Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Nicaragua machine shops

Ian Wright wrote:

> Aren't any of you near water? I have always dreamed of having a stream in my
> back yard or river nearby so I could build a little water wheel and generate
> my own power. Seems with all the big stepper motors lying about it wouldn;t
> be such a difficult task.
> I watched a program here last night on new technology (Tomorrows world) and
> in that a guy in Australia is planning to fly a load of very basic
> helicopter-type things like kites. The 'generator' will be powered to get
> the things airborn and to a suitable height to catch the best winds and they
> will then be ties off and the free rotation of the rotors will both keep the
> thing aloft and generate up to about 6 gigawatts of power from each 'copter.

6 GW!!!?? That would have to be some HUGE set of rotor blades! That's
6 MILLION HP! Since a heavy-lift copter had something like 5000 Hp of
turbine engines, I can't imagine how big the rotor needs to be to get 6 Mega-HP.
If it ever comes down, it could wipe out a good size town!

Jon