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handofdave

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Re: Windpower on the end of a string

Mar 31, 2009, 14:35

I like the way you can pay out more line if the winds are better higher up. I suppose you'd want to put lights on them to keep low flying aircraft from crashing into them.
Seems they'd be less harmful to migrating birds- less surface area, no large disk of swirling blades.
The cost is less, too... ground prep is minimal... just some sort of anchor and the electrical parts.

Only thing I can see that might be a downside is that weight limitations would seriously limit the size of the alternating generators that are attached to the axle. How heavy would they have to be to produce a significant amount of power to a dwelling?

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Re: Windpower on the end of a string (PMM)

Topic Outline:

Windpower on the end of a string – handofdave, Mar 30, 2009, 14:41
- Re: Windpower on the end of a string – PMM, Mar 30, 2009, 19:05
  - Re: Windpower on the end of a string – handofdave, Mar 31, 2009, 14:35
- Re: Windpower on the end of a string – HI DEN, Apr 03, 2009, 09:15
- Re: Windpower on the end of a string – bauheed, Apr 07, 2009, 13:43


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