Skyhook Crane: IdeasBank Memon

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A vacuum balloon could be used instead of a crane or helicopter for lifting any sort of load.

INDICATIONS

  • A skyhook could be tethered or free.
  • Tethered skyhooks could act similarly to a conventional crane, but with more freedom of movement, and could be controlled from the ground through cables in the tether.
  • Free skyhooks could act similarly to a helicopter. They could be controlled from the ground by radio-control.
  • Either type of skyhook could be unmanned.
  • Skyhooks might be particularly appropriate for lifting logging trees from forests, as they could eliminate logging roads and damage to other trees during falling.
  • Logging skyhooks should make felling safer, as trees could be completely severed at the base while the tree was under tension from the skyhook.
  • Development of devices and control software is possible here, with new approaches open to patenting or trade-secreting.


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