New company… its a rotary system too!
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It looks like The Pyramid offshore version. The Tiira “ground-based carrousel beam” is tilted, just like the Pyramid “cartwheel”.
On the other hand the Tiira rotary device does not include “a triangular bridle between the kites” and has two kites instead of three kites for the Pyramid. But, in my opinion, these differences can be seen as options rather than main structural differences. Or it would be an evolution comparable to the evolution between Daisy and the Pyramid.
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I agree the similarities with “The Pyramid” are striking. I think though, Tiira have been working on these maybe longer ago than my Pyramid presentation at AWEC, so I don’t mean to say they are influenced by “The Pyramid”, just that we both arrived at a similar conclusion.
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In my opinion this is the most realistic AWE concept I have ever seen, including my own (which is not necessarily a reference) which all lead to dead ends.
The offshore aspect adds something to this AWES that really looks like something advantageous.
As this topic is part of “Company Development”, it would be interesting if it sparked this development.
Why not benefit from Kitemill’s rigid wing control experience, in order to move towards this rotating device project of Tiira via The Pyramid and Daisy, and gather respective knowledge?
From their website:
We are looking for:
- early investors
- motivated team members
- pioneering partners
Contact us:
Tiira Wind Power
c/o Simon Kober
Reichenbachstrasse 74
3052 Zollikofen
Switzerland
I just informed them that Tiira device is discussed here.
You need to forward that to Kitemills CEO/CTO…
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It’s done. All of this remains to be analyzed and to attempt to produce a small proof of concept to be tested onshore, with two small rigid wings, the “ground-based carousel beam”, control devices and an adapted software…
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Tiira, The Pyramid, Daisy, OTS and SuperTurbine ™ have a family resemblance. These tilted torque transfer turbines could be completed by the device represented on Makani patent US7847426B1, figures 1A, 1B, 2 and 4.
I wonder if a simpler control could be achieved by developing Daisy with rigid blades, keeping only the rotor and the tethers as airborne elements.
Otherwise some first tests could be achieved by using fast semi-rigid kites like the Celerator which is a really fast kite that I flew.