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gsw999

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Testing the new experimental wind turbine
« on: February 17, 2022, 08:37:58 AM »
Hello, I hope this is OK to share..
This is a video of me testing my new experimental dual rotor wind turbine for the first time,I cut it down to 16 minutes I had hours of footage just from yesterday.

Verdict....

Due to something that I need to improve

It took the high winds like an absolute champ, this is the only wind turbine I have ever made that I will gladly leave up in 40/60/80mph winds.

It needs improving no doubt and needs 20mph + to get it going but is as storm proof as they come , this is primarily due to the chain always having a slight drag which will stop over speeding.
I put some early conclusions at the end of the video , today I am taking it down to make some improvements and we have the back end of a storm coming tomorrow where we will have 60-70mph sustained gusts, so please stay tuned my video's, they will get better , also I answer some questions that some people had about the tail, any comments are welcome.

Big shout to anyone climbing towers and getting stuff done , Gavin.

https://youtu.be/FJZUb8LUI2M


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Re: Testing the new experimental wind turbine
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2022, 01:41:14 AM »
Have you run it with just one rotor?
If so, how does it compare?
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Re: Testing the new experimental wind turbine
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2022, 03:38:07 PM »
This design wouldn't even turn with one rotor plus the plan is to not have a tail , the second set of blades does provide some extra grunt for sure.