Re: Nicaragua machine shops

Hi Ian,

I'm about 10 min from the ocean. Wave machine? Hills outside of the
central valley of CA (Stockton, Modesto, etc) have wind machines. Very
impressive, except I seldom see them turning! No stream here, and big
solar power panels would be frowned upon in this housing development.
Steam power? ;>)

Heli's sound interesting, I hope we get that program here. What do they
do when the wind dies down, LAND it?

Alan KM6VV

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.
>
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
> www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Marconett KM6VV" <KM6VV@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: 29 March 2001 20:00
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Nicaragua machine shops
>
> > Hi Mariano, Ian,
> >
> > Don't laugh! I might just have to do that here in California, if the
> > power shortage problem gets much worse! Good thing I've got candles so
> > I can program on the computer when the lights go out! ;>)
> >
> > Alan KM6VV