On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:47:08 -0500, T o d d P a t t i s t
wrote:

clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:

Propellers can't be used as wind turbines (at least not efficiently)
because they're turned the wrong way.
So you turn them around. Flat side to the wind, fat side to the wind.

As someone else pointed out, you can't just "turn them
around." First, you have to reverse the pitch, which you
can only do on a limited number of props. Second, even if
you reverse the pitch, the twist is wrong. You'd need to
reverse the twist too, and that is something you can't do.
It might still work, but probably not very well..

With the exception of the twist, it was all possible. I knew I had to
be missing something, and I'll dig the prop out tomorrow and confirm.
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