Hey I just wanted to show you guys something I find rather cool sort of shows
how powerful the wind can be. :tumble:
cheezycheese - 13-6-2010 at 06:38 PM
that's pretty amazing, cut the ships power consumption by 30%. i think that is an 80m foil, bring it to WildWood...:wee: cheezycheese - 13-6-2010 at 06:40 PM
here's another...:bouncy:Hardrock - 13-6-2010 at 07:08 PM
Sure would make a long trip across the pond more interesting.rew632 - 13-6-2010 at 07:10 PM
Thats awesome. :tumble: I wonder how fast that thing can go. hm....Kamikuza - 13-6-2010 at 08:46 PM
Sprinkle rando - 13-6-2010 at 10:14 PM
Both of those vids are great. I'm really impressed with the fact that the large vessel is using the kite to reduce its fuel use. I wonder who did the
piloting of their kite, and how big that kite was?
rando - 13-6-2010 at 10:39 PM
I just went to Sky Sails website. Some of those kites are 300 m2!! Auto-pilot technology too, amazing!mougl - 14-6-2010 at 06:39 AM
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Originally posted by rando
I just went to Sky Sails website. Some of those kites are 300 m2!! Auto-pilot technology too, amazing!
Rip: you like hooj kites right? Drewculous - 14-6-2010 at 06:40 AM
what a great job.... do kite loops all day to power a ship! Sign me up
...no need for autopilot... i have lots of experience
sort of shows
how powerful the wind can be. :tumble:
