Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:16:33 -0700
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Frydae windmills was Re: The ever changing thread
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David, ease up on whatever you are using right now!
Stuart
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David Beierl
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Subject: Frydae windmills was Re: The ever changing thread
At 01:06 PM 6/22/2012, Bryan Feddish wrote:
>Speaking of solar panels, I have a windmill that just arrived the other
day.
>I'm going to add it to my solar panels and see what happens. It's too
>early to report back...
If you get it set up "just so" you'll be able to get up to speed and then
shut off the motor and use the Acme Gas Turbine to keep you going as long as
you're on the flat and don't have too much of a
tailwind.* No messing about with Brown's Gas! No more zizzing and dripping
like the tropical fish!
*If you're doing a lot of hill climbing you'll have to optimise the
installation carefully to achieve maximum OUQ (Over Unity Quotient - used to
be called PMI, Perpetual Motion Index). Past workers in the field had to be
very careful to keep the OUQ only a tiny fraction over 1.000 so that their
rigs wouldn't run wild and explode; but modern control methods have
considerably alleviated this problem and it's only rarely now that you hear
of an OUPEI (Over-Unity Power Excursion Incident) that kills or injures more
than ten or twenty people.
Los Alfaques was probably the worst to date - it was unfortunate that the
vehicle was in a crowded camping area when its containment failed; but local
officials were led to believe that the actual cause was a tank truck
carrying propylene gas which had the misfortune to be passing nearby when
the incident occurred. This obscured the origin of the 65-foot crater and
the fact that the victims were already burned to death before the propylene
fire and explosion, so you could say it remains "our little secret" in the
over-unity world. A shame, in a way, since it was a graphic demonstration
of the available power gains. The unit was the well-known (among
cognoscenti) Rotpunct SC-7 installed in a VW T3 "Joker" with controls
integrated into the stove bezel. It's believed that one of the children,
either by accident or in a spirit of play, nudged the feedback control. The
joke was on him, apparently...though it's clear that the three-year-old's
parents should have indoctrinated him in proper operation of the equipment.
Rotpunct have officially regretted the incident and subsequent kits have
been provided with a prominent "Nicht Gefingerpoken" placard to eliminate
this possibility in future.
Yrs,
d