On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I wonder if increasing the mass of the blades would help by adding/
increasing
the flywheel effect? It would certainly even out the very short
wind gusts, and
that would decrease the criticality of response time of other
systems. Of course
heavy blades would be harder to get moving initially, and hence
would probably
be better suited to higher wind environments.
It would make braking more difficult and thus decrease the shut down
velocity or increase brake cost and mass. Also, I think a lot is
invested in keeping blades light, as it reduces the centrifugal
strain on them.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
