Kiteboat Platforms 2004-2011
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- This is an overview of Don Montague's kiteboat projects from 2004 to early 2011. Projects from 2006-2008 were conducted as part of Makani Power Inc, and projects from 2008-2011 were conducted within the Kiteboat Project/KAI Institute. Many thanks to all of the sailors and camerapeople through the years. Music by Air.
Check out our recent progress at project.kiteboa...
🤯 wow! I completely forgot about this song!
What a fantastic video! Wow, I can feel the lost life blood surging through me, thank god for people like you. Love from London UK.
So happy to see this. Kites can definitely be the future to sailing and renewable energy, In the past ten years I've been developing winches made specifically for kite power. We solved the line twist problem and made a winch that can pull infinite kite loops.. thats a lot of power
Navy pilots pay attention. How do you think a kite similar to this concept would work packed neatly in the seat pan of your ejection seat holding your raft. Its just another option to move you to safety or closer to rescue. Make it happen gentlemen this concept can be adapted to save your life.
A three or four meter water relaunchable learning kite = $350 + could pack small enough to be the real deal here. It's all off the shelf stuff too, no need to get too technical over it just add a third line or a couple extra for attaching to a boat harness. Kiting is so great now with safety upgrades in the equipment. Old kites would work. The HQ4 Hydra would be perfect... You don't have to pump it up ... Aloha ~
Good job guys !
Beautiful solutions💨
I'm a pilot so I look at this and want to be in the air where it's smooth and drag a foil through the water. I'd like to see it done.
I NEED this for my boat!!!!
Its been four years but we've been developing a universal winch that can fly a kite off your boat.. It can also produce power at anchor
sweet, save resources, cleaner for the environment
Great speed
I guess that if I wait long enough then someone else does all of the cool things I dream up. I sure wish I had money!
It is not that expensive to start
I’m building my kite Trifoil we now
what is a kite trifoil?
@@ressanopapanoa a trimaran boat. 6 Mt long x4.6 wide . It uses a 15 Mt kite as propulsion
But how high can the boat jump? :-D
nicest kite platform to me is the trimaran at 4:39 !
Definitely a cool design
The smaller craft run like a scalded dog under kite power. Can speed be managed to get a lower speed should it be needed? Or is it totally a matter of size of kite relative to boat and wind speed and direction?
Depower the Kite/Change down a size or two/Keep kite more towards edge of window/Don't 'fly it' as much ie..more of a fixed position as opposed to moving it to generate lift.
nice !
Класс!
За кайтом будущее
how fast are they?
I can see this if all you have is an outrigger canoe and a parasail but it has to be the most complicated and potentially dangerous way to use the wind for propulsion.
It is safe enough
....meh........
Most annoying soundtrack ever