Very Large Single Ended Solar parafoil blade

[BobK]

Here's the idea for a very large flying wing in the shape of a maple leaf seed pod. The center of rotatin shifts around the COG. No Berings are required on the motors, just the batteries. By electronicly shifting the COG and adjusting blade angle by wing bag reshaping any power the 150' long x 3-7' thick x 26' wide Tyvek parafoil. I'd like to drop one from a plane at a few thousand & see how long it takes to autorotate (1st guess is 6 lengths of the wing, maybe 900'?? with a good control). It could be ground launched as a kite with a good wind & winch. If it autorotates well under high wind it could as a kite a little smaller be a windmill generator. The inflator would have to presurize spar & ribs the wind inflates the rest. Takes off like a normal parafoil kite, but at a few thousand (or less maybe) holds the COR and releases the blade tip. as rotation to reasonant tuned to wind speed aloft RRPM sliding of the COG tunes to AC drive the COG needs to stay positioned (but actually rotating the wing) foward. Who's got an ultrasonic welder & a few hundred sq' of a few different flavors of TYVEK?
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[gyromike]

Let us know how it turns out. Take lots of pictures.

[Passin' Thru]

Yeah, Ya'll do that now, you heah?:peace:

[BobK]

This idea came to more than a shape when I look at the size to weight ratio and the shifting of the giroscopic action of the COG around the COR. This is all with it's disemitry of lift & simple shape. The veins are connected like a bat wing and the change of angle of attack could be done with airfoil bag sizes along the wing. I need to build a little paper bag kite to see if it will autorotate & I will take pictures. I think the natural rotation speed & pattern may have been what brought me to slow very flexible blades. One at a time?:noidea: