Comments on: Pinnacle wing to reduce tower shadow

By: niall kiernan

niall kiernan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:37:29 +0000

thanks for the reply Quenin …unfortunately i,m one of the “suck it and see” type ..need to change my ways there a bit i think

niall

By: Quentin

Quentin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:47:06 +0000

Towers have to be specifically designed to withstand both dynamic loading from the turbine and the wind load on both the turbine and the tower. Ours is currently a pressed steel tower with a 20 sided section, tapered from about 20cm at the top. However, any system should have a tower designed as it depends on the thickness of steel, fold section etc. Q

By: niall kiernan

niall kiernan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:22:12 +0000

Hi
i really like your design (and looks) ..can i ask what size of pipe you are using on the tower for the upper section ?… downwind machine info is pretty thin on the web for this size of machine

regards niall