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November 18, 2009

A cycloidal turbine prototype with three blades is shown.

A cycloidal turbine prototype with three blades (translucent, at bottom of image), is shown lifted out of of the tunnel. One of the blade pitch control servo amplifiers is visible in the foreground, and the servo motors can be seen in the top portion of the image.

Credit: SSgt Danny Washburn, US Air Force Academy, Department of Aeronautics


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