On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jim Rasmussen <sabre1
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was going to write a long poorly informed comment on how we should
> make our own wind turbine blades out of polyurethane, so that they
> would flex in high winds and not self destruct, but then I realized
> that it would make much more sense to build the Mast of polyurethane
> instead. That way, it would auto feather by bending over in high winds
> and then return to normal when the wind died down. It would also make
> it much safer to maintain. You could simply bend it over with a
> winch, to work on it, rather than having to climb all the way up in
> the air, which can be dangerous.
> Jim Rasmussen
> On 4/27/12, Peter Novotnak <usasyste...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was going to leave a long, poorly informed, slashdot-style snarky comment
>> but I will not. But I'm not going either...
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Sector67 Team <t...@sector67.org> wrote:
>>> See below for an opportunity to learn how to build wind turbines in
>>> Stevens Point. Course looks like it's ~5 days long, cost is $820, please
>>> note that you go home empty-handed at the end of the class.
>>> There's lots of free information out there on these turbines:
>>> http://practicalaction.org/docs/energy/pmg_manual.pdf
>>> http://www.sparweb.ca/
>>> And the original source of this turbine design:
>>> http://www.scoraigwind.com/
>>> Chris
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Alex DePillis <a...@depillis.org>
>>> Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:40 PM
>>> Subject: Build a wind turbine in Stevens Point (or at Sector 67?)
>>> I thought this workshop might be of special interest to people you know.
>>> Right now it's scheduled for Stevens Point. Perhaps people would want to
>>> go up there together.
>>> A friend wrote:
>>> The Dans (Bartman and Fink) and co. are scheduled to teach their famous
>>> week-long workshop here at the Northwind shop June 5-10. If we don't get
>>> more people by May 4, we have to cancel. Nobody wants that, now do they??
>>> In case you're not familiar with the Dans and their work (yeah, right...),
>>> here's their link: http://www.otherpower.com/ And here is the link to
>>> sign up for the course through the MREA:
>>> https://www.midwestrenew.org/civicrm/event/info?id=236&reset=1
>>> It is worth every penny. Guaranteed to be a blast. And yes, you can camp
>>> for dirt cheap.
>>> <==
>>> Visit the web sites and/or contact my friend:
>>> Jenny Heinzen
>>> Small Wind Training Coordinator
>>> 715-592-6595 ext. 108
>>> jen...@midwestrenew.org
>>> All the best,
>>> *Alex DePillis*
>>> 1232 Rutledge Street
>>> Madison, Wisconsin 53703
>>> (608) 259-9255
>>> (413) 230-7524 cell
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>>> http://sector67.org
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>>> Madison, WI 53704
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