I'm going with feathering. There's more guys here that fly than sail!
(especially these days. Sailing does take water.)
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From: Chris Barker
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:23 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Our new wind turbine
That sounds great, Ian.
Chris
On 17 Jun 2013, at 17:05, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17 June 2013 16:59, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It's called "feathering" the blades, if it's anything like aircraft
>> propellors.
>>
>
> I believe the official term for wind turbines and windmills is "furling",
> which is probably derived from their sail-like origins. I could be wrong
> about that though.
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