Plastic windmill

[Logic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

...the significant parameter is the spacing of the blades...

Th most significant parameter is that the amount of power any windmill can produce goes up with the cube of windspeed.

So make your tower 1/2 a mile tall!
Or skip that 'box' with a Blimp-Kite..?

[freebeard]

I posted that for the theoretical value. My only option in this location is a VAWT. There is a power line eight feet or so from a utility pole that would give the most height. My plan is to put a hinge on top of the pole and have a section that rotates up for height, or can be brought down for maintenance.

For this example, the swept area/generator capacity ratio follows on from the spacing/diameter ratio.