How Furling Works on a Wind Turbine

http://www.windynation.com/ The more wind there is, the bettter, right?? Well, not exactly!

Weather unleashes powerful and unpredictable forces that demand respect. One reason is that powerful gusts of wind (which can be more common than people realize) can do serious damage--even to a well-constructed wind turbine.

It's because of this that all wind turbines need protective mechanisms to get your wind turbine out of the way when powerful gusts of wind come your way. This is exactly what a Furler or Furling Vane does, and this is exactly why a Furling Vane comes with the Windtura 500 Complete Wind Turbine Kit--available at http://www.WindyNation.com.

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[WindyNation]

@nickbeets1 It is not spring loaded. You are correct in that the tail moves back due to the pivot angle. With a wind turbine, it is imperative that it is designed as simple and reliable as possible.

The last thing a customer wants to do is lower their tower to work on their wind turbine because this is difficult and time consuming to do. We do everything we can to design and build simple/reliable wind turbines. Thanks for the comment.

[nickbeets1]

is the tail shaft spring loaded of does it move back due to the angle to moves up on?