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To: sphinx

They are essentially helicopter transmissions scaled up. I wouldn’t trust my life to a twenty year old helicopter transmission I don’t think.


11 posted on 11/27/2018 4:07:08 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute; sphinx

It’s likely not just the transmissions. Those huge blades undoubtedly flex, and are made of some variety of composite. Here’s a video of one being destroyed in a high wind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRoN2NGLYI Even with 20-25 years of normal wind, you wouldn’t want to be near one when a single blade failure unbalances the whole thing.


20 posted on 11/27/2018 4:25:19 AM PST by Pecos (Better the one you have with you than the one you left at home.)
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To: wastoute

“I wouldn’t trust my life to a twenty year old helicopter transmission I don’t think.”

No, but you don’t go flying around on a wind turbine either.


62 posted on 11/27/2018 7:36:07 AM PST by vette6387
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