The centrifugal weight control is a means of regulating rpm's on the low speed
shaft in a changing wind (or water) speed. As wind speed increases the weights
are extended farther from their hub. This extension as wind speed increases does
bring into play a greater inertial force. It is this greater inertial force that
holds rpm's constant and, at the same time, increases rolling torque on the low
speed shaft. With sufficient increase in rolling torque additional generators can
be clutched into operation. Common knowledge in the business is that the energy
content of the wind increases eight fold with each doubling of wind speed.