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Old December 6th 14, 07:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Wind Turbine Blades

On Thursday, December 4, 2014 10:02:17 PM UTC-8, GM wrote:

Not sure which wind project in KS you are referring to but our current generation blades are 47.8m long which makes for a 100m rotor diameter. 120m and 130m rotors on 140m tall towers are already being used in Europe. Our aerodynamisists tell me that these blades have an L/D of around 100:1.
Uli


Wow! That pretty much says it all, the hell with honesty, I'm stealing a couple of them blades, assuming I can find both and right hand ones, and building me a new 100 meter 100:1 L/D glider!

Does anyone have a 50 meter trailer for sale? Oh, and really heavy duty one-man rigger?

bumper