Comment on China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine
bus_factor@lemmy.world 23 hours agoNo worries, that only happens if there’s a spark, like for instance some static electricity. Shouldn’t be a problem here, surely this thing won’t generate any of that.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Wouldn’t this still need to be tethered to the ground? Would that likely have grounding cables?
bus_factor@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That helps against sparks jumping between the balloon and the ground, but things could still get zappy between the individual components of the balloon.