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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 16 Mar 2024, 17:26 |
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I didn't watch the video.
But they are buildilding wind turbine blades, designed to efficiently generate electricity.
And then ship them on a jet airplane, which is one of the least efficient delivery methods possible?
OK.
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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 16 Mar 2024, 17:58 |
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Username Protected wrote: Too long to fit on a train. Will allow larger more efficient turbine generators in remote areas that can only be transported by ship now.
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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 16 Mar 2024, 19:02 |
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Landing on a 6,000.' runway... Yeah.... No Problems... And they get funding for this...
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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 17 Mar 2024, 11:46 |
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Username Protected wrote: And then ship them on a jet airplane, which is one of the least efficient delivery methods possible? Considering it was intended for sites not reachable by sea, and that an airplane requires no continuous infrastructure from point A to point B (unlike rail or highway), it might well be very efficient. Make a runway near the site and land the plane there. Seems to me, though, that a lighter than air ship with the blade slung underneath would work best and could even have station keeping and crane facilities to lower the blade onto the turbine without needing the last mile of ground transport. Use sea transport to get it as close as you can, then winch it up and fly it to the site. If the blades are not that heavy, and the ship is big enough, this could work and it solves both the transport and the crane problems. Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 17 Mar 2024, 12:49 |
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Username Protected wrote: Seems to me, though, that a lighter than air ship with the blade slung underneath would work best and could even have station keeping and crane facilities to lower the blade onto the turbine without needing the last mile of ground transport. Use sea transport to get it as close as you can, then winch it up and fly it to the site.
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Maybe a heavy lift helicopter? No need for an adjacent runway, and no complexity from airship operations. (Which sometimes sound good in theory, but haven't worked out so well in practice over the last 150 years or so).
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Post subject: Re: The Next … World’s Largest Airplane Posted: 17 Mar 2024, 13:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: Maybe a heavy lift helicopter? Maybe, but probably need a new one since the biggest I can find is about 20 tons. I'd guess those blades are about 40 tons each (since the promo video showed two in the plane and claimed 80 ton capability). Some huge drone like thing with multiple rotors might do it. This would have more uses than wind farms. Mike C.
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