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Explore our innovative kite designs merging 16th-century inspiration with modern tech, offering energy solutions and aerial maneuverability. Discover the potential of kite navigation and energy-producing kites to revolutionize the energy sector.
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Final Kite Presentation Team III Marc Durigon Adam Menko Daniela Carizzo Theo Dixon
Weapon Dispensation • 16th century design, fabricated to modern technology. • Wooden support rods replaced by light and stronger titanium supports. • Normal cloth is replaced with metamaterial, cloaking the kites into the sky. • Chemical dispenser attached equidistantly between a set of three large kites. • Two men can command kite, one maneuvers, the other observes and releases agents with remote control • Modern manufacturing • Better than low flying aircraft
Bridge Building • Leonardo Da Vinci • Homan Walsh • Fly Kite Across • More strings are added
Kite Navigation • Use in place of plane navigational towers. • Easier renovation/repair. • Use clean energy. • Difficult to find enough wind. • Expensive.
ENERGY PRODUCING KITES • The Kite Wind Generator, or KiteGen for short, could produce as much energy as a nuclear power plant. • The estimated energy production cost ten times lower than the one obtained by fossil fuel thermal plants. • A traditional turbine might cost $1.2 million, a comparable KiteGen plant would run about $85,000. • KiteGencould churn out one gigawatt of power at a cost of just 1.5 euros per megawatt hour. That's nearly 30 times less than the average cost in Europe of 43 euros per megawatt hour.
How it works • When wind hits the KiteGen, kites spring from funnels at the ends of poles. • For each kite, winches release a pair of high-resistance cables to control direction and angle. • KiteGen's core is set in motion by the twirl of the kites; the rotation activates large alternators producing current. • A control system on autopilot optimizes the flight pattern to maximize the juice produced as it sails on night and day. A radar system can redirect kites within seconds in case of any interference: oncoming helicopters, for example. Or small planes or even single birds. • Proponents say other plusses of the merry-go-round generator are the contained cost of $510,000 and limited amount of space needed. Even with a modest diameter of about 320 feet (100 meters), they estimate KiteGen can produce half a gigawatt of energy.
Conclusion • Wind power through kites is a feasible idea, but the kite design must be considered carefully. • The ideal kite is both light and well supported. • Any solution to a problem involving a kite must involve a design that can fly in the worst conditions.