Makani Power » Flights http://www.makanipower.com Airborne Wind Energy Wed, 09 May 2012 20:57:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Flight Demonstrations—Update from Corwin http://www.makanipower.com/2012/05/2494/ http://www.makanipower.com/2012/05/2494/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:11:31 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=2494

At the end of September 2010, ARPA-E granted Makani the funds to develop Wing 7, a small scale prototype of our megawatt airborne wind turbine design. What followed over the next eighteen months was a combination of hard work and inspiring results.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2012/05/2494/feed/ 0 All Flight Modes http://www.makanipower.com/2012/02/all-flight-modes/ http://www.makanipower.com/2012/02/all-flight-modes/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:06:57 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=2235
As Makani nears the close of its ARPA-E phase 1 development program, all flight modes of the AWT have now been demonstrated by Wing 7, a 30 kW prototype of a utility scale product. This prototype proves the functionality of the AWT and demonstrates the feasibility of Makani’s vision.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2012/02/all-flight-modes/feed/ 0 Milestone Flights, September and November 2011 http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/milestone-flights-september-and-november-2011/ http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/milestone-flights-september-and-november-2011/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:59:45 +0000 admin http://optiona.makanipower.com/?p=1686

In recent months Makani has met two critical flight milestones in first-of-kind demonstrations as per the requirements of the ARPA-E sponsored Wing 7 project. Both of these flights occurred at Makani’s test site on the Alameda Naval Air Station.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/milestone-flights-september-and-november-2011/feed/ 0 Wing 7 flight, July 8, 2011 http://www.makanipower.com/2011/09/wing-7-flight-august-8-2011/ http://www.makanipower.com/2011/09/wing-7-flight-august-8-2011/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:15:25 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=1074
The Wing 7 program is an 18-month project with quarterly milestones. This flight marks the completion of Makani’s third milestone and the halfway point of the project. Makani plans to demonstrate launching and landing to a perch and a full power curve compliant with IEC standards.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2011/09/wing-7-flight-august-8-2011/feed/ 0 Wing 6 test September 17, 2010 http://www.makanipower.com/2010/10/wing-6-test-september-17-2010/ http://www.makanipower.com/2010/10/wing-6-test-september-17-2010/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:48:33 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=591

Test goal: Demonstrate flight transitions: transition from hover to crosswind flight, fly in crosswind and transition from crosswind back into hover.

While these transitions have been demonstrated in Makani’s six degrees of freedom (6-dof) model, transitions like these have never been demonstrated with a tethered wing.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2010/10/wing-6-test-september-17-2010/feed/ 0 Wing 4e test June 18, 2010 http://www.makanipower.com/2010/06/wing4e-test-june-18-2010/ http://www.makanipower.com/2010/06/wing4e-test-june-18-2010/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:32:37 +0000 andrea http://www.new.makanipower.com/?p=290
6/18/10 4:30pm
Visitor: Miles Loyd
Miles Loyd, an early airborne wind developer and a retired Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory electrical engineer, holds a patent for a wind driven apparatus for power generation, issued in 1978.… Read more

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May 28th, 2010
Wing 4, Makani’s 10 kW scale prototype is shown here generating power while under fully autonomous control. The purpose of this test is a single point verification of the power curve according to IEC standards.… Read more

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Demonstration flight of our complete 10kW prototype system. An autonomous controller flies the wing without the aid of a human pilot. The controller is able to safely and reliably respond to changes in wind speed and gusts, while also optimizing power generation.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2010/05/flight-testing-wing-4d/feed/ 0 Wing 3 autonomous flight, August 24, 2009 http://www.makanipower.com/2009/08/flight-testing-wing-4a/ http://www.makanipower.com/2009/08/flight-testing-wing-4a/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:23:59 +0000 daniel http://www.new.makanipower.com/?p=172