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Redman
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Posted: 04:12pm 15 Jul 2010
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What do you think of this?

Its great!
Its using wing dynamics to go forward against the flow of air.

You TubeEdited by Redman 2010-07-17
 
MacGyver

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Posted: 04:26pm 15 Jul 2010
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[Quote=Redman]What do you think of this?

I think it's been done before, in fact I did it about 30 years ago. It's fun, but has lots of parts and you'll find it's a bummer to balance, especially in high winds.

Sooner or later you'll find a HAWT (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine) like the one driving your VAWT in the video (the fan) works better and is way simpler to build and balance. Still, your blade-orienting VAWT was likely fun to build and is definitely fun to watch.

Thanks for the youtube video; moving pictures with sound are just the best show-'n-tell invention ever!



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Downwind

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Posted: 05:37pm 15 Jul 2010
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Duno what video you guys got, but all i got from the Utube link was "My Most Excellent Metallic Particle Colloidal Silver ".........What The .......??

Gee there is some crap on utube aint there.

Pete.
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Redman
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Posted: 06:22pm 15 Jul 2010
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My bad, the cache seemed to catch it as the link directed me back to what it should have been.

Colloidal silver? Yuh, mmm ok..

Anyway...
Correct link..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBjCi_DT3A&feature=relatedEdited by Redman 2010-07-17
 
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