Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder2.usenet.farm!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: PV Dirigible Prop Alternative To Super Pressure Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 21:41:13 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <62d14089-98a3-461b-aa56-7fd9b3a38007@googlegroups.com> <852ad436-a99c-4ee8-9f6a-b5fd5408d0e4@googlegroups.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="23893"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18B5p8f7aNYrfwexVpdueUr" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:R1uaoZO6PMWW1bZrGWMVMwQ5yb4= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:583946 Bret Cahill wrote: >> > From a distance all you would see is the inflatable blimp like prop. >> > >> > It would have no significant battery for overnight power. Instead during the day it would power toward the earth like an upside down helicopter to retard the gain in altitude as the He expanded. >> > >> > When it cooled at night the prop would auto rotate down to the lower altitude limit. >> > >> > To eliminate the huge torque from a counter rotating prop the major vertical axis prop is powered by smaller tip mounted props like a pin wheel. >> > >> > The Reynolds number would be yuge! >> >> > > crickets as perdicted You seem to get that a lot. I wonder why... -- Jim Pennino