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Offline Caleb

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VAWT inspired aircraft
« on: October 16, 2021, 06:42:30 am »
I doubt this will ever be practical, but someone has got some money to develop an aircraft based off VAWT technology.  :-)

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Offline CG

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Re: VAWT inspired aircraft
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2021, 07:35:44 am »
90 % of the weight is in the turbine. It's a good experiment, but that's all
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Re: VAWT inspired aircraft
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2021, 09:11:38 am »
Also like all vawts the rotors are highly likely to fail because the construction is not as strong as the traditional hawt type.
Also isn't there a torque effect somewhere that needs to be compensated for?

Maybe they should be classified as hawt/axial and vawt/radial. But maybe I need more coffee.🤯