Thread: Manawatu Gorge Slip

Originally Posted by Ruawai

Is that taken from one of the windmills?

What is a windmill in aviation terms please?

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Originally Posted by Gibo

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Fences must be down up there @Gibo, bloody wind keeps escaping and blowing its tits off over here...

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Fences must be down up there @Gibo, bloody wind keeps escaping and blowing its tits off over here...

I did take a big tree down yesterday, could be letting a bit more come down your way mate

@Shootm my first shepherding job was with Bill Smith who owned the farm where most of the windmills are. Was there for a couple of years - circa 1966. The only good thing I recall about working there was the duck shooting By the gate to the woodshed there was a little hut which I shared from time to time with the drover Linc Campbell as he took mobs for the Hurley's through (do you remember him, if you were around in those days?).

Originally Posted by Gibo

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Cheer!

Sounds like the gorge is shut for good

Originally Posted by Dundee

Sounds like the gorge is shut for good

yeah mate she is fucked

Know someone who is high up and the hills are moving a shit load atm defently going to be a lot more coming down before they can start working on it again all the engineers are saying

Originally Posted by Tahr

@Shootm my first shepherding job was with Bill Smith who owned the farm where most of the windmills are. Was there for a couple of years - circa 1966. The only good thing I recall about working there was the duck shooting By the gate to the woodshed there was a little hut which I shared from time to time with the drover Linc Campbell as he took mobs for the Hurley's through (do you remember him, if you were around in those days?).

Yep I remember Linc Campbell he was a bit of a local icon. My grandfather knew him well.

Originally Posted by stingray

What is a windmill in aviation terms please?

Wind Turbine. Windmills make flour

Originally Posted by 199p

yeah mate she is fucked

Know someone who is high up and the hills are moving a shit load atm defently going to be a lot more coming down before they can start working on it again all the engineers are saying

I bet they friggen moved after that snow storm and the following flood.Never seen the Manawatu river so high up this end,reckon it was higher than 2004.

Yeah the saddle rd is cutting up pretty bad to, there is lots of patching going on at the moment.

Originally Posted by Shootm

Yeah the saddle rd is cutting up pretty bad to, there is lots of patching going on at the moment.

Patching is a broad use of the term....more like building the road again after letting it get so bad!

Originally Posted by stingray

What is a windmill in aviation terms please?

Simple really...windmilling is experienced when the RPM is reduced but the airspeed is maintained,which eventually will cause the blade angle of attack to become negative,when that occurs,the resulting force will act in a rearward direction,known as windmilling.We use it in jets as well,windmilling starts occurs,when the engine is started without the aid of the starter,because the compressors are being turned by natural airflow when airborne.To,which I have done several,when the buggars have decided to quit.

Would be interested to find out if those same aerodynamic features are the same for windmills,as they really are only just big props,as in constant speed props,or constant speed unit.

Another slip has come down in the gorge today.

Not looking good for a reopen in the short or long term

Cheers
Pete