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vawt, a curious phenomenon | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial)
Re: vawt, a curious phenomenon (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by electrondady1 on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 04:28:37 PM MST
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 just want to say i am delighted  with the tone this thread has taken.
 and i'm  in complete agreement with all the opinions voiced.

  a suburban niche exists and vawtes seem best suited to fill it.

there seems to be less difficulty in constructing the spinney bits
than in properly matching them to an alternator.

i think that's were most novice builders run into difficulty and abandon
there projects.

i think it may be helpful if we could discuss how the design of a vawt alternator
might  differ from the typical hawt alternators  that have become so successful here.

 

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Re: vawt, a curious phenomenon (3.00 / 0) (#17)
by gizmo on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 04:51:15 PM MST
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Your dead right on that electrondady1. I think the VAWTs attract interrest cause they seam easier to make, but fact is, they are a nightmare compared to a HAWT. The problems I found are tower wobble, the shear weight of the things, and whats the best material to cover the wings with.

Glenn

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vawt, a curious phenomenon | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial)

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