Post #3910611
2026-07-13 18:37 UTC
@alxd@writing.exchange Those airborne wind turbines look so cool and I've seen them a lot in #solarpunk artwork. But do you know if these things would actually work or would be feasible to build?
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@TheSecondVariation@graz.social 2026-07-13 18:43
@compfu@mograph.social @alxd@writing.exchange I think that is complete fantasy and a really dumb idea. You kind of want the wind turbine to have a lot of drag, but that means it will have to compensate a lot of forces, which I don't think you want to do with a couple of cables.
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@carapace@mastodon.social 2026-07-13 22:39
@compfu@mograph.social @alxd@writing.exchange The "Magenn" people had an interesting idea for a airborne wind generator that used the Magnus effect. I don't know what happened to it or why they folded. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714020153/https://www.magenn.com/