AEROBINE!!!
I build this out of some scraps that were laying around the shop for fun. In 2007. Just to see if I could do it. This can be scaled up to hundreds of feet tall if you want one. I took this to the CBC for dragons den interviews and told them it was called the Aerobine and joked the code name for the project was the Dragon Slayer. Anyway i got wised up and wished good luck. The research council of canada drove all the way to our shop to look offered me support to develop this technology that then never delivered! Anyway...I tested it by putting it in the wind and its got some spin for sure! I have run with a small test generator but do not have any specs as to how much torque it has. I don't have a torque meter! Either way...the design hit me in my minds eye one day and I had to build it. I got an amazing team of friends who helped me build this.
Anyway...with some investment and interest in running a lighting company we can for sure no doubt make some kick ass lighting and when there is a profit Im probably going to build a bigger AEROBINE Tower just because I can! A unit like this can generate electrical and mechanical power. I bet it would gear up a flywheel real nice!