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Originally Posted by sneakyimp
AdamHeard, when you say 'open bearing,' I'm guessing you're referring to the flanged radial bearing. That bearing seems necessary because the wind is going to be exerting a horizontal force on my wind turbine so we need to bear some radial load. The thrust bearing (which I totally love) is merely to support the weight of the turbine and this force is likely to be much less than the horizontal force.
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I mean open as opposed to sealed.