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ripcurl010 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
fucking wicked
alphaman1101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I seen this one on tv. They said the brakes on it were gone so it had no control. thus it became unsteady, hit its self tor a blade off and set the rest in play.
harborkid84 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yeah... and how did that happen
ajbute21 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i'm pretty sure wind turbines have an auto shutoff when the wind speeds are too high. The shut off on this one obviously wasn't working properly.
hobatu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It decreases efficiency and dramatically increases the cost per kWh generated. If you make a turbine with a diameter of 1 m instead of 100 m, the power decreases 10 000 times. Smaller efficiency of the little generator would reduce it even more. It's very uneconomical and looks terrible.
Merninwood (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A fine example of why we need to make smaller units more focused to 'individual' usage.
sldklr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
dang... how much do those things cost???
zea6thayec (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Shit, that could blow up my LCD TV!
joekenorer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are several yaw drives that would turn the blades and/or nacelle in the best direction, but these things sometimes fail. I don't know enough detail about this particular unit, but I assume its comparatively old. Probably had prototype automatic controls. I just can't be for sure. Would likely be best to find out from someone directly involved in this incident.
Kenzofeis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Is there no adjustment of the blade shearing angle on these then? A brake sounds like a waste |
