June 21, 2010: Flaming Fans

classicman · 06-21-2010, 10:41 AM

I think I posted this before - or someone else did.
At least this one didn't catch fire. Dunno where those blades flew off to though :eek

I read something about them having difficulty with high winds. They have brake systems which overheat or something??? Maybe its the gearboxes to which Bruce is referring.

found this one also . . .

spudcon · 06-21-2010, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

I think I posted this before - or someone else did.
At least this one didn't catch fire. Dunno where those blades flew off to though :eek

I read something about them having difficulty with high winds. They have brake systems which overheat or something??? Maybe its the gearboxes to which Bruce is referring.

The first film looks like it was hit by an artillary shell. The windmills I studied in the eighties had a feathering mechanism that kicked in if the RPMs got too high.

squirell nutkin · 06-21-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

The first film looks like it was hit by an artillary shell. The windmills I studied in the eighties had a feathering mechanism that kicked in if the RPMs got too high.

looks like the blade flexed and bashed into the tower.

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