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Posted by z on February 25, 2009, 12:54 pm
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david.williams@bayman.org (David Williams) wrote in
> -> > Basically, if tower weighs 500lbs and turbine weight 500lbs then
> there -> > is 1000lbs of static (or gravitational) force on the tower
> base.
>
> -> More that that! Don't forget the down thrust from the tension
> on the guy -> wires, (and I suppose, even the weight of the guy
> wires). If you insist on -> the guys being banjo-string tight, you
> could add thousands of pounds of -> stress.
>
> We're all out to lunch. The turbine blades will hit the guy wires.
> That's why commercial wind-turbines have unguyed towers.
*laugh*
Thats just something I'd figure out just after putting the blades on...
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