Micro CoGen.

Thanks for posting this link.  This company carries/builds cool stuff!!!!!

Hi Bob,

Good to hear from you and that you guys are okay.

Also good that so far, everyone one else seems to be okay.

Have been worried.

Take care,

Steve

Potter,

Are these in the US?

I'd love a shot at one if you aren't going to take them all...

Thanks,

Steve

Cognos,

I'm curious how high is the pressure required?

What about the temp?

Just curious...

Thanks,

Steve

I think it could be made better by putting a fan on the end of the tractor pto, then putting another fan on the single phase genhead. 
Then you'd want to face them toward each other so they would be "air coupled..."

LOL!

Gotta hand it to you though, it gets the job done!

Best,

Steve

Tacoma, WA

Instructions for those who want to build one.  Very well done imho!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bseit46ezOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-YxsElPCgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahs2pM10xQU

Nice kit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jLA2u_G4Dg

Also nice job on assembling the wings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6kfVlwsZ5M

I don't have any interest in the company.  Just found their vids and thought they did a nice job.

Otherpower also sells completed units here:

http://www.forcefieldmagnets.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_30

Happy Holidays,

Steve

Still can't get to it...

I second that!!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Steve

I remembered this thread and thought that I'd post the following info.  If you don't like the Financial Times, you can find many other articles here:

http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&ncl=d31P2QGk_WAQYqMNUhfPPl9YBTznM&topic=b


EPA blames fracking for Wyoming pollution

By Ed Crooks in New York

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that the pollution of ground water in Wyoming was probably connected to the hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", used in gas production, setting off a fresh round of calls for curbs on the controversial technique.

The results of the EPA investigation of water sources around the town of Pavillion in central Wyoming were seized on by environmental groups that have argued for either tighter regulation or an outright ban on fracking.
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However, the EPA stressed that many features of gas production in the area were "specific to Pavillion" and "different from those in many other areas of the country".

Encana, the Canadian company that owns the gas field around Pavillion, said the EPA's investigations had not been conclusive.

"The water is poor there; there's no question of that," said Doug Hock, Encana's US director of community and public relations. "But is that the result of our operations and is there any evidence that our operations caused that? Not at all."

Encana's shares declined 4.7 per cent in Toronto to C$19.53 on Thursday.

The EPA launched its investigation in September 2008, after complaints from Pavillion residents that the water from their wells tasted and smelled bad after fracking for gas production nearby.

The agency took a range of water samples, including some from wells 770ft and 1,000ft deep, which it said showed signs of contamination.

Fracking involves pumping a mix of water, sand and chemicals down a well at high pressure to crack rock and let gas or oil flow out more readily, increasing the productivity of what might otherwise be commercially unattractive resources.

The technique has opened significant news sources of gas for the US, and is starting to have a similar effect on oil production.

Opponents argue that there is a risk that the chemicals used could leak into vital water sources, either by migration through the rock or by improper disposal of fracking fluids after use.

The significance of the EPA's investigation is that it is the first time in more than 20 years that there has been an official suggestion that fracking fluids have migrated underground to contaminate ground water; a potentially more serious and worrying issue than the known incidents of pollution by spills on the surface.

However, much of the new gas and oil extracted by fracking comes from horizontal wells that can be several thousand feet below the surface, whereas the gas wells around Pavillion are vertical, and were sometimes fracked as little as about 1,230ft below the surface.

The geology of the area is also different from many of the other areas where fracking is used, the EPA added.

The implications of its Wyoming findings for the regulation of fracking will go into the EPA's wider investigation of the practice, which may lead to a recommendation of further regulations.

In its statement announcing the Pavillion findings, the EPA said: "Natural gas plays a key role in our nation's clean energy future, and the Obama administration is committed to ensuring that the development of this vital resource occurs safely and responsibly."

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c21fc68e-21ec-11e1-8b93-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1fzc2UWGS

Don't know what you use to mow with, but I would NEVER scrap one of these mowers.  They are AWESOME!

Far, far better than 95% of what is currently available.

Just my $.02,

Steve

I third it.

Best wishes to all during this holiday season.

Steve

Argh!!!!

I offered him $650 as a starting point on that setup figuring he'd counter back when he first advertised it and he said no.  I asked him to let me know if he decided to lower the price...

You scored!!!!

Congrats.

Steve

Excellent!

Good to hear.

Glad he's back doing his thing.

Thanks for the update.

Steve

PS - Ade, glad to also hear you're feeling better.  As someone who's had pneumonia 3x, I've learned not to screw around with it and get into the doctor at the first sign of something lingering in my chest.  It comes back worse each time if one doesn't get it taken care of.

Hi Sully,

Welcome to the forum.  I hadn't seen your post until today.

It's an interesting design issue.  One thought that immediately came to mind was why not use electric propulsion motors?  Since the primary motive force is the sails, I assume this is for backup in the event of no wind as well as harbor navigation.  Hence, one would not need huge motors.

You could purchase a pair of 10 or 20KW Yanmar powered pancake generator sets that would be fairly light that would supply all of your power and propulsion needs and allow redundancy to boot without a complicated mechanical coupling system.

http://www.hardydiesel.com/marine-diesel-generators.html

Yes, the propulsion motors might be heavy, but perhaps not any worse than the transmission and possibly v-drive that a mechanical system would require.

Again, welcome!

Steve