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This week on the channel +288K views this week

Ziroth finds the wind-turbine story inside the blade factory

Dr. Rosie Barnes joins Ryan Inis to examine automated fibre placement and blades that can flex away from storm gusts.

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Are We Building Small Wind Turbines Wrong?Are We Building Small Wind Turbines Wrong?

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  1. 0:51Halving blade length leaves only a quarter of the swept area, limiting how much wind energy a turbine captures.
  2. 4:02Rosie explains why a low cut-in wind speed can produce little usable electricity.
  3. 6:333D-printed moulds and automated fibre placement offer an alternative to labour-intensive blade construction.
  4. 9:03Ryan prints a miniature blade mould and explains the workings of an automated fibre-placement head.
  5. 11:06Directional fibre placement can make blades bend and twist away from extreme gusts, reducing damaging loads.
  6. 12:36Ryan examines shorter production times and whether automation's greatest benefits may lie in larger blades.

The blades are the story. Fraunhofer's efficiency claims provide the opening for Ziroth's only new upload, but Ryan Inis finds the more interesting engineering question in how those blades are made.

"Are We Building Small Wind Turbines Wrong?" has passed 200,000 views. With wind energy engineer Dr. Rosie Barnes of Engineering with Rosie joining the discussion, Ryan separates impressive efficiency percentages from the practical business of generating useful electricity. A turbine starting to turn in a light breeze doesn't necessarily mean it is producing much power.

Then comes the factory floor. Ryan contrasts labour-intensive blade construction with 3D-printed moulds and automated fibre placement, even printing a miniature mould himself. The direction of those fibres matters beyond manufacturing: carefully arranged fibres can let a blade bend and twist away from extreme gusts, reducing the loads it has to withstand. The video also includes a sponsored mattress-cover segment.

Viewers are asking the useful follow-up questions: what would these turbines cost, how noisy would they be, and will the manufacturing approach reach products people can buy? Others bring experience of wind generators on boats and wonder where small wind fits alongside solar.

The new upload is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. October's Tesla motor investigation continues to draw views too, alongside the Donut Lab battery follow-up. Daily viewing across Ziroth is running at roughly five times its usual level, although subscribers held steady over the week.

Among nearby science channels, Astrum Earth and NileRed Extra collected more weekly views, while Breaking Taps had a quieter week. For Ziroth, the distinctive detail is that desktop-printed mould: a small, tangible demonstration of a manufacturing idea that could matter well beyond a garden turbine.

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What viewers say

  • Living in a place like Wyoming, with an average annual wind speed of about 9.4 m/s, I used to dream of a small wind turbine that would help offset some of the electric bill. Cost, efficiency and noise were what stopped me. Good to see some improvements in efficiency, though I would like to know the cost and noise output of these.
    @AlyxiSistahTweaky25See it on YouTube
  • 8:47 Hey that’s my machine! That was Masterprint. The part being printed was a boat for a university! lol crazy
    @jimmykelly2809See it on YouTube
  • Have used a wind generator on a sailboat for years and overall, solar is better. The windmill works, but it only produces appreciable power during storm force winds. The rest of the time it is an audible wind speed indicator and trickle charger. I recently removed it and added more solar cells. Wind can still be a good option IF you live in a consistently windy location and can locate it higher.
    @TricopterSailSee it on YouTube
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  • Having these small blades be lightweight could also make them more useful for airborne wind turbine systems that use kites or balloons to lift the turbines.
    @macrumptonSee it on YouTube
  • 13:15 real innovation is needed in recycling composites...
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The facts
Channel
Ziroth
Subscribers
524,000
Channel views, last 7 days
288,362
Videos published this week
1
Video published
November 4, 2026
Video views so far
206,347
Views on its first day
181,041

The numbers

Here is Ziroth's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Astrum Earth
914,194
NileRed Extra
567,472
Ziroth
288,362
Breaking Taps
163,182
Melissa Maribel
137,427
Bizarre Beasts
118,725
Looking Glass Universe
116,770
PhysicsIsFun
92,208
Smarter Every Day 2
9,458
subscribers
524,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
93,503,625
views per day
183,190
typical day: 36,235
first-day views of each video posted this week
Are We Building Small Wind Turbines Wro…
181,041
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Smarter Every Day 2
694,000
NileRed Extra
664,000
Breaking Taps
581,000
Ziroth
524,000
Astrum Earth
503,000
Looking Glass Universe
473,000
Melissa Maribel
449,000
Bizarre Beasts
399,000
PhysicsIsFun
397,000
As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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