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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by NicoJuicy on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:26AM (#11644190)
The note on the video is quite funny:

Note: I have since discovered I used the wrong viscosity for air on this experiment, so the results aren't valid for use on the earth. (Maybe Jupiter.)

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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by Houshalter on Friday May 06, 2016 @11:33AM (#11644641)
Ah, well. It's still interesting. The design of the turbine is really crazy and not what I would have expected in any environment. So I suspect if he corrected the parameters, it would still come up with a crazy and clever design for Earth use, that humans wouldn't think of.
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Re:Why Wind Turbines Have Three Blades by 6stringmerc on Friday May 06, 2016 @10:43AM (#11644298)
While I missed that, I'd have to agree that note is quite amusing. Oops, wrong planet.
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