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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21549 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: High-Altitude-Airborne-Tethered Anchors

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21550 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21551 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21552 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: (WO2007122650) AEOLIAN SYSTEM COMPRISING POWER WING PROFILES AND PRO

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21554 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: EP2682599 Wind energy converter using kites

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21555 From: Joe Faust Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Valuable Noble AWES Professions:

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21556 From: Gabor Dobos Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21557 From: dave santos Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21558 From: benhaiemp Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21559 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Variable Topologies of AWES

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21560 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Forklift

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21561 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21562 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21563 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Airborne collision avoidance system

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21564 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Forum headline images

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21565 From: dave santos Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21566 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Jumpsuit Evolution for Freefall, and applicability to AWES Opera

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21567 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Interactions

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21568 From: dave santos Date: 12/28/2016
Subject: Re: Jumpsuit Evolution for Freefall, and applicability to AWES Opera

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21569 From: dave santos Date: 12/28/2016
Subject: Re: Interactions

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21570 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21571 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21572 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21573 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21574 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Single-Skin Pilot-Kite Progress

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21575 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Winding Numbers in Kite Problems

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21576 From: dave santos Date: 12/30/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21577 From: dave santos Date: 12/30/2016
Subject: Re: Forum headline images

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21578 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Tyrus Wong

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21579 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Tyrus Wong. Challenge in bringing system down ...

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21580 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Towering Trains v. "Spawling Lattices"

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21581 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21582 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Towering Trains v. "Spawling Lattices"

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21583 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21584 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: AWE Ah! 2017 here we come ...

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21585 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21586 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Breakthrough Energy Coalition targets wind at "higher altitudes"

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21587 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21588 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Breakthrough Energy Coalition targets wind at "higher altitudes"

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21589 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21590 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/1/2017
Subject: Geographic Information Systems (GIS Software)

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21591 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/1/2017
Subject: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21592 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Aerial Observation System

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21593 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Forum headline images

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21594 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21595 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21596 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21597 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Forum headline images

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21598 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity

Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21599 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Circa 1979. Erich Herter.



Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21549 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: High-Altitude-Airborne-Tethered Anchors
JoeF presents a fundamentally topological kite classification. Three basic topological classes are cited: Connectedness of wing-to-ground; non-connectedness of wing; and connectedness of wing-to-wing, but not to ground. There are many variations possible within and across these classes, like two connected kites also connected to a ground anchor. There is also JoeF's subtle interpretation that a gilder's internal center-of-mass, and even the tethered-Earth itself, are quasi-kites. This is not a true logical contradiction. Classification is a set-theoretic process, where sets vary greatly according to the level of abstraction adopted.


On Saturday, December 24, 2016 9:37 AM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
High-Altitude-Airborne-Tethered Anchors to Non-Ground-Connected Kite Systems
HAATANGCKS    or HAATA for short? 

HAATA may be set into glide mode with various intents; one intent for the gliding could be for landing to terra firma. or to sea surface. Another gliding intent could be for reaching better soaring scenes. 

HAATA may place its opposing wing sets in different wind environments in order to perform tasks. E.g., one wing set anchoring the other wing set could be flown to central jet stream while the opposing wing set could be controlled to do its anchoring from a good distance from the central jet stream. 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21550 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo
This is partial prior art for Pierre's rotating-reels concept, but on a carousel rather than circle-track. A major difference is Pierre's kite-layer is interconnected aloft.


On Friday, December 23, 2016 8:18 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo

Medium/Large Electricity Generator Equipped with Automatically Winding and Un-winding Kite Cable Mechanism for minimum energy loss 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21551 From: dave santos Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Re: Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo
We can now see PierreB's rotating reel topology embedded in NTS's circle-track with reel-cars, including the open-AWE suggestion to cross-link the kite-layer into one aggregate unit. Pierre's novel insight is that the reeling motion itself can be tapped, not just a driven vehicle's tracked motion. Pierre also created the first working prototype of a circle-track with reel-cars. This continues as a major AWES topology to explore.

kPower proposes crosswind-motion loop-tracks, without the large upwind-downwind phases of circular tracks. These can be seen as crosswind-flattened carousels of equivalent topology, but a different geometry offering greater crosswind efficiency. The trade-off is that the crosswind motion-path has to be maintained by moving loop-ends in response to wind-direction change. kPower thinks that the method of moving a cable-loop to keep it oriented crosswind may be better than fixed circular  motion, to solve the problem of long upwind-downwind phasing. 

Emergent topological analysis of AWES naturally reconciles similar circular-phasing of geometrically dissimilar circular and non-circular tracks, and helps us classify patents like this one.




On Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:09 PM, "dave santos santos137@yahoo.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
This is partial prior art for Pierre's rotating-reels concept, but on a carousel rather than circle-track. A major difference is Pierre's kite-layer is interconnected aloft.


On Friday, December 23, 2016 8:18 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Young Suk Woo and Chang Deuk Woo

Medium/Large Electricity Generator Equipped with Automatically Winding and Un-winding Kite Cable Mechanism for minimum energy loss 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21552 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: (WO2007122650) AEOLIAN SYSTEM COMPRISING POWER WING PROFILES AND PRO

 (WO2007122650) AEOLIAN SYSTEM COMPRISING POWER WING PROFILES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC ENERGY


IPPOLITO, Massimo; (IT).
TADDEI, Franco; (IT)


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WOO discussed part of the above patent.   We had not featured the patent in forum until now. 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21554 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: EP2682599 Wind energy converter using kites

Wind energy converter using kites  


Page bookmarkEP2682599 (A1)  -  Wind energy converter using kites
Inventor(s):IPPOLITO MASSIMO [IT]; TADDEI FRANCO [IT] +
Applicant(s):KITE GEN RES SRL [IT] +

================================

Woo discussed in his patent part of the above patent. 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21555 From: Joe Faust Date: 12/24/2016
Subject: Valuable Noble AWES Professions:
Valuable Noble AWEsome Professions: 
  • Energy-Kite Engineer
  • Energy-Kite Technician 
  • Energy-Kite Pilot
  • Energy-Kite Scientist
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21556 From: Gabor Dobos Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs
Hi Dave,

I agree.

In my paper titled "Un-tethered devices in airborne wind energy harvesting", that was rejected by the  editor of the second AWE -book,  I have mentioned several small-scale possibilities for IFO-s.  I have proposed: orographic updrafts, wind gradients over the see ("Albatross-IFO"), near coastline updrafts, the planetary boundary layer, and weather fronts.

It is a great idea, to apply a high-number IFO flock to produce rich statistical operational data. Congratulations Dave! It is another great idea to cooperate with motivated student teams "around the world".

Cheers,

Gabor
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21557 From: dave santos Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs
Dear Gabor,

Its a terrible omission not to include your IFO paper as AWE in the 2nd AWE book, and quite ironic that tetherless AWE has already been proven by both soaring sports and the 5% fuel savings that transport aircraft realize by seeking tailwinds. No other AWES architecture has this level of existence-proof. Rest assured the IFO is here to stay. A new biomimetic similarity case is birds and bats that feed on-the-wing, so in a sense your AWE concept is millions of years old. We have also credited biological migration flight as IFO-like.

Something else that may not make it into the book is the Editor's financial confict-of-interest. He holds a 2007 patent for the reeling method his inside group favors, that dominates the book's content. The patent is not even novel, with no inventive leap. The 2nd AWE book is just not the place to expect the most forward thinking in AWE, not just for the IFO, but even Wubbo's final SpiderMill concept is likely ignored, which anticipates emerging  metamaterial AWES concepts. In fact, the combination of IFO and many-connected topologies may be the future, with TUDs single-tethered reeling units as the niche architecture.

Yours,

daveS


On Sunday, December 25, 2016 2:22 AM, "Gabor Dobos dobosg001@yahoo.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Hi Dave,

I agree.

In my paper titled "Un-tethered devices in airborne wind energy harvesting", that was rejected by the  editor of the second AWE -book,  I have mentioned several small-scale possibilities for IFO-s.  I have proposed: orographic updrafts, wind gradients over the see ("Albatross-IFO"), near coastline updrafts, the planetary boundary layer, and weather fronts.

It is a great idea, to apply a high-number IFO flock to produce rich statistical operational data. Congratulations Dave! It is another great idea to cooperate with motivated student teams "around the world".

Cheers,

Gabor
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21558 From: benhaiemp Date: 12/25/2016
Subject: Re: Large Flocks of Small IFOs

Indeed "Un-tethered devices in airborne wind energy harvesting" is a main branch in AWE. Small "Albadrones" (wind gradient drones) could be used in first by individuals feeding their electrical installation. A prototype with existing batteries could be planned.


PierreB
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21559 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Variable Topologies of AWES
Topological analysis of kite systems has emerged in the last two years on the AWES Forum as a powerful evaluation tool. The first general result was to identify many-connected kite networks as having superior stability against geometric deformations. A well-connected kite lattice can be perturbed geometrically (even "crushed") with topological stability, while a sparsely connected kitefarm of single units of the same volume is prone to braid and twist defects. Thus a topologically protected kitefarm can be both more compact (higher Betz coefficient), while also being more reliable.

The next logical step is to consider Variable Toplogy in AWES design. Sailing and kite-sports depend on variable topology to match loads to conditions. Sails, kites, and lines are interchanged flexibly to maintain optimal performance, and these changes are topological variances. Most previous AWES design have been based on a fixed-topology assumption, with no changes of wings, tethers, or interconnection networks.

An interesting topological AWES issue is the use of surface vehicles. Various AWES theorists have proposed sea or land vehicles to add degrees-of-freedom to the load motion, but as relatively fixed topologies, like a car on a track or a boat in undiffentiated sea-room. KiteLab Group, starting around 2008, began to explore "belay across an anchor field" for AWES design. In hindsight, belay from one kite anchor to another is a discrete topological transform. Manual (human) belay gives way to heavy anchor-belay vehicles in scaling up AWES.

Once again, here is Open-AWES art that none of the stealth-ventures, nor patented IP has hit on. Variable topology emerged on the kite field, not in the Ivory Tower. Once again, a theoretical framework for advanced AWES is found in multidisciplinary engineering science, so we do not have to reinvent the math. The paper-abstract linked below is a current example of variable topology mechanism theory, from a non-AWE source, that helps make clear the interpretative power of variable topology to AWES problems.

Open-AWE_IP-Cloud

This paper is behind a pay-wall-
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21560 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Forklift
Wikipedia defines the forklift as a "powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances". Its a surprisingly recent major industrial technology, but with ancient roots (human or elephant lifting & carrying, two-wheel hand-truck, etc).

A new megascale programmable AWES anchoring method is proposed based on Lazy-Jack (Whipple-Tree) load distribution and forklift operations with multiple ballast units. As wind direction changes with passages of weather systems, large AWES crosswind structures can be rotated in real-time. The new belay method allows even a single relatively weak forklift to reconfigure a megascale anchor-field by moving units while still attached, one-at-a-time, with no interruption of AWES mega-tension. This improves on previous anchor-field belay methods that depended on connecting and disconnecting to fixed anchor-points, transferring tension by "jumps", even with lazy-jack load distribution. 

The problem was that no COTS connect-disconnect solution seemed available, so eliminating connector dependence became attractive. Similarly, the forklift replaced many crane-operations, eliminating the extra bother of hooking and variable tensioning, and increasing operational-scope. Stone-filled Gabbions are proposed as cheap industrial ballast units, set on gravel pads. For hay or prairie land double-use, a giant forklift based on low-impact track-vehicle tech might be operated over turf, or a kite field road beltway laid-out with gravel roadbase, with turf infill.

Open-AWE_IP-Cloud

------ background -------

Lazy-jack principle in sailboat rigging equalizes lines at any angle-
Image result for lazy jacks
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21561 From: dave santos Date: 12/26/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork
DIY prototype this concept with COTS parts. Use wire mesh and pebbles to make movable anchor-ballast gabions. Here is a sample RC forklift that would lift and move the gabions by top-loops or pallets. KenC's KAP blocks linked below are fantastic, but pricey, so smooth metal or plastic rings can be substituted at toy scale (but would chafe at larger scales). A rather large kite-arch made from COTS toy kites could be rotated by a toy forklift like this. Add solar or contact recharging for indefinitely extended forlklift operations. Don't forget previous discussion of giant kite ground handling by vehicles. Try to launch, kill, and ground-handle the kite with the same toy forklift for complete hands-off simulated kitefarm operation :)



Mini blocks for scale-prototype Ballast  Lazy-Jacks-




pekabe pic




On Monday, December 26, 2016 3:22 PM, "dave santos santos137@yahoo.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Wikipedia defines the forklift as a "powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances". Its a surprisingly recent major industrial technology, but with ancient roots (human or elephant lifting & carrying, two-wheel hand-truck, etc).

A new megascale programmable AWES anchoring method is proposed based on Lazy-Jack (Whipple-Tree) load distribution and forklift operations with multiple ballast units. As wind direction changes with passages of weather systems, large AWES crosswind structures can be rotated in real-time. The new belay method allows even a single relatively weak forklift to reconfigure a megascale anchor-field by moving units while still attached, one-at-a-time, with no interruption of AWES mega-tension. This improves on previous anchor-field belay methods that depended on connecting and disconnecting to fixed anchor-points, transferring tension by "jumps", even with lazy-jack load distribution. 

The problem was that no COTS connect-disconnect solution seemed available, so eliminating connector dependence became attractive. Similarly, the forklift replaced many crane-operations, eliminating the extra bother of hooking and variable tensioning, and increasing operational-scope. Stone-filled Gabbions are proposed as cheap industrial ballast units, set on gravel pads. For hay or prairie land double-use, a giant forklift based on low-impact track-vehicle tech might be operated over turf, or a kite field road beltway laid-out with gravel roadbase, with turf infill.

Open-AWE_IP-Cloud

------ background -------

Lazy-jack principle in sailboat rigging equalizes lines at any angle-
Image result for lazy jacks
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21562 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork
Lazy jack - Wikipedia

 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21563 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Airborne collision avoidance system

Airborne collision avoidance system - Wikipedia

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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21564 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Forum headline images
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21565 From: dave santos Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Megascalable Programmable AWES Multi-unit Anchor-ballast by Fork
Noting that the Wikipedia article on Lazy-Jacks omits mention of modern versions with standard pulley network to equalize tensions as the boom-mast angle varies, but only covers a non-pulley version for a fixed boom angle. The pulley network version is seen in some power kite bridles. Its a bit strange if there are not other examples of this simple rigging method.

Below is a large forklift example rating near 100tons of lift capacity. Below that is an actual stone-filled gabion being lifted and carried by forklift. This is a high-COTS anchoring basis.


Image result for world's largest forklift

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DIY prototype this concept with COTS parts. Use wire mesh and pebbles to make movable anchor-ballast gabions. Here is a sample RC forklift that would lift and move the gabions by top-loops or pallets. KenC's KAP blocks linked below are fantastic, but pricey, so smooth metal or plastic rings can be substituted at toy scale (but would chafe at larger scales). A rather large kite-arch made from COTS toy kites could be rotated by a toy forklift like this. Add solar or contact recharging for indefinitely extended forlklift operations. Don't forget previous discussion of giant kite ground handling by vehicles. Try to launch, kill, and ground-handle the kite with the same toy forklift for complete hands-off simulated kitefarm operation :)



Mini blocks for scale-prototype Ballast  Lazy-Jacks-




pekabe pic




On Monday, December 26, 2016 3:22 PM, "dave santos santos137@yahoo.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Wikipedia defines the forklift as a "powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances". Its a surprisingly recent major industrial technology, but with ancient roots (human or elephant lifting & carrying, two-wheel hand-truck, etc).

A new megascale programmable AWES anchoring method is proposed based on Lazy-Jack (Whipple-Tree) load distribution and forklift operations with multiple ballast units. As wind direction changes with passages of weather systems, large AWES crosswind structures can be rotated in real-time. The new belay method allows even a single relatively weak forklift to reconfigure a megascale anchor-field by moving units while still attached, one-at-a-time, with no interruption of AWES mega-tension. This improves on previous anchor-field belay methods that depended on connecting and disconnecting to fixed anchor-points, transferring tension by "jumps", even with lazy-jack load distribution. 

The problem was that no COTS connect-disconnect solution seemed available, so eliminating connector dependence became attractive. Similarly, the forklift replaced many crane-operations, eliminating the extra bother of hooking and variable tensioning, and increasing operational-scope. Stone-filled Gabbions are proposed as cheap industrial ballast units, set on gravel pads. For hay or prairie land double-use, a giant forklift based on low-impact track-vehicle tech might be operated over turf, or a kite field road beltway laid-out with gravel roadbase, with turf infill.

Open-AWE_IP-Cloud

------ background -------

Lazy-jack principle in sailboat rigging equalizes lines at any angle-
Image result for lazy jacks
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21566 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Re: Jumpsuit Evolution for Freefall, and applicability to AWES Opera
And then there is something being proposed surrounding AWE-rubbing Saul Griffith and others: 



Otherlab!

 


Thanks to Tony Prentice for the lead link.
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21567 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/27/2016
Subject: Interactions

Solar wing and tether mechanisms for asteroid uncooperative docking and asteroid orbit adjustments  
US 20030025042 A1

Publication numberUS20030025042 A1
Publication typeApplication
Application numberUS 09/923,260
Publication dateFeb 6, 2003
Filing dateAug 6, 2001
Priority dateAug 6, 2001
Also published asUS6726153
InventorsJonathan Campbell
Original AssigneeCampbell Jonathan W.
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (1), Classifications (11),Legal Events (1)

External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21568 From: dave santos Date: 12/28/2016
Subject: Re: Jumpsuit Evolution for Freefall, and applicability to AWES Opera
There are so many startling technical inconsistencies to this wingsuit concept as presented. It really is a social continuation of the simplistic yet over-complicated design crisis that produced the GoogleX's M600.

Wingsuits are already very marginal from a human factors perspective. If the pilot loses control and tumbles, unconciousness and/or debilitating injury (dislocated arm or broken neck) can happen in a flash. The combination of jet turbines and inflated airframe is a gross mismatch of optimal design velocities. Foot-mounted combustion jets are absurdly dangerous, with failure modes like burning up parachute and/or pilot. Lose one jet (or have one start late), and control becomes even more desperate. As is often the case in naive visionary aero-design, there is no rudder surface, so a fatal flat-spin spin-out is more likely.

The writer confuses "acrobatic" (circus) performance with aerobatics. Aerovelo does not seem to have any aerobatic-design background, and aerobatic capability is an especially demanding aviation requirement. Once again, the human body is not built for the G-forces and instant reaction-times that this sort of wing would demand. A partially-inflated wing would be worse than useless, buckling catastrophically.

Is there any skydiving expertise involved in this prospectus? The artist added a nonexistent handle on the jump-plane door hingeline. A skydiver is already falls in excess of 100mph, and this sort of wing is very unlikely to inflate smoothly at such velocity. No way this is serious BASE option, given the close obstacle clearances of virtually all BASE situations. This sort of wingsuit will emerge someday, but a far higher level of engineering, with more conservative assumptions. The airframe should begin inflated, with the pilot riding on top, and able to let go instantly.

Oh well, no one gets killed by concepts so impractical that they cannot materialize prematurely. Expect this sort of capability to take decades and millions of dollars, with a far larger and better-rounded team. A narrow path exists for a partial demo that does not meet the absurd specifications presented, but looks impressive to Red Bull consumers ("Red Bull gives your wings").

Once again, Bay Area PhD credential-inflation is apparent. Doktors are comparatively rare in real aerospace teams. The academic puppymills have flooded society with these appealing folks. The old formula is being lost; of super-intelligent wolf-packs  as the "right stuff". In any case, it will take true wolves, not puppies, to fly and survive this sort wingsuit in early phases.




On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 7:16 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
And then there is something being proposed surrounding AWE-rubbing Saul Griffith and others: 



Otherlab!
 

Thanks to Tony Prentice for the lead link.
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21569 From: dave santos Date: 12/28/2016
Subject: Re: Interactions
This was a fairly old and obvious idea, even in 2001. KiteShip was a contemporary solar-sail space-tow concept developer, proposing its OL kite as the solar sail pattern.

An interesting Space-Law question is whether a patent is only applied in interplanetary space can be protected IP on Earth. The question can be argued on either protected commercialization or operational non-jurisdiction grounds. Perhaps there is court-tested case-law from satellite tech.


On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 7:40 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Publication numberUS20030025042 A1
Publication typeApplication
Application numberUS 09/923,260
Publication dateFeb 6, 2003
Filing dateAug 6, 2001
Priority dateAug 6, 2001
Also published asUS6726153
InventorsJonathan Campbell
Original AssigneeCampbell Jonathan W.
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (1), Classifications (11),Legal Events (1)

External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21570 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design
Kite networks take many forms and names while sharing fundamental qualities. Mathematical Network Theory itself has its guises as Graph Theory and Topology. Depending on application domain, historical formalisms may vary, but the essence is the same. AWES are Transport Networks for phonons. Therefore, Network Theory, aka Graph Theory, deeply applies, and the engineering selection of an optimal network topology is crucial.

Network Theory has been neglected in early AWES R&D. The common kitefarm star-topology of single units singly connected to the Earth has been a mostly unexamined default assumption. Network engineering suggests that other topologies will offer distinct technological advantages. For example, fully connected kite-lattices comprise "Complete Graphs". These are topologically protected AWES networks compared to the "incomplete" star and tree graphs of most kitefarm designs.

As covered in a related post, variable AWES topology may even be optimal to match load demand to supply across the widest set of conditions, and this is a fundamental Open-AWE idea in stark contrast to the pack of AWE stealth-ventures and their Control-Theory-oriented academic partners. A logical next step is to integrate Network and Control Theory for AWES, starting with multidisciplinary literature research.

Here is a good introduction to basic modern Graph Theory. In the AWES network context, nodes are kites/anchors, and edges are kitelines. As one skims thru this tutorial, its easy to classify known AWES architectures by standard topological definitions-
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21571 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design
To begin study of formal integration of Network Theory with Optimal Control Theory in AWES R&D, Wikipedia confirms that the general network-control subject is lately a hot research field. However, a search on model-predictive network control leads mostly to opaque neural-net apps rather than semantically explicit control networks. Clearly, we are still in very early phases of AWES single unit-kite model-predictive control engineering integration with many kite-unit complete-graph networks characterized by inherent dynamic and static stabilities (mostly passive-control, with variable-topology under manual active-control).

Wikipedia-

"The controllability of...complex networks has recently been the subject of intense study by a number of groups, worldwide."
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21572 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design
Similarity tactic: 

== fault tolerant, hamiltonian bipartite graphs 

Shin-Shin Kao,*, Lih-Hsing Hsu
 Ciip: "Network topology is a crucial factor for an interconnection network since it determines the performance of the network.Many interconnection network topologies have been proposed in the literature for the purpose of connecting a large number of processing elements.Network"
 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21573 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design
Transmission of ___[ ] ____ in networks ... 

Tuning the instrument: spider webs as vibration transmission structures

 
 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21574 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Single-Skin Pilot-Kite Progress
Single-Skin soft-kite tech scales vastly larger than any "stick-y" (rigid-sparred) kite can. The utimate frontier in SS soft-kites was the pilot-lifter. SS power kites were easier to develop, since they are not self-flying.

Kaixuan has been marketing the first SS pilot-lifter kites for over a year, but high shipping cost is discourages single orders. Their designer, Peter Lynn, continues to be obsessed with perfecting them, as his latest newsletter relates-
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21575 From: dave santos Date: 12/29/2016
Subject: Winding Numbers in Kite Problems
The kite continues to reveal itself as a tangible mathematical paradise.

Winding numbers are rotation quantizations of common kite cases like line wound on reels and looping multiline kites. A specific instance of a winding number in recent AWES discussion is the energy-storage capability of a twisted rope under tension. Mathematical Knot and Braid Theories naturally apply winding numbers, as has every kite flyer all the way from remote antiquity to our newly emerging AWES engineering-science.



Based on topology, a freely turning rotor and axle are not necessarily seen as "connected nodes", so a rotating swivel or wheel does not inherently conserve a winding number memory. One can assign phase-based winding numbers to free bearings, but fixed-connection windings are topologically protected information/energy.
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21576 From: dave santos Date: 12/30/2016
Subject: Re: Optimal Network Theory for AWES Design
Its taken years of study and observation to identify spider webs, fishing nets, kites, and other common systems of "rag-and-string" as indeed sharing the same exotic maths and physics as microscopic and cosmic equivalents, even String Theory itself. It took this long to peer thru the veil between our hands-on intuitive mastery of rag-and-string and esoteric abstractions of the essentially similar phenomena in invisible forms. The mismatch dissipates if Planck's Constant is recast as Planck's Variable, where the new quantum of action applied at all scales is based Natural Units, just like Reynold's Numbers work in fluid dynamics, by characteristic-dimensions and dimensionless analysis.

Noting that the "Spider Web Network" cited is not an exact analogy. A real spiderweb network is a rectangular-celled graph wrapped in a circle, while the engineered network topology cited by that name is hexagonal-celled, but the robustness effect is the same, of a redundant Token Ring. In AWES kite-network usage, the choice of triangular, rectangular, or hexogonal graph is an open question, case by case. A common kite network solution has been the hexagonal Kagome Lattice, which both Rod and KiteLab hit on; also evident in basketwork and BECs (Bose-Einstein Condensates). The basic math is the same across endlessly diverse instances (BECS are identified from computer and social networks to superfluid cryogenics).

Advanced physics even attains bardic glory in describing newly discovered objects like "crystalline vortices"; objects we can actually imitate and explore in novel kite versions. A kite-based crystalline vortex network could be like a spider-web with oscillating rotors between nodes; that twist in one direction, then the other; like a network of Jinx spinning-disk toys. Self-coherent pumping statistics are predicted possible for a large AWES network of this sort; a Metamaterial kitefarm almost like a spontaneously beating heart. Optimized AWES networks rated to power civilization are the closest technological match to Hopi Prophecy that the new age would begin with vast spiderwebs in the sky, even down to "shaking the Earth".*

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* Sufficiently powerful AWES networks will quake the earth at their anchors.




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Transmission of ___[ ] ____ in networks ... 

Tuning the instrument: spider webs as vibration transmission structures

 
 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21577 From: dave santos Date: 12/30/2016
Subject: Re: Forum headline images
JoeF's choice of image suggests the importance of symmetry and chirality (handedness) in kite systems. Power kite practice, for example, not only respects winding number of kite loops, but which way, clockwise or counterclockwise, that windings occur. There are two ways to assign port and starboard (left and right) in a kite system, by either kite or pilot POV (which is the same POV in parachuting and paragliders). Mirrored chirality is also a key feature throughout kite design. Sailing is a kite similarity-case; both are mobile wind-tech, and sailing's port-starboard definition is taught from the start. Kite-boarding on water occurs on port or starboard sailing tacks.


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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21578 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Tyrus Wong
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21579 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Tyrus Wong. Challenge in bringing system down ...
Re: Tyrus Wong. Challenge in bringing system down ...


Tyrus Wong Centipede Kite Landing Santa Monica Beach 2012

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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21580 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Towering Trains v. "Spawling Lattices"
Train

The world's longest kite Weight 500kg

 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21581 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny
This video quietly confirms that Ampyx's excess cost, weight, and landing-distance challenges are still evident, even at small scale, after years of trying. Larger prototypes did not materialize on-schedule in past crowd-funding cycles. A new crowd-funding cycle is sought to test at larger scale, which should settle the public question whether hot rigid-wing kite-gliders are a viable utility-scale AWES architecture. Ampyx will have had plenty of money and talent to prove the kite-glider concept. 

My +5yr pessimistic prediction is rigid-wing kite-gliders, in our time, will barely scale to ~50kW rated output, and will not reliably survive more than a few percent of a payback period before ending in a dangerous high-mass high-velocity crash. Long term, I see kite-gliders potentially operating in vast flocks, as IFO hybrids.

It will take decades before advances in materials and flight-automation solve the issues, and even then, energy-cost seems to greatly favor advanced giant soft kites. There is already a huge capacity gap between SkySails' MW parafoil ratings, proven at sea, and Ampyx's fancy kW scale prototypes, whose critical-reliability statistics seem to be a shameful secret. If Ampyx kiteplanes are not crashing, its because they are not being flown enough to generate payback reliability statistics, and the company is more marketing scheme than tech leader. 

There are still benefits to AWE's struggling ventures, of greater public AWE awareness, and the stark vetting of less-competitive AWES architectures. All AWES concepts work, but the historic race is to find and prove what works best, and that process is proceeding relentlessly. Ampyx also represents a critical bet on the reeling-groundgen concept down-select of its AWESCO partners.
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21582 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Towering Trains v. "Spawling Lattices"
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21583 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny
Shadi Ghandchi 

First: 
UC San Diego
 Greater San Diego Area Airlines/Aviation
Then:
Flight Controls Engineer
GA-ASI
January 2006 – May 2014 (8 years 5 months) 

 Then: 
 Flight Controls Engineer at Ampyx Power, Netherlands
SENIOR CONTROL ENGINEER
Team – Ampyx Power

 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21584 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: AWE Ah! 2017 here we come ...
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21585 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny
Its very odd that the team-page has so few folks, and featured in puffy marketing style. Has there been huge turnover and lay-offs? Probably. Why so few details? Companies like Ampyx tend to enforce strict-nondisclosure on staff, as a critical business strategy.

Here's another disclosure anomaly; it had long been an Ampyx announcement that an Canadian kitefarm was planned, but now Australia is cited. AWE stealth ventures, as a rule, do not explain why past goals lapse. Australia is known as a relatively poor wind site, compared to places like the Netherlands. Perhaps there is an Aussie venture interest inplay. Its dubious business and engineering logic to need or seek to develop technology so remotely from the home base, like Makini favoring sensitive Hawaiian landscape to Edwards AFB, where so many aerospace innovations are tested. Then there Ampyx's Dutch public forest testing option, as if there is nothing better between the Netherlands and Australia. The Dutch Forestry Commission is a likely party to pry out Ampyx mishap data, given government accountability standards.

"There is no room at our current Noordoostpolder test site for expansion. This is why we want to set up a demonstration site in Australia.  In the Netherlands we are looking for a suitable spot together with Staatsbosbeheer (the Dutch Forestry Commission that manages a large part of the nature reserves in the Netherlands).  Consultant Altenburg & Wymenga has been commissioned by Staatsbosbeheer and Ampyx Power to research Ampyx Power systems’ expected impact on flora and fauna."


It will be interesting to find out how the environmental assessment of Power Plane crashing turns out, from fire-risk to impact-site toxics clean-up. The conjecture is that "rag-and-string" AWES is inherently more benign environmentally, but that Ampyx has no interest in direct comparison research that might reflect badly on its AWES architecture down-select.
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21586 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Breakthrough Energy Coalition targets wind at "higher altitudes"
AWE made the list of funding priorities by the BTenergy billionaires led by Bill Gates-
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21587 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny
At the top of the Team page there is a horizontal scroll that features only a few team members.  The horizontal arrows may tease a visitor to the page to entirely miss using the vertical scroll. There is not a strong tease to use vertical scrolling to see the full team; I'd design the page with a change. 

But at the vertical scroll there is a substantial set of team members: 

"Programmers. Technicians. Hard-core scientists. Visionaries. Our team is a vibrant and international group of more than 40 experts working in the Netherlands and Australia. Together, we have all the skills in-house to successfully market our technology. Moreover, all our employees are company shareholders of Ampyx Power so everyone can benefit from the success.
Ampyx Power’s reputation attracts international experts who have a scientific background as well as experience in working for established companies. With this in-house expertise, we can realize our ambitions."
 
On the vertical scrolling one may find robust head shots of each; many are linked to a LinkedIn page for that AWE worker.     Here is a text list of those on the Team page: 

Ali Abedian  AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Fahri Akçomak  SYSTEM AND VERIFICATION ENGINEER
Marco 'D Alessio  AVIONICS HARDWARE ENGINEER
Wolbert Allaart  MANAGING DIRECTOR
Daniel Bigott  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Jaap Bosch  PROJECT MANAGER AP3
Pim Breukelman  COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
Stefano Cottafavi  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Michael Deaves  AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
Reno Elmendorp  AIRCRAFT DESIGNER
Sebastiaan Engelen  CONCEPTUAL AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Wouter Falkena  FLIGHT CONTROL ENGINEER
Shadi Ghandchi  SENIOR CONTROL ENGINEER
Nico-Jan Grijff  FLIGHT TESTING MANAGER KRAGGENBURG
Erik van der Heide  HEAD OF ENGINEERING
Veerle Hellin  OFFICE MANAGER
Sally Jibrail  FACILITIES COORDINATOR
Alfred Klomp  PROJECT ENGINEER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
Jonas Koenemann  PHD STUDENT
Dmitriy Kropiventsev  SENIOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Michiel Kruijff  HEAD OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Giovanni Licitra  MARIE CURIE PHD STUDENT IN PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
Michael Mendes Anderson  FINANCIAL MANAGER
Mathieu Mirmont  LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Marcos Paz Duart  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Evgeniy Pechenik  AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
Antonio Ramos Salido Maurer  EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Damien Reardon  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Willemijn Romijn-Kasteleijn  COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Folkert Roscam Abbing  PROJECT ENGINEER ELECTRONICS
Richard Ruiterkamp  FOUNDER AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Sören Sieberling  HEAD OF FLIGHT OPERATONS
Ilias Spiliotopoulos  CHIEF ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
Ted Spinders  RPAS PILOT & MAINTENANCE
Gregory Spirlet  FACTORY ENGINEER
Durk Steenhuizen  AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Paul Treasure  PROJECT DEVELOPER
Bernard Van Hemert  PROJECT MANAGER
David Wielemaker  MAIT AND REMOTE PILOT
Paul Williams  LEAD CONTROL ENGINEER
Yannan Zhang  PROJECT ENGINEER GIS AND CIVIL
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21588 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Breakthrough Energy Coalition targets wind at "higher altitudes"
Some key guide is given in the FAQ page: 
Frequently asked questions - Breakthrough Energy

 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21589 From: dave santos Date: 12/31/2016
Subject: Re: Ampyx Video reveals gaps under close scrutiny
That's more like it, from too few team members to perhaps too many, if the Power Plane already reaching scale-limits. 

Top link is an Australian project page, with business developers to contact, and  below that an Australian blogger link, with an artist's-concept of an Ampyx launching-landing platform.








On Saturday, December 31, 2016 3:56 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
At the top of the Team page there is a horizontal scroll that features only a few team members.  The horizontal arrows may tease a visitor to the page to entirely miss using the vertical scroll. There is not a strong tease to use vertical scrolling to see the full team; I'd design the page with a change. 

But at the vertical scroll there is a substantial set of team members: 

"Programmers. Technicians. Hard-core scientists. Visionaries. Our team is a vibrant and international group of more than 40 experts working in the Netherlands and Australia. Together, we have all the skills in-house to successfully market our technology. Moreover, all our employees are company shareholders of Ampyx Power so everyone can benefit from the success.
Ampyx Power’s reputation attracts international experts who have a scientific background as well as experience in working for established companies. With this in-house expertise, we can realize our ambitions."
 
On the vertical scrolling one may find robust head shots of each; many are linked to a LinkedIn page for that AWE worker.     Here is a text list of those on the Team page: 

Ali Abedian  AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Fahri Akçomak  SYSTEM AND VERIFICATION ENGINEER
Marco 'D Alessio  AVIONICS HARDWARE ENGINEER
Wolbert Allaart  MANAGING DIRECTOR
Daniel Bigott  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Jaap Bosch  PROJECT MANAGER AP3
Pim Breukelman  COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
Stefano Cottafavi  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Michael Deaves  AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
Reno Elmendorp  AIRCRAFT DESIGNER
Sebastiaan Engelen  CONCEPTUAL AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Wouter Falkena  FLIGHT CONTROL ENGINEER
Shadi Ghandchi  SENIOR CONTROL ENGINEER
Nico-Jan Grijff  FLIGHT TESTING MANAGER KRAGGENBURG
Erik van der Heide  HEAD OF ENGINEERING
Veerle Hellin  OFFICE MANAGER
Sally Jibrail  FACILITIES COORDINATOR
Alfred Klomp  PROJECT ENGINEER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
Jonas Koenemann  PHD STUDENT
Dmitriy Kropiventsev  SENIOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Michiel Kruijff  HEAD OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Giovanni Licitra  MARIE CURIE PHD STUDENT IN PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
Michael Mendes Anderson  FINANCIAL MANAGER
Mathieu Mirmont  LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Marcos Paz Duart  PROJECT ENGINEER MECHATRONICS
Evgeniy Pechenik  AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER
Antonio Ramos Salido Maurer  EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Damien Reardon  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Willemijn Romijn-Kasteleijn  COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Folkert Roscam Abbing  PROJECT ENGINEER ELECTRONICS
Richard Ruiterkamp  FOUNDER AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Sören Sieberling  HEAD OF FLIGHT OPERATONS
Ilias Spiliotopoulos  CHIEF ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
Ted Spinders  RPAS PILOT MAINTENANCE
Gregory Spirlet  FACTORY ENGINEER
Durk Steenhuizen  AIRCRAFT DESIGN ENGINEER
Paul Treasure  PROJECT DEVELOPER
Bernard Van Hemert  PROJECT MANAGER
David Wielemaker  MAIT AND REMOTE PILOT
Paul Williams  LEAD CONTROL ENGINEER
Yannan Zhang  PROJECT ENGINEER GIS AND CIVIL
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21590 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/1/2017
Subject: Geographic Information Systems (GIS Software)
List of geographic information systems software - Wikipedia
==========================================================

AWES over land--tethered or not-- will be involved with planning and communicating geographic information to fulfill mechanical planning and operating as well as responding to land managers at site and to neighbors affected by operations. Environmental watch offices will be faced with our AWES communications concerning geographic matters.   
     What and where are things and people? Hazards? Topological changes? Orchards? Heights. Thermal triggers? Roads. Structures. Vortex generators? Exits? Water ways? Flooding profiles?  Obstacles? Snags? Line holders? Soil types? Emergency-vehicle routes? Gates? Supply storage? Equipment location? Assist vehicles? Wires? Power lines? Animals? Lights? Elevations of everything? Distances of things from anchors? What changes in the environment? Wind direction? Sun direction? Alternative maps for eventualities? Decision making affected by geographic information? Report schedule from GIS mullings? Who will need to know what from GIS and when?

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Yannan,
        What program are you using? Any notes for all?  TIA
================================


================================
Prepared by :
Carbon Tracking Ltd,
Ennis, Co.Clare
October 2010
==============================
(PDF)
Report and GIS Mapping Compiled by Tracy O’Brien, BA, MRUP, MIPI
==============================
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21591 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/1/2017
Subject: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity

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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21592 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Aerial Observation System

Patent rehearses some involved technology that may interest some AWE teams: 


Aerial Observation System

Applicants: SHILAT IMAGING LTD [IL/IL]; 5 Haplada Street 60218 Or Yehuda (IL) (For All Designated States Except US).

GUETTA, Avishay [IL/IL]; (IL) (For US Only).

GUETTA, Yuval [IL/IL]; (IL) (For US Only).

AMBAR, Rafael [IL/IL]; (IL) (For US Only)

Inventors: GUETTA, Avishay; (IL).

GUETTA, Yuval; (IL).

AMBAR, Rafael; (IL)


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tag: optical fiber, tether, 
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21593 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Forum headline images
Long patent. Some portion will interest some AWE workers. 
Miss not text regarding Figure 17. 
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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21594 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity
Given the usual 3-5m spar scale-limit to "sticky" kites, this kind of kinetic kite is surprisingly powerful in high wind. Theo Jansen uses a halved WECS version for his famous Strandbeests.

kPower has a kite-store version rigged with multiple PTO lines (one of many "fringe" AWES demos to eventually complete), but still missing its PTO crankshaft to create smooth rotary power from phased pumping.




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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21595 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays

Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays  
US 7881153 B2


Publication numberUS7881153 B2
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 11/894,387
Publication dateFeb 1, 2011
Filing dateAug 21, 2007
Priority dateAug 21, 2007
Fee statusPaid
Also published asUS8351294, US20090050044, US20110139055
InventorsJan Erik Stokkeland, Ole-Fredrik Semb
Original AssigneePgs Geophysical As
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (10),Classifications (8), Legal Events (2)

External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21596 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays
This sort of sea-towed seismic sensor array derives from trawling net tech, as the "trawl door" spreader paravanes typify. The mechanical details of this patent are not so interesting, as many such mechanical solutions are possible.

The highly ordered periodic sensor array is suggestive of equivalent WECS lattices in AWE. The bold implicit suggestion of this sort of sea-rig is that similar arrays could be flown in the sky from one anchor point (with some means of maintaining roll stability). The closest flying similarity-case are Chinese parallel centipede/dragon kite trains.


On Monday, January 2, 2017 10:49 AM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Steerable paravane system for towed seismic streamer arrays  
US 7881153 B2

Publication numberUS7881153 B2
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 11/894,387
Publication dateFeb 1, 2011
Filing dateAug 21, 2007
Priority dateAug 21, 2007
Fee statusPaid
Also published asUS8351294, US20090050044, US20110139055
InventorsJan Erik Stokkeland, Ole-Fredrik Semb
Original AssigneePgs Geophysical As
Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (10),Classifications (8), Legal Events (2)

External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21597 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Forum headline images
Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21598 From: dave santos Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Re: Species of kinetic kite for niche PTO opportunity
Note that coherent Lattice-Waves are the principle-of-operation of this kinetic kite. Its a quasi 1D lattice, with the waving spars in a fractal subdimension.

The challenge is create similar lattice waves with soft-kite structure, to scale up lattice-waves as a powerful AWES basis.


On Monday, January 2, 2017 9:56 AM, "dave santos santos137@yahoo.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
Given the usual 3-5m spar scale-limit to "sticky" kites, this kind of kinetic kite is surprisingly powerful in high wind. Theo Jansen uses a halved WECS version for his famous Strandbeests.

kPower has a kite-store version rigged with multiple PTO lines (one of many "fringe" AWES demos to eventually complete), but still missing its PTO crankshaft to create smooth rotary power from phased pumping.




On Sunday, January 1, 2017 7:04 PM, "joefaust333@gmail.com [AirborneWindEnergy]" <AirborneWindEnergy@yahoogroups.com  
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Group: AirborneWindEnergy Message: 21599 From: joe_f_90032 Date: 1/2/2017
Subject: Circa 1979. Erich Herter.



Ground tethered airborne wind power generator -  has propeller and vertical wing with orthogonal lift fins at front and rear  


Page bookmarkDE2923503 (A1)  -  Ground tethered airborne wind power generator -  has propeller and vertical wing with orthogonal lift fins at front and rear
Inventor(s):HERTER ERICH +
Applicant(s):HERTER ERICH +
Classification:
- international:F03D1/04; F03D11/04; (IPC1-7): F03D1/00
- cooperative:
Application number:DE19792923503 19790609 
Priority number(s):DE19792923503 19790609