Crane drops wind turbine rotor - GIF

[Altair]

Crane drops wind turbine rotor.




Previously:

Crane collapses while lifting wind turbine blade and hub - GIF
Wind turbine installation vessel jacked up - GIF and video
Wind turbine explosion - GIF
Raising a wind turbine - GIFs
Wind turbine explodes and topples - GIF

[rayh__]

The caption should read "Bubba said, Oh! That's what the new bolts were for."

[hemmjo]

OOPS!!!!!!

[TrickieDickie]

That looks expensive. Its just a matter of time a ship looses directional control and collides with one of those.

[otmeng]

It's actually a part of the continuous process improvement. They're supplementing the wind power with wave-energy capture devices but using the same infrastructure. Sort of a twofer.

[mr mikey]

Thats a $100,000 boo boo, who's calling the boss

[schuylergrace]

I'm amazed how flimsy the blades seem to be. I know these are not the stresses they were designed for, but that one on the ship side seemed inordinately fragile and floppy, even considering it hit the ship and had a tagline attached.

[IntheGroove]

The crane didn't drop anything. There was a rigging failure...

[hemmjo]

I'm amazed how flimsy the blades seem to be. I know these are not the stresses they were designed for, but that one on the ship side seemed inordinately fragile and floppy, even considering it hit the ship and had a tagline attached.

You ever watch the wings on the airplane you are flying on as you taxi along? Or as you fly through turbulence?

[jrouche]

Crane drops wind turbine rotor.

Ooops, someone just got fired. JR