why dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?jackpot@lemmy.mlbanned from sitebanned from site to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 114 points – 12 months ago23Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentPardon my ignorance but, how is a vertical wind turbine more mechanically complicated than a "standard" one?From another comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/4502932I'm not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn't the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.
Pardon my ignorance but, how is a vertical wind turbine more mechanically complicated than a "standard" one?From another comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/4502932I'm not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn't the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.
I'm not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn't the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.
Pardon my ignorance but, how is a vertical wind turbine more mechanically complicated than a "standard" one?
From another comment here:
https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/4502932
I'm not an engineer but as I understand it: They are harder to make than a traditional windmill. Mechanically probably wasn't the best word to use I guess, at least for most designs.