Wind Turbine up in air

[imsmooth]

I finally got my second version of the wind turbine up in the air.  The first was a F&P.  the tail boom was weak; it snapped and chopped the blades as well as crack the magnetic rotor.  This one is stronger.  The link of it running is at http://www.mindchallenger.com/wind/axial15.html

There is not a lot of wind now, and during the summer I have a lot of leaves on my trees, which I am leaving alone.  In the winter I get a lot more wind.  The generator did achieve enough voltage to activate the grid-tie inverter, which interfaced perfectly with my solar grid-tie inverters.

I would like to thank everyone for putting up with my questions.  Your help has been invaluable.  I will keep you updated with the amount of power it actually generates.  Right now I have a 15% efficiency curve programmed into the inverter.  I will experiment when there is a lot of wind with higher efficiencies.

[projectpower]

the turbine looks great mate g,day from Western Australia  it seems very close to trees did yuo make sure to leacve enough of a gap from the trees not to obstruct its airflow.Something else that conserns me is putting it so colse to tress kepp branches well cleer but well done

[imsmooth]

It is further from the trees than it appears.  There is definitely airflow obstruction right now, but in the winter there is a steady breeze.  Ideally, I would go above the trees, but this won't work on my property.  I have to work with what I have.

[umagrama]

Beautiful work! It looks great!