Sail and Windmills
a manually controlled hydrofoil stabilizer for sailboats.
This design uses the wind that is accelerated by going around the edges of a building to extract more power
a novel hydrofoil sailboat that eliminates heeling with a canted rig. See more of Bernard Smiths work here.
Windmill
Diffuser/Augmentor
This design creates a suction behind the turbine to increase the power output using a small turbine.This technique was used with limited sucess by vortec energy of nz, but was abandoned because the costs of building a concrete diffuser/augmentor were to high to be worth it .
This design creates a suction behind the turbine to increase the power output using a small turbine.This technique was used with limited sucess by vortec energy of nz, but was abandoned because the costs of building a concrete diffuser/augmentor were to high to be worth it .
The
K-Wing Kayak rig
a novel and compact sail and hydrofoil stabilizer rig
for kayaks and canoes.
Kite Powered RC Boat. The boats hull is partially lifted from the water by the kites lift.
The toy Pop Pop boat engine grows up. A series of papers about water pulsejets by Peter Payne
Stirling Engine
a novel stirling engine proposal
This but Victorian looking stirling engine uses magnets to move the displacer.
a giant stirling engine proposal
Stirling Engine
a novel Low Temperature Stirling engine design by Hubert Stierhof that moves the displacer by moving the cylinder around it.
