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freebeard · 08-15-2021, 12:13 AM

Saves me saying it.

3/8th sphere produces lift. You have to strap them down so they don't blow away. 5/8th sphere has more frontal area but proportionately less lift so IDK.

'Any way the wind blows, doesn't matter to me, to meeee' Freddy Mercury

The zenith of the dome has the fastest local air. So, a vertical axis windmill there. Follow Julian Edgar's article on Autospeed on vibration damping for the mount.
autospeed.com.au/cms/a_112904/article
Fan above and generator below the mounting point in counterbalance.
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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,520 Thanks: 8,073 Thanked 8,870 Times in 7,322 Posts	Saves me saying it. 3/8th sphere produces lift. You have to strap them down so they don't blow away. 5/8th sphere has more frontal area but proportionately less lift so IDK. 'Any way the wind blows, doesn't matter to me, to meeee' Freddy Mercury The zenith of the dome has the fastest local air. So, a vertical axis windmill there. Follow Julian Edgar's article on Autospeed on vibration damping for the mount. autospeed.com.au/cms/a_112904/article Fan above and generator below the mounting point in counterbalance. ________________ I'm thinking bout re-registering over at EcoRenovator and posting a design brief there. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence. Last edited by freebeard; 08-15-2021 at 12:39 AM..