Building a High-Capacity Solar Windmill

By combining a Solar Windmill Bearing with specialized solar sails, you can generate immense stress capacity for heavy mechanical setups without burning fuel.

Assembling the Bearing and Sails

1. Place a Solar Windmill Bearing under the open sky.

2. Attach solar sails directly to the bearing structure. You can use any of the 16 dyed colors or the clear version to customize your build's appearance.

3. Connect shafts to the kinetic output of the bearing to extract the rotation.

Sail Thresholds and Stress Scaling

Solar sails double their output in full sunlight and maintain boosted capacity during rain compared to standard windmill values. Output scales directly with sail count:

• 8 Sails: Produces 1 RPM, providing 768 SU in rain and 1,024 SU in sunny weather (up from 512 standard SU).
• 16 Sails: Produces 2 RPM, providing 1,536 SU in rain and 2,048 SU in sunny weather.
• 32 Sails: Produces 4 RPM, providing 3,072 SU in rain and 4,096 SU in sunny weather.
• 64 Sails: Produces 8 RPM, providing 6,144 SU in rain and 8,192 SU in sunny weather.
• 128 Sails: Produces 16 RPM, providing 12,288 SU in rain and 16,384 SU in sunny weather.