How Big Can Wind Turbines Get?

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Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus

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Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.



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[xTechnoWOW]

“Yeet the entire structure apart” beautiful lol

[bakersbread]

4:49 i was blown for second there like "did they really just put a giant turbine next to the Eiffel tower?"

[ScriptedMatt]

10:13 "Attempting to yeet the entire structure apart"

[josephbonney]

3:50 I just finished my Calc 3 class and was surprised to see a useful application of the infuriating line and surface integrals, other than making students fail.

[SirWrender]

Loved this video!! I also particularly loved the massive CGI turbines next to the Eiffel Tower! They were well done. Now you just gotta simulate what would happen if they DID “yeet the entire structure apart” hahaha

[vikingrichie]

"YEET the structure apart" - Millennial engineering speak at its best! Love it!

[TheTechAdmin]

10:13 I love that "YEET", is a term now being used in somewhat professional documentaries.

[Enginator]

6:30 "Antonov AN-255", no it's Antonov AN-225. But it doesn't really matter, you teach me how to one day be an amazing engineer!

[Muonium]

'The longer and heavier the shaft, the stiffer it needs to be to avoid bending'
bro tell me about it

[jafizzle]

11:51
"Is China's Coronavirus the Next Pandemic?"
Nah we should be fine.

[texasmonster]

Just started working on these massive turbines a few months ago and I’m loving every bit of it I’m super excited to see where we go with it in the future. I’m also very excited to be apart of this industry that keeps these massive structures in service.

[Ze_Taco_Guy]

I just got a job building offshore wind foundations, and the size of these things are insane!

[lostyt]

humans: we can exploit the wind for power

wind: GET YEETED

[BreakItYourself]

What’s the service life of those massive blades and what happens to them once replaced?

[megarman]

So how big can they get? I was hoping for a height and power value

[samuelschonenberger]

I was already wondering where you got that animation with the massive Wind turbine in the middle of Paris from. Making it yourself is impressive, Chapeau

[thetommantom]

"Pushing the boundaries in Watt is possible"

[metocvideo]

Very upbeat presentation, thank you. I should mention that wind power is great as long as the turbines run at peak efficiency. The blades, however, degrade over time due to uv exposure, stress and physical abrasion, to the extent that the blades need to be replaced and renovated. This is a massive cost that no-one includes in their estimations. The larger the blades the exponentially larger cost. I owned a company that surveyed wind turbine blades in situ, using high resolution drone photography. The leading edges of blades become rough surprisingly quickly in a polluted environment.

[GlutesEnjoyer]

"Pushing the boundaries of WATT is possible"

Nice one ;)

[DrRiq]

10:09 "The heavier blade increases the centrifugal force attempting to YEET the entire structure apart"