Asklemmy · 1 year ago

why dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?

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why dont windmills spin on the vertical axis as that would be omnidirectional for wind?

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So TL;DR it’s worth the extra bearing for the added efficiency unidirectional wind flow allows.

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