STEORN DEMO LIVE & STREAM in Dublin, December 15th, 10 AM

[pcjunkie]

Jet engines are not particularly powerful. They have a low power output - that is until they are spinning at 40,000RPM and higher, then you are getting foot pounds of pressure. 

When you ramp up the revs on those things it takes a while. Remeber the Airbus that crashed at the show, flew into the forest? The pilot started to Rev up at the end of the runway as he entered its zone, by the time he hit the forest 12 seconds later his engines were only just beginning to provide lift. Now compare a slight throttle tweak on a giant Diesel or if the plane had an old radial engine, the effect would have been instant.

As for the crash, most jets ramp up the engines as they hit the low point and by half way they are starting to provide the power.

[PaulLowrance]

Serious, anyone who has the software to record the live Steorn video coverage should be prepared! It might require screen capture video software. You *will* want to analyze the live video feeds later on.

[Staffman]

Did anyone catch this? Someone snuck in and got some pictures (no video). Apparently it was running. The person claims that the demo will be sometime this week.

http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2009/12/first_glimpse_of_the_demo_orbo_whirring_1.html

[broli]

Did anyone catch this? Someone snuck in and got some pictures (no video). Apparently it was running. The person claims that the demo will be sometime this week.

http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2009/12/first_glimpse_of_the_demo_orbo_whirring_1.html

He made that post on past Saturday so "next week" is this week for us.

[Staffman]

Per the link below the demo will be tomorrow 15 Dec at 10 AM in Dublin.


http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2009/12/steorn_demo_to_begin_tomorrow.html

There is a stream at

http://www.livestream.com/steorn

Should be live tomorrow.