Resources+HAWT

=Resources: Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines=

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines are the traditional windmill design that looks like a fan facing the wind. They are the most common and virtually all commercial wind installations use this type of turbine. The design is more efficient than the VAWT, but it can be more mechanically complicated since it must rotate to face the wind.

Overview of concepts

Instructable on building a windmill

Houg Piggott's homepage

Fabrication of PVC blades includes Excel sheet for calculations

PVC blade fabrications

Simple PVC blade fabrication

A video showing the construction of a PVC blade windmill

A home made HAWT

Science Fair projects