Ive tried to help the man, and you want to turn it into all about you.
Not at all. I have a lot of experience flying different blade profiles on larger machines where the airfoil and matching is critical to peak performance. People who fly smaller machines generally have more experience experimenting with different blades because it's easier to do and not nearly as expensive. But the results of blade experiments on small machines are many times harder to compile into useful information as to what works and what doesn't because few people spend the money on a decent tower for these small machines. Most of them that I've seen are flying at less than ideal heights in turbulent air, which skews results of blade testing.
So I guess my observations on what I've found that works with various combinations on larger machines may not apply to these small "fun" machines. Few people who are flying the "fun" machines even log kWh output - they'll typically hook up a watt meter or ammeter and see what sort of peak amps or watts they get. But total energy production, which is what flying a wind turbine is really all about (for those of us who use them to power something like our house), is rarely addressed with small "fun" machines.
So I offer my experiences flying these different blades because maybe it will be useful for somebody flying a small "fun" machine. I see some misconceptions here already that a 10 degree pitch GOE222 will not work on a garbogen because it's assumed to be a slow turning rotor. But I'm betting it would work by using a two-blade rotor, aka a Wincharger, instead of a three.
But anyway, whatever. I'm one of the only builders on this forum that I know of who has ever designed a machine from the ground up, and flown it, with GOE222's. Many people have flown them on various machines that were adapted from Otherpower designs, or whatever.
I guess what I read in the subject line was whether or not the GOE222 would work on a garbogen. I think it would, but it will take some adjustments to make it work and GOE222's have proven themselves, in my testing, to be a bit more than you want in higher wind speeds and could damage the generator if some forethought is not given to how you're going to control power.
"Dan Blades" are a bit "safer" in my experience, and much more easily controlled. I guess if that information is not useful, then you obviously have way more experience with GOE222's than I got, so you can take it from here.
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Chris
