Re: Rita-proof ?

2005-09-22 Thread Wesley Bruce
Jed Rothwell wrote: Jones Beene wrote: Vertical axis turbines are artistic, in a techie way Claim is - to survive hurricanes. Conventional large-scale wind turbines easily survive hurricanes. The propellers are automatically feathered in high winds. In normal operations, the propeller

Re: Rita-proof ?

2005-09-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Vertical axis turbines are artistic, in a techie way Claim is - to survive hurricanes. Conventional large-scale wind turbines easily survive hurricanes. The propellers are automatically feathered in high winds. In normal operations, the propeller and shaft routinely su

Re: Rita-proof ?

2005-09-22 Thread OrionWorks
Jones Ses: > Vertical axis turbines are artistic, in a techie > way Claim is - to survive hurricanes. > http://www.windside.com/products.html > > It will be an incredible marketing tool if someone can > film one of them surviving Rita - might even make the > evening news. I've often won

Rita-proof ?

2005-09-22 Thread Jones Beene
Vertical axis turbines are artistic, in a techie way Claim is - to survive hurricanes. http://www.windside.com/products.html It will be an incredible marketing tool if someone can film one of them surviving Rita - might even make the evening news.