could understand mounting a small alternator on the blimp and using wires to carry the current down to a regulator/battery, but at this point in time, I think the weight of the alternator itself is too much of a burden.

[GiftofWings]

I'd like to have this kite at our Mots Kite Festival in September. Please call Scott At 414/305-3145

[kelltiozim]

as for this rotar kite, this would seriously have to have some major improvement on it to even come close to producing a viable electrical current..... come on, but it's super fun looking, just not an alternator.

[snwbm]

Those kite tubes are great. I'll have to get one.

[tommysch]

I think it could be great in a remote location. But is it more efficient than a photovoltaic panels, and i mean weight-to-power-to-cost ratio?

[ladster3]

Some are looking into using a power kite's pull to generate energy. Even those toy UFO SAM rotor kites have both a fast spin and some amazingly strong, pulsating pull for such a small sail area.

[nearadyn]

Great idea, but how high does it fly? I'm a pilot and I wouldn't be happy if these things were flying 2000 feet off the ground. 100-200 ft would be ok.

[hk1997die]

The sky is not own by you.

[vslider]

Flight simulator pilot!m jajaja

[banjojambo9]

I would prefer these in the air instead of aircraft

[dlaflash]

What?! No...The kite rotates and transfers the energy to the ground via a cable. Weight of the blades? Its made of fabric! Watch the video.

[PatrikMacGoohan]

The Magnuson effect is supposed to pull this sort of shape into the wind and prevent the balloon from being pushed into the ground, but as you can see the lines are at nearly 45 degrees in this mild wind at low altitude. Also, it looks like the blimp could easily twist it's lines, which I think would make it inoperable.

Another thing, how do you refill it with helium at altitude? What does helium cost? How does that compare to the value of the electricity generated?

[Spathar]

-.-

kitegen can produce 1giga

[4b5olut3xx7ru7h]

they should have taken the lab rat out that they used in the earlier experiment to power it by running rodents... He's pretty tired obviously, and just tumbling throughout the center tack. hes probbly dead.

It really slows it down and makes it unstable.

What were they thinking???

[sanddragon99]

It isnt a real rotor kite! this is a demo of one but the real ones are not balloons! the real thing can spin so fast that they flash . look up these under rotary kites or rotor kite.

[berger86]

Why ist it white blue and not red yellow?

[vhbeazel]

How high up is this when taken??

[agungk]

was it inflated with helium or regular air?

[JamaicanMan18]

well considering it cant support a heater... and that air doesnt 'float'

id say yea, its helium, or hydrogen even

[darris321]

probably helium it's cheaper than hydrogen and just as effective. plus it's inert.

[JamaicanMan18]

actually hydrogen is cheaper because you can easily make it, helium isnt as easy to get hold up

[darris321]

oh, i'm sorry, i thought that helium was cheaper. you have a point. so which element do you think they are using?

[JamaicanMan18]

helium isnt flammable OR explosive, hydrogen is... so id say helium

only reason the hindenberg exploded was cus they used hydrogen

[ParapaDrifter]

debateable...

Id say the hard thing about hydrodgen is because it such a small atom that it can pass many valves/openings

[JamaicanMan18]

its helium, and no it isnt debatable, no one uses hydrogen after the hindenburg because hydrogen is explosive.

take a chemistry class, hydrogen:flammable, helium: non flammable. thats why they are on seperate sides of the periodic table.

[ParapaDrifter]

I have. And I know hydrogen doesn't burn by itself... you need oxygen or somekindof oxidizer to get combustion...

and the classification for Helium isn't exactly non-flammible. Helium has a balanced valence shell so the technical word would be inert.

And technically nobody uses hydrogen because everyone thinks it will explode. but it wont without an oxidizer. it has an intellectual stigma.

I'd say he used helium because if you get a leak in a hydrogen bag then you have a combustion hazard.

[SeanPhone]

actually they made researches and it was not cuz of the hydrogen but cuz the enveloppe was coated with all the products that are mixed to give rocket propeller fuel. excuse me my english isn't so good

[ParapaDrifter]

If you caused a spark in a pure hydrogen atmosphere you would get just a big spark... or it would light your breath on fire... that would be cool to see!