"HELP improve Anfra 2007"

[webmiester]

if you don't ask help from the local schools and universities on R&D, and local industries, you'll be stuck on the same old undeveloped platform for years to come.

OT: Chulalongkorn University gave a talk in our school last wednesday, and it seems that their research facilities are well funded by their local industries and government. Most of their funds come from local industries, as far as I remember. They are really light years ahead in terms of R&D, especially when it comes to transportation, when compared to my school. The Philippines really lags behind in terms of R&D.

One reason why our universities is way behind in R&D is the fact that a good number of very good graduates and faculty members end up going abroad. Thais, Japanese, Koreans, dont go abroad as often because they love their country and they arent as well versed in speaking english. They're draem is often to make their country flourish rather than to go abroad. In contrast, many of our countrymen's dreams is to simply leave the Philippines in the first instance they can get.

It's ok to leave the Philippines, but it would be best if we can bring back to our country the stuff that we learn abroad, instead of finding a way to migrate our entire families there. This is the Korean experience... and so was too for the Swiss air industry during World War 1.

[jpdm]

One reason why our universities is way behind in R&D is the fact that a good number of very good graduates and faculty members end up going abroad. Thais, Japanese, Koreans, dont go abroad as often because they love their country and they arent as well versed in speaking english. They're draem is often to make their country flourish rather than to go abroad. In contrast, many of our countrymen's dreams is to simply leave the Philippines in the first instance they can get

Indeed!alot of Pinoys are confused of their identity and their priorities. They are even allergic when you used the word nationalism especially here in Tsikot.

Plain and simple, if we do not help our own country no one will. Western Countries, Japan, and now the NICs and BRIC countries-Brazil , Russia, India and China (SAIC, Nanjin, JAC, Geely, Chery are one way or another supported by the Communist)-nurtured their domestic industries first before they opened up their economy (na-liberalize ba talaga?hello protectionist Japan, Korea and the European Union)

Tayo lang yung #*!*&! mahirap na bansa na kung umasta mayaman. Pati kapitbahay na ASEAN pinagtatawanan tayo. Pampasada o utility vehicle gusto ala innova...5 percent ng ng population natin can afford ng mamahaling sasakyan (majority ng Pinoy nagko-commute)...tsaka dapat bigyang tsansa hindi yung puro banat...........

Magaling lang tayo sa ingles at pumorma....kaya dahil dito--kulelat lang naman tayo sa Asia-Pacific pagdating sa economic development (check World Economic Forum, WB, ADB sites)....

Good Lord.................

Franscisco Motors is one of the last remaining breed of local "mainstream" automakers. I hope we Pinoys should get our acts together and build our own industries and give jobs to our talented kababayans.

Imagine, if Anfra was supported by the government (just like what Korean did to their cranky Hyundais and Kias before)and by the Pinoys at pinagtangggol vs. Ford/Mazda, siguro naimprove yung models nila.

At siguro kung may totoong auto industry dito hindi na makikipagsapalaran yung magagaling natin kababayan sa abroad tulad sa Saudi na kung saan isang fellow Tsikoteer ay naloko at unjustly jailed.....

[ocanursjr]

Tayo lang yung #*!*&! mahirap na bansa na kung umasta mayaman. Pati kapitbahay na ASEAN pinagtatawanan tayo. Pampasada o utility vehicle gusto ala innova...5 percent ng ng population natin can afford ng mamahaling sasakyan (majority ng Pinoy nagko-commute)...tsaka dapat bigyang tsansa hindi yung puro banat...........

Magaling lang tayo sa ingles at pumorma....kaya dahil dito--kulelat lang naman tayo sa Asia-Pacific pagdating sa economic development (check World Economic Forum, WB, ADB sites)....

Good Lord.................

Franscisco Motors is one of the last remaining breed of local "mainstream" automakers. I hope we Pinoys should get our acts together and build our own industries and give jobs to our talented kababayans.

Imagine, if Anfra was supported by the government (just like what Korean did to their cranky Hyundais and Kias before)and by the Pinoys at pinagtangggol vs. Ford/Mazda, siguro naimprove yung models nila.

At siguro kung may totoong auto industry dito hindi na makikipagsapalaran yung magagaling natin kababayan sa abroad tulad sa Saudi na kung saan isang fellow Tsikoteer ay naloko at unjustly jailed.....

sad!kahit nga s ingles,kulelat n rin tayo. yung ASEAN, lhat nman ng bansang kasapi dyan feeling mayaman n rin. kung ganyan p din ang attitude ng mga pinoy s tin, hindi n tyo mkaka ahon s kangkungan n mtagal ng itinambak. wala n ring pupulot s tin.

[architect]

Guys,

I think we are all too painfully aware of what ails the Philippines as a nation and us Filipinos as a race. This has been discussed time and again that I don't think any reminder is necessary. But no amount of discussion will help our case if we don't make the necessary sacrifices and move in the right direction.

The Tsikot design forum is a step in the right direction. Now we need to have the proper mindset to take advantage of what an on-line forum can offer. In fact, this is what our core group has been doing for almost a year now. Progress has been slow but certainly solid.

With the coming new year, it is my hope that we set aside the negative issues and instead focus on the possibilities. With all the developments we have accomplished, we know we are almost there yet we know there are still a thousand and one tasks to complete. Those in the core group know what I am mean.

And by all means, we do still need help and hope more tsikoteers will embrace the simple idea that yes, we Filipinos, are capable of designing and producing our own vehicles and extend their helping hands to us.

May the new year bring the best for everyone even as we continue to appreciate our blessings.

[webmiester]

YES! Support the new Anfra, the new PHuV, the ePHUV, the Hammer, the aircon and non-aircon jeepneys, and other local manufatcturing!

[jpdm]

Anyway, Happy New Year Too All Tsikoteers and to all Pinoys here and abroad!!!:party:

[safeorigin]

i feel like something's not right. we're spending our new year partying while our comrade is stuck in cell. Santa, give me an XM-90 and i'll go black ops and save him myself.

[mark_t]

Dapat kasi mag start sila sa basic 4x4 with trailer model for our farmers. Doon dapat mag umpisa dahil agricultural ang country natin. we have to start with tools. nag e export tayo ng components ng m38 model pero wala built up model for local use. Sino naman bibili ng anfra kung maging problem servicing.
We have to start with vehicles that is user serviceable. It should be Cheap and tough with few components parang army jeep or landrover. if we cant make a reputation in this lines, wala paktay wala mangyayari.

personal na opinyon lang po na matagal ng kinikimkim.

[TambayBlues]

I have several points to raise on this issue. And these are as follows;

1.) The inputs to production are costly especially power. We all know that automotive and/or machine industries require lots of power to operate. If the government is slow in lowering the cost due to politics/vested interests then the manufacturers themselves must take the initiative to generate their own power. All the alternative energy technologies available are already on the internet, It doesn't require technology transfer and massive capital for companies to become energy self sufficient. The forum members/academic institutions and nationalists among us can initiate steps to help companies accomplish this goal even on a pro-bono basis. Our efforts will be paid off in acquiring knowhow based on home grown and/or adopted research and actually implementing them the way real engineers do. There should be a national consensus meeting from all parties involved to get this started.

2.) Our country is a mining haven but we lack an industrial base for the manufacture of basic metals/materials most notably an aluminum, magnesium, zinc smelter etc. that produces ingots used for building auto parts. One of the drawbacks of establishing these type of industries is because of point number 1 that I mentioned above. It is now evident why the Japanese and Koreans built a nuclear infrastructure early on and why China has plans of putting up several of them in the near future while were still contemplating on whether it is safe to operate these things. China recently developed a giant maglev windmill which has a near nuclear plant efficiency but with a fraction of the capital outlay plus is non polluting and a free energy source. We can adopt it here.

3.) Our labor cost is no longer the cheapest in the region, heck, Vietnam's rate is even lower than China's. So we must strive for efficiency more than anything else. All the more reason for the govt to promote the spread of the industries to other provinces where labor rates are lower than the NCR especially near steel mills like what happened to Detroit, the carmaking capital of the US which started out as a steelmaking hub. Vertical integration should be envisioned early on in this direction.

4.) In developing a viable automotive industry it is essential to have economies of scale to make it feasible to mass produce and thereby become cost competitive. Since our market is still small and has not yet reached this ideal stage, the solution is to export our products beginning with Africa, Caribbean, small island countries etc. where competition is not as fierce like in the more highly developed markets and whose standards are not as high. It reminds me of what the Japanese did early on when they still did'nt have a large market.

5.) These initiatives should now be set in motion while interest rates/borrowing costs are at their historical lows and efforts in this regard are much more feasible otherwise if the economic cycles change we will miss the boat again so to speak.

[Flagg]

...China recently developed a giant maglev windmill which has a near nuclear plant efficiency but with a fraction of the capital outlay plus is non polluting and a free energy source. We can adopt it here...

Boss, naaliw me dito. Pa-post po ng pics or link...

[A121]

One reason why our universities is way behind in R&D is the fact that a good number of very good graduates and faculty members end up going abroad. Thais, Japanese, Koreans, dont go abroad as often because they love their country and they arent as well versed in speaking english. They're draem is often to make their country flourish rather than to go abroad. In contrast, many of our countrymen's dreams is to simply leave the Philippines in the first instance they can get.

It's ok to leave the Philippines, but it would be best if we can bring back to our country the stuff that we learn abroad, instead of finding a way to migrate our entire families there. This is the Korean experience... and so was too for the Swiss air industry during World War 1.

Some faculty members from our school do go out of the country and study, and most of them come back.

I think it is better if we take a look at India. Most of their geniuses, who had made it big in the US, are now coming back to their homeland. Hopefully, we could copy that and bring in some type of development in the Philippines. I believe that we have not yet achieved that.

[jpdm]

FMC what happen to your comebacking Anfra 2008?

[niky]

FMC what happen to your comebacking Anfra 2008?

+1... ang tahimik ng mga PhUV protagonists ngayon... no updates din ba sa MVPMAP? I'd really like to see if they were able to push through...

[TambayBlues]

Boss, naaliw me dito. Pa-post po ng pics or link...

China Makes Huge Breakthrough in Wind Power Technology

Zijun Li – July 4, 2006 – 5:53am
Chinese developers unveiled the world’s first full-permanent magnetic levitation (Maglev) wind power generator at the Wind Power Asia Exhibition 2006 held June 28 in Beijing, according to Xinhua News. Regarded as a key breakthrough in the evolution of global wind power technology—and a notable advance in independent intellectual property rights in China—the generator was jointly developed by Guangzhou Energy Research Institute under China’s Academy of Sciences and by Guangzhou Zhongke Hengyuan Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
The Maglev generator is expected to boost wind energy generating capacity by as much as 20 percent over traditional wind turbines. This would effectively cut the operational expenses of wind farms by up to half, keeping the overall cost of wind power under 0.4 yuan ($US 5 cents), according to Guokun Li, the chief scientific developer of the new technology. Further, the Maglev is able to utilize winds with starting speeds as low as 1.5 meters per second (m/s), and cut-in speeds of 3 m/s, the chief of Zhongke Energy was quoted as saying at the exhibition. When compared with the operational hours of existing wind turbines, the new technology will add an additional 1,000 hours of operation annually to wind power plants in areas with an average wind speed of 3 m/s.
Xinhua News reports that more than 70 million households in China lack access to electricity, with most of them living in areas unconnected to power grids. The widely scattered nature of rural localities makes it difficult to supply grid-based power to these areas. The use of the full-permanent Maglav generator could potentially fill the power void in these locations by harnessing low-speed wind resources that were previously untappable.
With an increasing number of Chinese and international investors joining theglobal booming wind power market, the technology is expected to create new opportunities in low-wind-speed areas worldwide such as mountain regions, islands, observatories, and television transfer stations. In addition, the Maglev generator will be able to provide roadside lighting along highways by utilizing the airflow generated from vehicles passing by, said Xinhua News.
The global wind power market has seen tremendous growth in recent years, with Germany, Spain, and the United States ranking as the top producers in 2005. The output of wind turbines is increasing rapidly thanks to the world’s ramped-up wind power capacity. Global sales of wind power equipment reached $10 billion in 2004 and are estimated to reach $49 billion per year by 2012, reports Worldwatch researcher Janet Sawin in Vital Signs 2005.

[TambayBlues]

Maglev wind turbines 1000x more efficient than normal windmills

Posted Nov 26th 2007 3:31PM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

We've seen a couple innovative wind power solutions pop up, but none that claim to offer the benefits of maglev wind turbines, which use full-permanent magnets to nearly eliminate friction by "floating" the blades above the base. According to developers, the technology is capable of scaling to massive sizes, with a proposed $53M turbine able enough to replace 1000 traditional windmills and power 750 thousand homes. Additional benefits include the ability to generate power with winds as slow as three miles per hour, operational costs some 50 percent cheaper than windmills, and an estimated lifespan of 500 years. That all sounds great, but the real proof will come when these things get put to use, which may happen sooner than you'd think: Development is proceeding rapidly in both the US and China, with Chinese power company Zhongke Hengyuan Energy Technology currently building a $5M factory to produce the turbines in capacities from 400 to 5,000 watts.

[jpdm]

FMC, where is Anfra 2008?Ok naman sya e.

I know there will be people who will buy the vehicle. Yung mga locally-assembled na AUV at Jeepney meron lalo na sa probinsya yan pa kayang Anfra.

Sell Anfra in the provinces not in snobbish Metro Manila. ilabas nyo mag-a-ahente ako dito sa Cavite at Southern Luzon.

[Matador64]

Mga bosing my luma akong Anfra gusto ko sana palitan ng mukha sa harapan katulad ng nkapicture jan. saan kaya nakanilbili at magkano? help lang

[jpdm]

Sir, galing sa JAC China yung nasa picture. Mukhang hindi tinuloy ng FMC ang revival ng Anfra. Sayang.

madali naman ibenta sa ma nagpapasada at nag-nenegosyo ng Anfra...

[webmiester]

Maglev wind turbines 1000x more efficient than normal windmills

Posted Nov 26th 2007 3:31PM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

We've seen a couple innovative wind power solutions pop up, but none that claim to offer the benefits of maglev wind turbines, which use full-permanent magnets to nearly eliminate friction by "floating" the blades above the base. According to developers, the technology is capable of scaling to massive sizes, with a proposed $53M turbine able enough to replace 1000 traditional windmills and power 750 thousand homes. Additional benefits include the ability to generate power with winds as slow as three miles per hour, operational costs some 50 percent cheaper than windmills, and an estimated lifespan of 500 years. That all sounds great, but the real proof will come when these things get put to use, which may happen sooner than you'd think: Development is proceeding rapidly in both the US and China, with Chinese power company Zhongke Hengyuan Energy Technology currently building a $5M factory to produce the turbines in capacities from 400 to 5,000 watts.

Ano kaya itsura nito kapag nagka signal number 3? di kaya lumipad yung parteng nakalutang?

[jpdm]

Anfra 2008 asan ka na

......marami ng naghihitay na buyers...