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Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' | 45 comments (45 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' (3.00 / 0) (#35)
by blueEnergy group (contact@blueenergygroup.org) on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:56:50 PM MST
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Hugh, after finally getting a chance to delve into the calculations I can now see that the original 12 ft design does have little to no safety margin.  That being said, we at blueEnergy are equally responsible for not having built our machines to a high enough quality standard, thereby bringing extra problems on ourselves.  We are not a huge group of wind experts, rather we are an organization working in very difficult conditions, trying to provide opportunities to people who had none before. We are constantly improving but we are certainly guilty of not having a good enough understanding of what required tight tolerances and what could be done more loosely. We start our project without the level of intuition needed to know which parts needed to be paid close attention too.  

But we are getting better at this.  And our core capacity level and infrastructure are growing, allowing us to build better quality machines.  We still have a long way to go for sure, but given the challenges and roadblocks we have faced, I have very happy with our progress.  If you can continue to support us with your legendary patience and expertise, I know we'll get there.
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blueEnergy
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Bluefields Nicaragua 'report' | 45 comments (45 topical, 0 editorial)

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