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CNC Machined 61" Dia Wind Turbine

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mroy0404:
Here are afew pic's of the turbine I have been working on this past spring. All of this was CNC Machined on a Doosan 2000sy 6 axis Lathe.

sean_ork:
was it ever found out what this nice item of garden art actually produced in watts ?



thudpucker:
I'm wondering why it has only three blades? Why not 7 or 11?

upstateman:
The money shot right there.I bet that took a while to wind out.  ;)

dbcollen:

--- Quote from: thudpucker on September 19, 2013, 12:20:20 AM ---I'm wondering why it has only three blades? Why not 7 or 11?

--- End quote ---

Because the more blades you run, the slower it turns and more power is eaten up by drag.  It actually has 5 blades though.

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