Hi all,
This is now WAY out in crazy thinking. But we all know how a wind speed anemometer works right? The flat side has more resistance to the "Wind" than the rounded front side, so it has greater pressure exerted on it right? This would even work with not so much half spheres as in a traditional anemometer but with like pyramids shapes i would also think.
Now does solar "Wind' have pressures similar to air "Wind"? obviously it does or they wouldn't be thinking if trying to use it right?
I know it's exceedingly small amounts of pressure. but if we were to launch into an orbit that is as close to the equator as possible and the bird deploys as large as possible equivalent of an anemometer cup and it's positioned so that it's base is perpendicular to the solar wind when it is directly at right angles to the earth and sun.
This tiny push, and then 180 deg later less push then 180 deg later more push etc.
think this bird could ever so slowly in a spiral raise it's orbit?
Crazy? what's anyone think? Joe WB9SBD