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To: TigersEye

I remember the first windmill that went up outside of Palm Springs, CA. Its blades were about six feet in length and it spun like a turbo prop.


26 posted on 10/20/2020 9:20:01 PM PDT by Loud Mime ("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
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To: Loud Mime

The big ones look like they twirl slowly, but the blades are about 200 or so long.

Tip velocity is just under speed of sound.


31 posted on 10/20/2020 10:10:21 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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