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I doubt it. Federal highway infrastructure mandates only 14.5 ft clearance. These things are larger than that in diameter and must go on a flatbed (that is itse
by mattmaroon 3y ago
I doubt it. Federal highway infrastructure mandates only 14.5 ft clearance. These things are larger than that in diameter and must go on a flatbed (that is itself 2' off the ground or so.) Turning radii on highways are not sufficient for something 300 feet long either, I don't believe anything over 80' can be towed. Many states have lower limits than the federal government on length.
The real question is how will it get from wherever that plane lands (which I assume must only be large airports, unless they plan on building private runways near installation sites, which I guess might not be cost-prohibitve relative to the cost of flying the world's biggest plane in once for each blade) to wherever it is going? So it may still be last mile by helicopter, I don't know how else you'd move it.
- throwaway11460 3y agoWind projects often need to re/build a lot of roads, bridges and other road infrastructure anyways. They often need to build concrete production facilities on site to support the construction. In comparison, 2 km of packed dirt runway, which the plane is specifically meant to land on, is nothing.