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To: Baynative

Tip speeds are typically 150-200 mph

http://www.aweo.org/windmodels.html


7 posted on 12/24/2013 12:42:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: nascarnation; MisterArtery
There are a lot of Bald Eagles that fish the shores and bays around where I live. They are fast and agile and can interpret the direction of a fish swimming even with the refraction of light on water.

I can't grasp how they run into those big lumbering blades. Even if the tip speed is over 150, the blade is still not moving at what seems like a high speed.

13 posted on 12/24/2013 1:31:22 PM PST by Baynative (Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians.)
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