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Old 13th Nov 2015, 21:20
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Ascend Charlie
 
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It was developing some roll coupling, so it was only a matter of seconds before the rotating blades of the turbine hit the lifting cable. A tricky load, but what do you expect - a turbine that is designed to spin an an airflow, put it in an airflow (downwash) and watch it spin.
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