@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agowhy dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?message-square23fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squarewhy dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoPardon my ignorance but, how is a vertical wind turbine more mechanically complicated than a “standard” one?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoFrom another comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/4502932
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoI’m not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn’t the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.
Pardon my ignorance but, how is a vertical wind turbine more mechanically complicated than a “standard” one?
From another comment here:
https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/4502932
I’m not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn’t the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.