Jumpers

... Extending from the last post.

It's so far off -base from a 'normal' design configuration that I had to post it in a separate position.

So - thinking about vortex & power generation with waste heat I had the sudden thought about skydiving simulators - high power fans that humans can 'fly' at low altitudes on.
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Damn that looks like fun.

Then I thought about creating an open shaft out through the middle of the vortex. Oooh - I'm beginning to see possibilities for launching small aircraft and gliders - likely UAV's of some-sort. It's a militaristic spin to the self-contained system that is a GaiaShip but hey - the military are possibly huge customers of this concept - self sustainable bases seems like an ideal for the logistics side of the house.

Then I went one step further - launching people in wing-suits and hang-gliders. Base-jumping from ground level (or at least the top of an 8 story building).
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See - I told you... outlandish - but think of gliding to the next vortex updraft and being able to gain yet more altitude - jumping from tower to tower staying up for extended periods of time.

Sigh - as if! But hey, who knows. I know that from now on at the very least I'll be including a free-fall simulator in my GaiaShip Design. It's too cool not to have it :)