On 25/02/2008 17:55, ARWadworth wrote:

I saw this video before you posted the link. Just odd that it was being
filmed as it collapsed (not many do)

Presumably somebody realised it was going too fast and filmed it
*because* of that, rather than just by chance (perhaps one of the
engineers who was sent to try to shut it down, or someone whose
attention was attracted by the presence of such engineers, who knows?)

and even odder that you can hear
the windmill after it collapses.

Probably a fair bit of momentum in the gearbox/alternator.

Actually just watched it again, I see what you mean, but that just seems
like dodgy editing (due to the slow-mo?) where the video and sound are
way out of sync.

How do you shut a windturbine down after the winds are too strong?

It's a bit too big to shove a stick in the spokes, innit?