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to the government's ambitious GROWIAN project carried out by
MAN, too. The small wind turbine was called “Aeroman” and the
very first unit consisted of several design aspects typical for Hütter:
Two blades, downwind, pitch-regulation. In 1980, a unit was sent
to Pellworm for undergoing tests. What followed was a series of
failures, complete destructions and modifications. Nevertheless,
the first type, Aeroman 11/11, still performed as one of the best at
Pellworm. MAN developed the turbine further and changed various
details. A wind farm on the island Kythnos, Greece, was equipped
with five Aeroman in 1982.
Figure 18.11
MAN 20 kW Aeroman wind turbine located at Rödemis Hallig,
Husum, 2011. Note the tail-vane (Photo: Arne Jaeger).
The second generation, Aeroman 20, had an upwind rotor and
a 20 kW generator. The original lattice tower was replaced by an
8-edged tubular tower. A tail-vane yawed the nacelle.
In 1984, the FMTR started a distribution program for 20 Aeroman
units to be spread across northern Germany. For this demonstration
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