What is a windmill in aviation terms please?
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Windmill from the wind farm
Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu
Fences must be down up there @Gibo, bloody wind keeps escaping and blowing its tits off over here...
@Shootm my first shepherding job was with Bill Smith who owned the farm where most of the windmills are. Was there for a couple of years - circa 1966. The only good thing I recall about working there was the duck shooting :) By the gate to the woodshed there was a little hut which I shared from time to time with the drover Linc Campbell as he took mobs for the Hurley's through (do you remember him, if you were around in those days?).
Sounds like the gorge is shut for good
Yeah the saddle rd is cutting up pretty bad to, there is lots of patching going on at the moment.
Simple really...windmilling is experienced when the RPM is reduced but the airspeed is maintained,which eventually will cause the blade angle of attack to become negative,when that occurs,the resulting force will act in a rearward direction,known as windmilling.We use it in jets as well,windmilling starts occurs,when the engine is started without the aid of the starter,because the compressors are being turned by natural airflow when airborne.To,which I have done several,when the buggars have decided to quit.
Would be interested to find out if those same aerodynamic features are the same for windmills,as they really are only just big props,as in constant speed props,or constant speed unit.
Another slip has come down in the gorge today.
Not looking good for a reopen in the short or long term :oh noes:
Cheers
Pete