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Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean.
Modern marvel. Next up: Steam! Thanks Neutronbeam.
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The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 28, 2023, 14:02:Just be glad it wasn't a Pornhub link.
Should be okay now. F'ing Windows copy and paste, still screws up just as badly as it did back in the Win98 era.
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
Re: ItB: What will they think of next?
Jan 28, 2023, 14:02
Jan 28, 2023, 14:02
Should be okay now. F'ing Windows copy and paste, still screws up just as badly as it did back in the Win98 era.
- “So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own." - Abraham Erskine, 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 28, 2023, 13:53:TFP, the link is to skill up’s dead space review.
Video of the 'kite' in operation here: https://youtu.be/opNhqdeif5w
(oops posted wrong video the first time)
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Ah, you caught it within the edit window (just noticed your comment). 3 cheers
They really need to put whoever is in charge of AriZona iced tea in control of inflation...
Re: ItB: What will they think of next?
Jan 28, 2023, 13:53
Jan 28, 2023, 13:53
Walt: Well you're not wrong about the photoshopped photo, and I dunno why they chose that - probably some PR flack thought it looked better.
Video of the 'kite' in operation here: https://youtu.be/p2Ulx3-fQ7I
(oops posted wrong video the first time)
As for the ship size, well it is a proof of concept, although that IS a working freighter, shipping Airbus parts between factories. We'll have to see how it scales up. The article says they are planning to install one on a 210,000 ton freighter, which would be something to see.
In practice, you'd still have engines for navigating close to coasts and in ports, emergencies, and inclement weather. I also suspect, from this video, that the engines ARE being used, at a low power, probably for rudder authority (I can see what looks like prop wakes).
This would probably only be practical once in the open ocean, with good weather. I can see it being adopted by shipping companies IF the install, maintenance & operating costs are sufficiently low to offset the fuel savings.
This comment was edited on Jan 28, 2023, 14:08.
Video of the 'kite' in operation here: https://youtu.be/p2Ulx3-fQ7I
(oops posted wrong video the first time)
As for the ship size, well it is a proof of concept, although that IS a working freighter, shipping Airbus parts between factories. We'll have to see how it scales up. The article says they are planning to install one on a 210,000 ton freighter, which would be something to see.
In practice, you'd still have engines for navigating close to coasts and in ports, emergencies, and inclement weather. I also suspect, from this video, that the engines ARE being used, at a low power, probably for rudder authority (I can see what looks like prop wakes).
This would probably only be practical once in the open ocean, with good weather. I can see it being adopted by shipping companies IF the install, maintenance & operating costs are sufficiently low to offset the fuel savings.
This comment was edited on Jan 28, 2023, 14:08.
- “So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own." - Abraham Erskine, 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
Picture looks photochopped to me...;) The old Queen Mary displaced 81,000+ tons, so this is a rather small "cargo ship"...Largest Cargo Ship now displaces 403,000+ tons, for perspective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_ships_by_gross_tonnage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_ships_by_gross_tonnage
It is well known that I cannot err--and so, if you should happen across an error in anything I have written you can be absolutely sure that *I* did not write it!...;)
Hmm, maybe you could put up three masts and put sails on them? I wonder if that would work...
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -- Carl Sagan
#MakeSailsGreatAgain
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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