Jim, I think that Doug was referring to a single guy wire that dropped down the center of a pyramid base tower to hold it down. I was anticipating a tri-pod...
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Michel Stievenart
eolfan
Mar 20, 2012 11:01 am
Doug, as usual your explanation is flowery and tasty but I would'nt add the squared term in the RPM to power relation. IMHO, proportional only is good enough...
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Jim Isbell, W5JAI
w5jai
Mar 20, 2012 5:41 am
Tonight the 24' wood tower and 36' steel pole are getting a first test! Right now its 30mph gusting to 50mph (has been for 6 days now) and about 3 hours from...
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Jim Isbell, W5JAI
w5jai
Mar 20, 2012 4:40 am
Hey, I would be interested in that single anchor idea. How does that work? Mine is still in the down position (hurricane stowed)(picture attached) while I...
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jerry freedomev
freedomev
Mar 20, 2012 4:40 am
Hi Doug and All, This post was somehow buried and just got it. ...
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Jim Isbell, W5JAI
w5jai
Mar 20, 2012 4:40 am
I am on the verge of turning the thing loose....but for the last 2 weeks the winds have been 20 gusting to 50 and I just dont like being on the top of the...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 20, 2012 4:39 am
OK here's why: A rotor with fewer blades has the blades set at a very flat pitch, whereby they go vary fast and cover the same circular area using a lot less...
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Czech-Iowan Huguenot
scriabini
Mar 19, 2012 4:01 am
You raise an excellent question. Have you noticed that the Fanjets used on all modern jet passenger aircraft use such a blade? There must be something to that...
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drsimm@...
drsimm1776
Mar 18, 2012 4:57 am
Wondering - why build a thee blade turbine vs a multi-blade like an old prarie wind mill? My small prarie wind mill in the year moves a wind speeds I can't...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 17, 2012 12:24 pm
Hey What's up Randy I like the sound of the telescoping center section, and wonder if the guy wires are even necessary. It's nice to think you can bring it...
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randy young
judgeyoung@...
Mar 17, 2012 4:05 am
El Dougo, I was thinking of doing something similar since I recently moved to Abilene, Texas with its good winds and my few flat acres. I contemplated making a...
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Jacken Zheng
ken0359
Mar 17, 2012 12:04 am
Press Release LPA speaker to present on UK small wind experience at GSW2012 Dr. Xiong Yu from London Power Associates Ltd. will attend GSW2012 and give a...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 17, 2012 12:03 am
I have some lumber here and plan to construct a wooden farm-type freestanding tower, and fabricate a steel mount for a windmill for generating electricity on...
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Derek
g4ezz
Mar 5, 2012 11:42 am
Hi all Just uploaded 26 assorted photos from several French installations of the 3.5 & 5.5kw antaris machines Will upload some video footage of antaris in...
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jerry freedomev
freedomev
Mar 5, 2012 7:20 am
Hi Doug and All, Soon come mon !!! Going parts shopping...
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gervais fillion
ve2ckn
Mar 4, 2012 8:10 pm
hi,Does anyone have a close up picture of the tilt support of the windturbine that we are seeing in the video?i have nevers een this principle before and i...
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Chris
cdk8591
Mar 4, 2012 7:12 pm
Dear all, I ran a predecessor of the Antaris about 100 m from the Beach in Teshie/Ghana since 1997.it survived many Storms and still produces Almost the full...
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Jim Isbell, W5JAI
w5jai
Mar 4, 2012 12:59 am
Lucky for me, NO SLIP RINGS. Of course, the entire cable could break if enough force was applied. But if that happened it would mean the head had blown...
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Frank Leslie
fleslie_fit_edu
Mar 4, 2012 12:59 am
One of the worst failures is for the circuit to fail open, as in an H-80 that I was using. The yaw bearings wore down, allowing the head and slip rings to...
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Windmission Co.
windmission
Mar 4, 2012 12:59 am
One should think they have gathered quite some experience with their reference experience http://www.braun-windturbinen.com/en/references.html ... -- ...
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Jacken Zheng
ken0359
Mar 3, 2012 4:44 pm
China small wind tester to attend GSW2012 The State Animal Husbandry Machinery Quality Testing Center, the only small wind tester currently in China, will...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 3, 2012 4:44 pm
Seems like every brand talks as though they are trouble-free. I was just wondering if anyone, in a high wind area, has a story to share of a trouble-free...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 3, 2012 4:43 pm
My experience tells me that this turbine, which tilts back like the old Lakota turbine, needs to furl further, a full 90 degrees, in a truly strong wind, or...
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simonettasam
Mar 3, 2012 4:43 pm
I have an ARE110 (11.8 ft rotor dia) with all electronics for grid-tie that was run for about 3.5 years. Took it down ONLY because my family had the...
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Carl Emerson
freepowernz
Mar 3, 2012 5:46 am
Doug, The springback pressure increases very gradually and usually the turbine will yaw free enough to return to the home position without the complications...
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Jim Isbell, W5JAI
w5jai
Mar 2, 2012 7:13 pm
Interesting idea !!! I did something like that once on a tracking RADAR antenna and it worked perfectly. Jim Isbell TheFreeRepublic.Blogstream.com ...
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randy young
judgeyoung@...
Mar 2, 2012 7:13 pm
Jim, is there a way to attach a cable from the turbine to a weight on a track mounted on the tower so that as the turbine wound the cable around the tower, it...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 2, 2012 7:13 pm
Carl: Without knowing more, here's what I was thinking could possibly go wrong: The turbine needs free yaw rotation in order to furl. If the torsion wire is...
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Derek
g4ezz
Mar 2, 2012 6:54 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwH2w9TrrPs Just been asked to put a link up for the storm luvin' turbines that I install all over the place.... recent winter...
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Doug
dougselsam
Mar 2, 2012 6:53 pm
Hi Derek: Is this novel backward tilt like a Lakota turbine, or more like an Appropriate Energy turbine, more recently called a Synergy turbine? Do you have a...
