Watch This Cargo Ship Fly a Giant Kite to Save Fuel and Cut Emissions - Airseas Seawing
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Airseas Seawing was officially deployed for the first time, flying at 200 meters above sea level. Airseas engineers were onboard, to collect data from this pioneering test. The success of this initial operation meant the validation of essential processes, such as folding and unfolding the kite, and flight in altitude.
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For those who think this is just a sailing ship. Little difference. (or big from an engineering perspective). The sail is 650feet high where the winds are 3 times faster than surface wind. This came out of kite surfing.
So…… it’s a sailboat
what’s wrong with a sailboat? with an unmanned sail, that flies 200m up where the wind is a lot stronger
@@anonihme5142 nuclear is better
@anonihme5142 it's not scalable or efficient. I mean, maybe if it's carrying vegan food..
of course its scalable, if you can make a boat you can make the sail that goes with it. now efficiency wise I have no fecking clue. I wouldn't take the company's word for it. But I guess you have no clue either otherwise you'd cite a proper source
Its a kite not a sale
Great job, you invinted a sailboat, bravo
Little difference. (or big from an engineering perspective). The sail is 650feet high where the winds are 3 times faster than surface wind. At least we got something out of kite surfing.
The term "Go fly a kite" is now a positive phrase. Nice.
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Sounds exactly like what the german company "Skysails" tried 15 years ago. Glad to see this might finally be catching on.
or those ships from the Age of Sail
Or what they did in 4000 BC…
Manufacturing the sail causes more carbon emissions than it saves. It’s a waste
@@cloudstreets1396 the proposed fuel savings are upwards of ten percent on a good day. Somehow I doubt the sail is THAT energy intensive to make.
@@Alexander_Kale look it up. It is
Want to know what will cut down even MORE carbon? IF THE USA JUST MADE THEIR OWN PRODUCTS AND DIDNT IMPORT EVERYTHING.
Skalleywag lookin ah boat
This is the type of kite sail the solar powered silent-yachts has - but they haven't put out a decent video on it yet. I keep waiting to see a full deploy, results, and stow video from them.
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We going back to the Age of Sail 🗣️🗣️🗣️
I wonder if using normal sails would be more efficient?
no. kite's provide a ton of advantages over conventional sails, from more power, less drag, less rigging requirements, stows more compactly, operates higher and further from turbulent air caused by the ship, and a ton of other benefits.
Kites seem to be the better option for consistent trade winds. They don't clutter up the deck and the winds are stronger higher up.
So how exactly do you adjust a kite when the wind blows a different direction?
You can adjust sails but kites kinda just go wherever their blown
@@moonie5565 The computer controls the movement of the kite. In general higher winds don't change direction as much, so kites would likely go even higher to catch stronger more stable winds. The kites are only intended to use less diesel when winds are optimal. I would assume there is a narrow range of wind direction when the kite would be used. They worked on this before the Obama global recession. Since then oil prices have been so low it wasn't worth researching. Now that Biden has driven global oil prices higher to reduce their use, these technologies may have promise again.
@@moonie5565 I don't think it's meant to be used in a headwind, lol. But if the wind is blowing in the general direction you're going anyway, why not harness it? I suspect that the 20% claim assumes optimal tailwind conditions, and the average actual fuel savings would be a lot lower. But if the savings still justify the expense, why not let the wind do the work?
*Yo Ho Noises intensify*
That's how they built the pyramids. 🌬️
so basically it's a sailing ship boat
It's a boat with diesel propulsion augment by a kite. It's 100% diesel propelled when the weather's not favorable to harness the wind.
@@boobylinks if it's 100% diesel there will be no use for the kite
@@electronicartis That's like saying if the ship' on a passage then there's no reason for it to carry an anchor.
These people don’t understand the weather most cargo ships go through up around the Aleutian chain. Those kites would get trashed in a heartbeat!
When they're at a high angle like that, they're in position to stow or they've just been set to flying height. It's takes less torque on the motors when flying at a high angle.
Leave it to tech bros to try and reinvent the sail boat while making it laughably worse in almost every regard.
All I saw was a huge Kite creating alot of drag in those clips
Lmao! Imagine thinking this is efficient, successful, or real..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What if it used both wind and electric, or at least diesel hybrid electric?
They do... It saves a healthy chunk of fuel.
This won’t solve the issue, but may help a bit. I also could see some issues with it. It tells people where you are, which can be good and bad. It may just become more sea trash. I can already see pictures of baby seals or turtles wrapped up in them.
It's a fucking sail.
Bro it's a SAILBOAT
4000 BC old tech
Ok now bring back the sails as well. Oh no wait...roarers on the sides!! So thousands of years of evolution and we still cannot figure a way of replacing fossil fuels other than bringing back sails? Are we suppose to clap on that backdrop?
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