ELOXEL WIND PROPULSION

[dlstb]

They already have wind powered boats. They've been around for thousands of years now. It's called a sail. Stop trying to reinvent it.

[crozowblade]

@dlstb Sails do not produce electricity.

[Elex250]

"The world is yours"... at 1 mph.....out of 25000

[Unikus777]

No limits???!!! What about the wind is disapeared? LOL

[alexzhuk1984]

NOT ELEGANCE !!!

[arky3000]

if it was a black boat it would be the one from the bond movie im thinking of lol

[madmonkey35]

That was my idea years ago but you need solar panels aswell!

[MrLauritsabel]

OR you could back date to the way less expensive thing called a sail

[ZpeedTube]

@MrLauritsabel But whit sails you can't sail against the wind, whit sail you have to zick-zack against the wind! ;)

[MrLauritsabel]

@ZpeedTube how will you get more power from the electric engine than the windturbines will generate just asking?? And that zig zag thing, i injoy going zig zag... :D

[heinrich97]

Oh yeah and besides these hulls do not seem to be able to carry all the stuff above the waterline. Would be interesting to see what they look like but they will certainly not be not that narrow below water.

[heinrich97]

And now imagine this boat driving just INTO a big wave. It will break the glass, fill it up with water and destroy the complete interior. No windturbine will survive that.

Besides the power generated will be around 3-15 kW which will result in a speed of 2-5 knots. Battery banks must be huge to achieve anything. To store the usable energy of 100 liters of diesel you will need 3 tons of the latest high tech batterys. Weight is one thing but also consider that these 3 tons will cost 100.000 euros!

[rawheas]

if only this would work

[strosse]

@rawheas it would...

[TETOYVIENDO]

name of the song please!!!

[dl7und]

@TETOYVIENDO It's been a while but I'd say that this is called the Brandenburg Concertos - Bach.

[FuguDrift]

Not sure, but despite the energy loss turbines could work better for a large ship. With sails, no wind no move. Also, there i a critical mass of force required to start moving in the first place. But if you had turbines that could harvest small gusts and store the energy in batteries, the flatter distribution of power input could make up for the loss of power transferring from turbine to battery, battery to motor. You could also keep the turbines going at night while anchored.

[Theapothem]

look up newton laws moron

[courtjester140]

@Theapothem Actually it's possible. There are vehicles that are driven by wind turbines that move forward into the wind, it's pretty neat.

More importantly though....why not just use sails? 0_o