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[*] posted on 24-10-2006 at 07:49 PM
Nice KITE!


I saw this on another forum hopfully this hasn't alredy been posted... but it's pretty sweet

http://62.96.221.234/streamingfarm/Skysails/Beaufort_03_768k.wmv
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[*] posted on 24-10-2006 at 08:22 PM


Are they pulling the ship with the kite?? If so very cool.. Bet it would save lots of fuel.. Wonder how its steered.

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[*] posted on 24-10-2006 at 09:22 PM


it appears that the kite is pulling the ship... it's steered by some sort of weight or pully system.. they show it really quick on the vid. Pretty amazing
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[*] posted on 25-10-2006 at 07:27 AM


Ship = $10,000,000

Big Ol Kite = $5,000

Saving the world from using to much fuel = Pricless

Now We need to hook them up to NASCAR and we can really save some fuel.... lol .. Would make those left turns little cooler
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