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Great idea just not currently probable. I had an idea of was using some version of wind turbines to power a ship or plane. Once the ship or plane got moving I figured you could put multiple wind tubines in a row, like in some tube, and once they all got moving they would generate enough power to keep the plane or ship moving almost indeffenantly. Any engineers out there? If you create something like this based on reading this then please give me a post to let me know, it would give me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. Also please excuse the bad spelling.
Oosay, Mar 17 2009
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If you get the power from actual wind and not from the relative 'wind' generated by the forward movement of the vehicle, this can work. It's just that in a 15 mph wind, your vehicle would only be able to go a percentage of that speed. So you'll have a pretty slow vehicle.
Here's a story about a wind-powered car that can even go when the wind is head-on.
http://www.popsci.com/node/32069
As stated multiple times here, taking power from the forward movement results in more drag than thrust, so it would never work.
Its that getting energy from nothing that kills the idea. But still i like tha way it sounds
Actually, I don't think it is possible to have a wind-powered airplane. Wind-powered ships and cars are able to utilize the difference in relative motion between the air and the water or ground they're on to provide power. There is no difference in motion for a free flying plane to use. That's why a kite can remain aloft only if it is tethered to the ground.