Posted on 02/12/2016 8:26:17 AM PST by Olog-hai
An energy company says it's trying to determine why a 113-foot-long blade fell off a windmill in central New York. [...]
Town official say they believe a bolt may have failed on the 187-ton windmill, one of 20 located at the Fenner Wind Farm, which was built in 2001 on a hill 15 miles east of Syracuse. ...
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Production Tax Credit is good for 15 years.
Is this a sign of what’s to come?
It’s from General Electric.
Not sure if they were sourcing stuff like this from China 15 yrs ago or not?
If a 113-foot windmill blade falls in a field, and no one hears it...
Just saying.
One bolt and the blade goes flying?
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Just had to be a government installation, one bolt did all the work, 19 supervisors, human resource staff, protected class hires.
The working bolt got tired of doing all the work and went Galt.
Well, there was an engine that fell of a DC-10 coming out of Chicago roughly 35 ago.
If memory serves, the engine fell off because the maintenance crews were putting engines back on by lifting them in place with a forklift and tightening bolts with an impact wrench....in whatever order seemed expedient.
No.
It’s already happening.
The concept of a “safety factor” is way over rated. Next time you are on an airliner, look out the window at the engine. If you are lucky, there are 4 bolts that hold the engine on the wing, some designs only have 3.
If any of the bolts fail, the engine “should” depart the aircraft without smashing into it, or setting it on fire.
But, don’t worry, those are really good bolts!
That’s right. LOL
oops.
So, it looks like they maximized their return on investment on this one.
On a helicopter, the nut that secures the rotor to mount is called the “Jesus nut” because when it goes...
Local officials say the windmill that lost the blade is the same one that collapsed in December 2009
Counterfeit bolts I’ll bet.
“The working bolt got tired of doing all the work and went Galt.”
It was pining for it’s home in the gulch.
About 15 years ago, I drove from LAX to Palm Springs, through the whatever the valley is where all the wind farms are as you approach Palm Springs. It was obvious then that there was a lack of maintenance, as many of the windmills were not turning.
“he once worked at a job assembling them and knew how they were put together. “
I worked at the state fair one year when I was in high school. Rides were assembled on site by nine fingered carnies with flat pints in their back pockets.
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