Wind turbine collapse

[1010232ful]

the stand is made of steal how can wind break steal

[blattmacher]

THIS IS AN EXPLOSION! eom

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

that was a well built model, they had it positioned so when they knew it was about to fail that the blades wouldnt have hurt anyone. its quite amazing how fast they get before they fail though. but for people who feel like its money down the toilet, notice the first stalk of the support beam is perfectly straight and in tact. that is a very salvageable site.

[XkobyX]

yea computer system must of stopped monitoring the speeds for shut down :P scary

[fuzzybunny1972]

they have been putting alot of these up in the Lafayette Indiana area one is only about 100 yards from I-65 feels a little strange driving by it so close to the highway. They do have a brake system so this should not happen.

[joudheus]

@fuzzybunny1972 It was due to the braking system faulting and activating to fast. Thats why its easier to put these in load shutdown then to just slam the brake.

[im4wur]

I've seen wind turbines go into overspeeds when the tips of the blades broke the sound barrier. Recurring: "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom..."

One overspeed went on for 6 hours before the machine threw a 42 foot blade a 1/4 mile. Needless to say, we watched all this from well upwind!

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

no brake system?

[Fernito69]

Defective control system.

[Dukiiiii]

volkswagen*

[StuhrDK]

One day, when you get old enough, you might learn how to spell "VW"!

And learn not to comment one something in a language you do not understand!

[Aplaplap]

cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooool

[falckiee]

imagine the amount of power it puts out in the end.

[joudheus]

@falckiee 3 MW each

[qpdbqpdb1]

ja ja

[StuhrDK]

Man skal lige være opmærksom på, at detteIKKE var en Vestas-mølle, men en aldrende Nordtank-mølle!! Disse møller kunne ikke smide tipperne, og nr akslen mellem rotor og gearkasse brækker, er der ingen bremsemulighed.

Et opkøb af Vestas gør jo ikke en gammel Nordtank-mølle til en Vestas-mølle. Det vil være det samme som at sige, at en Skoda 120 idag var en VW!

[Dukiiiii]

yeah blah blah ya mom drives a skoda and your dad a volkwagen with 120 mph, we dont care

[JJOSamsung]

what happens is one blade breaks and the propeller becomes unbalanced and it flies apart. try turning on a fan without one blade. if it will get started at all, it will be unbalanced and tip over.

[dougat]

Is the propeller still flying around somewhere?

[Gliiidter]

Impressive

[happyhappynuts]

Got to be a test, else why is it recorded. Lame

[rewandy5]

Because when a wind turbine's brakes fail... how do you suppose you would go about stopping it? Video evidence is a great way of observing the failure and determining a problem.

[einzeller85]

@rewandy5 the wings of modern wind turbines turn 45° so the wind makes them stop.

[Jillaroo79]

Takk for forklaringen

[atvdk]

jeg arbejder med lige netop denne type mølle.... det ser frygtindgydende ud... fatter ikke Vestas folkene ikke kunne stoppe den, eller bare få den til at smide tipperne.....