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Solar Sails: AMG's "Neo" closer to reality?

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by Codger, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. Codger

    Codger YF Wisdom Dept.

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    One of the Yacht concept pages that I return to fairly often is AMG's Neo.
    http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/16786-post106.html
    The concept is fascinating and has prodded me in to being a little more aware of developments in the applicable technologies.

    "Nanosolar SolarPly™.
    Light-weight solar-electric cell foil which can be cut to any size. Non-fragile. No soldering required for electrical contact...."
    http://www.nanosolar.com/products.htm

    Now that the foil product is actually a manufacturable product I'm wondering if AMG's design could be looked at again in terms of being a practical reality.
  2. Codger

    Codger YF Wisdom Dept.

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    It's been a couple of minutes and Brian Eiland hasn't responded yet....
    :D

    What do you think?