Makani Power Autonomous Flight. June 18, 2010 - HD

[LTF85199]

Please make a comparison chart with other renewal sources like wind farms

[Izarius197]

It is awesome but have you addressed flight in bad weather?

[joefaust777]

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[eric3969]

Great job guys! 

[washingtonirving80]

Feeling queezy from the onboard cam! Super impressive work though....

[digidev]

3 to 6 Kwh?? so what makes it more efficient than a skystream?

[rwa00]

@digidev That's an apples and oranges comparison - this isn't intended to be a residential system, and moreover this is just a testing prototype, not a commercial scale system. The efficiency comes from a large swept area using less materials (as opposed to a turbine on a tower), and being able to reach higher altitudes with higher windspeeds.