Thats funny! I got the same exact email years ago!

@HandyDan said in tutorial video for little dragon construction:

@upwinger Ubuntu is also a movement, not just an flavor of operating system. Opens course does work. However, in something like business it requires an aggressive effort and the highest of quality in your product or service to be prosperous. Control, exclusion, and laws have been the only way public companies can actually stay alive and be prosperous. The old paradigm does not die easy. I mean who doesn't like easy profit?

Ubuntu

Thanks for sharing the very good youtube video explaining Ubuntu. I knew this, but I hadn't seen these videos.
It's so difficult to stay positive when you are enslaved!
This forum and Domegaia are perfect examples of Contributionism... Lets make our Eutopia! My middle name isn't Eugene for nothin!
I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for me accidentally stumbling upon Haijar's TedTalk while surfing the TedTalk library!

Open Source is a great ideology. I've been using Ubuntu for many years, Look how long Microsoft has been opposed to it, and now they embrace it!

@ach2oman ... you may be right about that. I'm not sure either. I was going to get a kit to make a greenhouse and get an idea if it be worth a try.

I see that using wood has some advantages over metal, especially when it comes to the covering.
What I like about the zip tie hub method is that one kit can be used for multiple sizes of domes.
I'm not sure how much weight the structure will actually bear. With the Domegaia method, the dome supports itself as you mortar the blocks together. The 1 gallon bottles of water counterweight technique is just to hold the blocks in place while the mortar sets. I was thinking the pvc dome skeleton is just to do that job and wont necessarily bear a lot of weight, but its just a theory of mine. I'm not really sure, as I'm not aware of anyone having tried this yet.
Aircrete Harry is using air bag forms and spraying the aircrete onto these. That's a very expensive method. Probably the fastest way to build a dome however.
My thinking was in line with the OP of this thread. If large, say 1 meter sections of block were pre-made, a whole dome of pre-made blocks could be packed into a shipping container and delivered to wherever the piece of property is. Build the matching pvc skeleton, then glue the blocks together.
The shipping container can be reused or sold or kept and used as storage.

@ach2oman said in Interlocking Aircrete blocks?:

My plan in the future is to build a geodesic frame dome out of EMT conduit (domarama.com) Once the frame is built, lay some type of very rigid mesh of some type or wire fence material on the outside of the frame. This material would have to be strong enough to support the aircrete blocks from sagging. Some of the spans on the frame are almost 3-4ft which it would have to not sag once the blocks are laid on top. Once the blocks are laid complete on the whole dome, then disassemble the frame on the inside which may be a little tricky but I think could be done with some good planning. Any thoughts?

The link you shared didn't work for me. I like the ziptie domes because one kit can be used for multiple sized domes. The hubs are the same, its just the length of the pipe struts that changes. The website has a calculator that tells you the lengths of the struts for whatever diameter dome you wish to build. It would be super easy to take down from the inside after the aircrete dome is built.
I like the input from the community. I didn't overlook the fact that geodesic is not a true sphere. This would be a whole new method of build.
Unfortunately, my landlords just informed me that they are selling the property that I am renting, so that changes my plans considerably as now I need to move.

Those are like concrete Leggos. I've been thinking alot about this too.
Great minds think alike. I was thinking a mold could be made and blocks could be poured or injected with a basalt mesh placed within so that when the block sets, it will be reinforced, holding it together while it is put and mortared into position . I was thinking also of using a ziptie pvc pipe dome skeleton on the inside of the dome to support the blocks while the mortar sets, instead of using 1 gallon bottles of water. ziptie dome

Nope! My pop taught me how to scratch coat/stucco many years ago. He never knew about aircrete, but I'm sure he would have wanted to play with it if he had.
My sister and I are considering building a dome home in Hawaii to retire if we can find the right piece of property at the right price. I have some ideas that I want to try this summer when I have more time and finish some other projects that I'm working on. I found a company in Tennessee that makes PVC pipe geodesic domes which I think will work great as a skeleton to build an aircrete dome on.
This is their face book page ziptie domes .... Here is their main web pageZiptie domes

Once the dome is set, you can take down the skeleton and reuse it for the next dome.
Another idea I had was to prefab the blocks in a mold. then using the pvc ziptie dome, you can mortar all the pre-made pieces onto the dome, skin it, take down the ziptie dome from the inside, then skin the inside. That would make off grid construction a lot easier if the pieces were pre-fab'ed and shipped in a shipping container.

I live in Humboldt near Fortuna and I was planning on playing with aircrete this summer. My first thought was to make a foam generator that will run off grid using a 12v dc motor. Of course the air compressor needs ac power. I'm really not too interested in learning the cobb method. So if you get an aircrete workshop organized, I will try to come over and help out. I think aircrete is perfect for our areas.

Corners and eaves catch high winds. Thats why conventional constructions are always ripped apart by tornados and hurricanes. Flat roofs leak in rains, so a pitch needs to be added to the roof, adding complexity and expense. Aircrete domes have no roof so I suspect much less long term maintenance is needed as well.