Crane drops wind turbine rotor - GIF

**Altair** · Feb 10, 2023, 09:27 PM

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__** · Feb 11, 2023, 05:50 PM

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

**hemmjo** · Feb 11, 2023, 05:58 PM

OOPS!!!!!!

**TrickieDickie** · Feb 11, 2023, 07:13 PM

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

**otmeng** · Feb 11, 2023, 08:17 PM

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** · Feb 11, 2023, 08:36 PM

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

**schuylergrace** · Feb 11, 2023, 08:48 PM

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** · Feb 11, 2023, 10:03 PM

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

**hemmjo** · Feb 12, 2023, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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