James Newtons Massmind wrote:
>> This design doesn't work that way.  It is a drag versus lift
>> design.  The right side is essentially a flat plate being
>> pushed forwards by the wind.
>
> Yes, but I believe it COULD work that way.

Not without a radical change that would no longer make it that basic
concept.  The basic concept is that the paddles rotate at half the speed of
the turbine.  The fact that they rotate (versus reciprocate) means they will
move thru all possible angles to the wind at some point.  It is also
inherent to the design that the downwind leg (the right "quadrant" in my
pictures) is a flat plate being driven directly downwind.


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