Has anyone seen a Vertical axis drag type ( flat blade ) windmill that rotates the blades according to its position so the return drag is gone?
I've tried googling but cannot find anyone who attempted to twist the blades so the returning blades ( against the wind ) run flat to not create any counter drag. Seems like someone would've tried this before.
If no one has heard of this already; then the next question is does anyone know off the top of their heads what size the Sun and Planetary gears should be to create a 1:1 of planetary gear position to rotation.
Not sure I'm explaining this well. The idea is to place a flat vertical blade tied directly to each of the three planetary gears and geared in such a way that the blades are flat with the wind on one side and then straight with the wind on the other (returning) side. Hope that makes sense.
Please share any comments, findings, knowledge etc.. on this subject; it'll be greatly appreciated .
I've tried googling but cannot find anyone who attempted to twist the blades so the returning blades ( against the wind ) run flat to not create any counter drag. Seems like someone would've tried this before.
If no one has heard of this already; then the next question is does anyone know off the top of their heads what size the Sun and Planetary gears should be to create a 1:1 of planetary gear position to rotation.
Not sure I'm explaining this well. The idea is to place a flat vertical blade tied directly to each of the three planetary gears and geared in such a way that the blades are flat with the wind on one side and then straight with the wind on the other (returning) side. Hope that makes sense.
Please share any comments, findings, knowledge etc.. on this subject; it'll be greatly appreciated .