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Re:The Mesmerizing Math of a Wind Turbine on Fire by jacquesm on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:32PM (#12238686)
Windspeed is quite low, see the speed with which the vortex separates from the tip, so failing brakes have nothing to do with this particular failure.
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Re:The Mesmerizing Math of a Wind Turbine on Fire by Retric on Saturday August 06, 2016 @02:50PM (#12239354)
Every other windmill is stationary, so they are applying breaks. As to wind speed we don't see a when it actually failed, only the current speed which is not exactly slow.
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