nym
On 6/20/06, Andrew Turner <
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On 6/20/06, Tom Longson (nym) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Harder to make an unmanned aerial balloon/kite though.
>
Not necessarily. :)
What's the actual wind like out there? Schuyler had a post about this earlier:
http://www.iconocla.st/index.cgi/2005/Feb/16#send-in-the-hoverbots
I worked on autonomous airships in University, and you could probably
put one together for ~ $500. Batteries are the biggest problem
(solar-arrays on airships are cool, but impratical for the time
being).
Andrew
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