People will economise more when they have to rely on themselves. The average mother will want the co-op to provide power even though her air head darling left...
In my inveterately and boneheadedly clumsy way I hope to "de-Bernoulli-fy" wind energy this new year - explain its mysteries with facts rather than vaguenesses...
If you think like I do that this is a lot of hogwash, tell Val Hammer what you think. Paul BTW: I really bristle when I get unsolicited mail that has the...
... I am not sure how boneheadedness will help you understand the very clear facts of wind energy. As for interacting with more air - there is only so much...
I bet you have to put up money for a management application. I already put WindTree in my spam filters ... If you think like I do that this is a lot of...
When building the stator mould for the axial PMG in Hugh Piggott's plans, there is mention of a "release agent" or PVA release agent. Will some sort of cooking...
... MLM comes to renewable energy sales. Oh joy! ... Read: "If we sell 10,000 of these puppies, all together they will product 'vast amounts'."...
Robert Moskowitz
rgm@...
Jan 2, 2002 2:23 pm
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Jenni, We noticed the blade cracking at about the same time we purchased WPT. Elliott told us it was not a problem. He said the NREL people had also seen...
Andrew Kruse
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Jan 2, 2002 3:40 pm
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... A quart of Poly Vinyl Alcohol is only $10, you can brush it on or spay it, and it washes off with water. I wouldn't recommend trying a substitute for a...
... all things are possible. the best way to find out is to do a trial batch with a dummy mould. You can use polish liberally and that usually works well. -- ...
... Quite simple really - its different, or more to the point unfamiliar, rendering one's claim of revolutionary accomplishments seemingly plausible to ...
Thanks for the reply, hugh. What we have said stands. Aerodynamics is only some 99 years old now, since the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, and...
Hello, my name is Bill Beam and I am interested in wind powered electricity generation. My wife and I are in the planning stages of building our own off-grid...
... allow these machines to interact with much more tonnage of moving air. ... they have seen them all." ... interact with depends on the rotor diameter, and...
· I realise that my "converting huge _force_ into electricity" can't work as it stands: you can only convert energy into some other form of energy or into...
Dear Jon, I find a distinct need to post a follow-up to my prior message. I was travelling this past weekend on the wonderful prairie. There is a grain...
Your ideas are fun and the second one is not far off. There is a machine flying way up and is generating. It is very similar to a gyrocopter, and has two...
jeremiah chace
jchace@...
Jan 3, 2002 3:04 pm
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Has anyone heard of this technology under development - Autogyro rotors on a tether intended for high altitude generation? Purpose, I suppose is to take...
YAAAAAHOOOOO, My Bergey 1500 is working! After 2 years of planning, sweeting, grunting, crying, reading notes from this e-mail ring, I finally connected the...
Joel & Colleen Davis
jacmdavi@...
Jan 3, 2002 3:04 pm
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... I'm assuming that you allowed sufficient charging time to bring a discharged bank up to full charge but found that the voltage did not change. The problem...
Joel, Congratulations on flying your 1500! ... Have you kept them charged during those 2 years? ... Yep. ... Seems a tad high, but I don't know the Bergey...
Found the brief reference I was looking for - I've also heard that the prototype is flying, but I don't know how well. Haven't found any links to the project. ...
Hello, Does anyone in the group have experience with any of the Southwest Windpower (aka World Power Tech) tilt-up pipe tower kits ? I have just recently...
Jason, I would say fire away! I haven't used their kit, but I may be able to help anyways. I have used the LMW&S tower kit. Maybe there are others out there...
... Joel, batteries, like the muscles of your body, need exercise in order to stay healthy. The fact that your "48V" battery pack was sitting at 37 volts is...
Jason, We've been flying a 175 on a World Power 5" tower kit at the Solar Living Center for about 5 years (where I work). I didn't put it together, but maybe I...
Being the dullard I am it is difficult for me to think cogently about some of these ideas. The material on our website is about "Blade Swept Areas By The...
