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Letter: Blade runner

Published 2 November 2011

From Eric Roberts

You describe a wind turbine with extendable blades (22 October, p 26). Why would they be better than blades that vary their pitch – their angle to the breeze – which are a well-understood feature of most propeller-driven aircraft?

Bristol, UK

Issue no. 2837 published 5 November 2011

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