SFCWood - 9-9-2011 at 01:38 AM
Check out this kite application....
http://www.skysails.info/english/
greasehopper - 9-9-2011 at 04:13 AM
It's a great concept but the maritime community doesn't get the joke and pretty much refuses to embrace it. Dave Culp published a detailed study on
the concept and with Dean Jordan, produced and tested a few proto-types on their concept of this in the '80s. It's been done a few times prior to them
so the "Idea" has been floating around for awhile.
SFCWood - 10-9-2011 at 05:23 PM
That's interesting Ken. I was thinking that the price of fuel would steer shipping companies towards the concept, at least for cargo that can take its
time getting from point A to B. Oh well, maybe one day.
indigo_wolf - 4-10-2011 at 09:32 PM
Sig line spam reported.
bigkahuna - 25-10-2011 at 03:56 AM
http://www.motorship.com/news101/latest-skysails-prototype-o...
Looks something like the original Arc, don't you think?