rawr.. my post went *poof* in a FireFox crash..
Okay, well, I threw together some models that I thought seemed appropiate for a type of wind turbine. I picked up the design off of a
Ducted Rotor, but mounted it into the ground to make it a little more disaster resistant. Some issues have been brought up about them being too low to the ground to catch enough wind, but even if they had the footprint of even a light tower, these things would be massive.. (maybe if we completely rip the DAWT idea and mount them really high, it could be efficient enough and stable enough to provide an efficient enough windturbine design) I just have some fears that a typical windturbine design (such that you see on Earth today wouldn't be able to hold up well enough under the conditions on New Terra. (or Cytheria, depending on the game)) Well, here are the links to the concept designs for the wind turbines:
(Don't mind the sucky textures or the clipping errors.. they're just test models)
Windturbine AVI [DivX Rq'd] 1mbWindturbine PNG 1.5mbAnd per request of Freeza-CII: (Non textured
)
Typical Earth Windturbine AVI [DivX Rq'd] 565kbLet me know what you think and if you think anything should be changed. Also, look into the DAWT page to see if you think that would provide a better solution. Thank you ^^'