This was on Mike and Mike in the Morning during the 'Golic Wastes Your Time' segment. I posted it on my IM at work as the useless fact of the day and one person wanted proof. Does anyone know why windmills everywhere in the world rotate counter-clockwise except in Ireland? Thanks!
2007-05-02 13:57:02 · 3 answers · asked by sportsgeekdom 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
A windmill turns because the blades face into the wind and are pitched (twisted) so that the air passing onto the blades pushes the blade around the pivot point. If the blade is pitched one way, the windmill will turn to CCW. If they are pitched the other way, it will turn CW.
There may be a convention or tradition or popular design in Ireland that pitches the blades so it turns CW.
2007-05-03 17:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by notBob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windmills In Ireland
2016-12-17 10:38:15 · answer #2 · answered by magnusson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. It just depends on the design.
2007-05-02 14:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋