Windmill out of control
Runaway windmill collapses during a storm in Denmark on February 22, 2008.
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4. maximumgrunt commented 16 years ago
Yea for the cameraman!
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5. BombDiggady commented 16 years ago
Wow, it kind of exploded.
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6. browncoat commented 16 years ago
A windmill in Denmark collapsed during a storm in Denmark on Feb 22, 2008. The braking system failed while two technicians worked in the turret at the top. The technicians were able to get out before the collapse. A 19 meter piece of the blade was thrown 20 meters away; Smaller pieces were sent more than 500 meters away.
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8. Fergus_Thedog commented 16 years ago
Fake? You dickhead, Cheezburgerz.
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11. DJKovu commented 16 years ago
This is not fake, its an Vestas Windmill and i did collaps for real, Vestas the buillder of teh windmills have had 6 Accednets within teh last cupel of mouths and last where and am wing that brow of an mill more in Denmark last night, the found pices of teh windmill 700 Meters away from teh collapsted win mill, and i know i live around the area
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12. DJKovu commented 16 years ago
here is 2 Links to the News with teh colapsing windmills
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index.php/nodeId-10565507.html
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index.php/nodeId-10546306.html
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index.php/nodeId-10565507.html
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/video/index.php/nodeId-10546306.html
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14. pleidian commented 16 years ago
I wish they'd all fucking collapse.
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16. Williams commented 16 years ago
Fake, Wind turbines are manufactured with steel.The video shows fibreglass flapping in the wind.
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17. visit-the-world commented 16 years ago
Williams....You say that it is a fake video because "the video shows fibre glass flapping in the wind"!
Your ignorance is truly amazing. The TOWERS are made from steel, but turbine blades are made from GLASS FIBRE. It is a piece of a huge blade that you see in the video at the end.
That video is not a fake. The turbine would have been spinning out of control for quite a while before it disintegrated. This gave time for people with cameras to gather,because the out-of-control turbine would have been visible for miles. That turbine looks like a small one, only about 150 feet in total height. Now they want to put hundreds across the beautiful hills of Wales,UK, that will be 400 feet in height ie almost TREBLE the height and width of that turbine. Spanish wind turbine company Gamesa, even wants to construct 600 feet high monsters in South Wales. They will EASILY be visible from a fifty mile radius. Wind turbines gain next to nothing in terms of CO2 savings , because the back-up fossil fuel power stations can never be switched off due to the vagaries of the wind.Wind energy is a DUPLICATION ,not a REPLACEMENT,far too often.
Wind speed drops far too frequently , without warning. Check www.metoffice.com/education/archive/uk for evidence of UK wind speeds , which are often too weak [below 9 knots] or too strong [ above 48knots] to generate electricity.. This turbine failed to brake and spun far too fast. The vibration then knocked the fibre glass blade into the column. This shattered all three blades.
Your ignorance is truly amazing. The TOWERS are made from steel, but turbine blades are made from GLASS FIBRE. It is a piece of a huge blade that you see in the video at the end.
That video is not a fake. The turbine would have been spinning out of control for quite a while before it disintegrated. This gave time for people with cameras to gather,because the out-of-control turbine would have been visible for miles. That turbine looks like a small one, only about 150 feet in total height. Now they want to put hundreds across the beautiful hills of Wales,UK, that will be 400 feet in height ie almost TREBLE the height and width of that turbine. Spanish wind turbine company Gamesa, even wants to construct 600 feet high monsters in South Wales. They will EASILY be visible from a fifty mile radius. Wind turbines gain next to nothing in terms of CO2 savings , because the back-up fossil fuel power stations can never be switched off due to the vagaries of the wind.Wind energy is a DUPLICATION ,not a REPLACEMENT,far too often.
Wind speed drops far too frequently , without warning. Check www.metoffice.com/education/archive/uk for evidence of UK wind speeds , which are often too weak [below 9 knots] or too strong [ above 48knots] to generate electricity.. This turbine failed to brake and spun far too fast. The vibration then knocked the fibre glass blade into the column. This shattered all three blades.
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18. drexenor commented 16 years ago
Wild!
If anyone still wont believe this is real.. Here are some articles about this very incident..
http://ing.dk/artikel/85906
http://www.bt.dk/article/20080222/nyheder/802220354/
http://www.bt.dk/article/20080326/nyheder/80326067/
If anyone still wont believe this is real.. Here are some articles about this very incident..
http://ing.dk/artikel/85906
http://www.bt.dk/article/20080222/nyheder/802220354/
http://www.bt.dk/article/20080326/nyheder/80326067/
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19. SpikedSilver commented 16 years ago
Wow. I think normaly the bearing would collaps earlier. Must be a nice piece of engeneering there. It would be perfect if it did not explode.
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21. LisaColorado commented 14 years ago
Great. And Wyoming is getting rows and rows of these. They kill birds too. Getting energy from underground sounds a little bit better, and so does nuclear energy.
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23. demilune67 commented 14 years ago
I don t want one on my roof anymore.
Even if the video can be great
Even if the video can be great
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26. matrozrabbi89 commented 14 years ago
Energy overdose, it is!
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27. MakeTnotWar commented 14 years ago
#20 this only happened because the break system on this one failed.
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28. Hellion1982 commented 14 years ago
Cheezburgerz is going around declaring every Video is fake. Ban Him!!
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29. Farmer2011 commented 13 years ago
Pure bending!!!!!!
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33. torbengb commented 10 years ago
Interesting that the first part to fail is not the hub, nor the blades' mounting point on the hub. The first part to fail is the very tip of one of the blades! Wind speed and centrifugal forces are highest there...
1. Wing tip fails.
2. Entire wing breaks apart and no longer provides a counterbalance.
3. The hub moves toward the other blades and _push_ them to destruction before they are ripped off of the hub.
4. In retaliation for this unprovoked attack, one of the blades hits the tower.
5. The dented tower has no structural integrity and bends over - just like a dented drinking straw.
6. The tower separates at a section assembly point, and only the lower section remains standing.
1. Wing tip fails.
2. Entire wing breaks apart and no longer provides a counterbalance.
3. The hub moves toward the other blades and _push_ them to destruction before they are ripped off of the hub.
4. In retaliation for this unprovoked attack, one of the blades hits the tower.
5. The dented tower has no structural integrity and bends over - just like a dented drinking straw.
6. The tower separates at a section assembly point, and only the lower section remains standing.
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+30 1. gavblade85 commented 16 years ago