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No, you deal with swept area (the blade circle), plus a host of other rating and efficiency factors. Then factor in your design wind, where you think the turbine is most likely to be placed.

for example, loads scale with diameter^5 for constant rpm.

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by Crazy Horse on Wed Mar 30th, 2011 at 03:54:09 PM EST
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