Indeed. Being a townie, I'd never been close to one before so didn't realise just how big they are. Some complain about the noise, but despite sleeping in a caravan very close to one I didn't really notice it. Just a gentle swish.
Grand Designs (again)
Oct 14, 2010
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Not for nothing were they referred to previously as "jumbo jets on sticks" ...
Full size ones have gearboxes.
The blade tips although slow, get up to a couple of hundred MPH.
about the most efficient place really. Any more and they start to get near transonic..
"Jimmy, it's getting a bit chilly, go and throw a bucket of water on the sodium, will you?"
The same way it was erected - it pivots at the bottom of the mast.
Chris
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