A hybrid blade wind turbine device formed of at least a pair of straight
outer airfoil blades, and a pair of inner helical wing blades, as
supported for rotation within a safety protective cage structure, which
wind turbine can be mounted in the vertical, horizontal, or other aligned
operational positions. The inner helical half wing blades, being
preferably somewhat shorter than the length of the outer airfoil blades,
act to "regularize" the swirling wind regime flowing through the hybrid
wind turbine, so as to maximize the efficiency of the outer airfoil
blades. The helical half wing blades can be formed of individual
segmented vane segments to provide improved operational capabilities for
the overall hybrid wind turbine. To best harness annualized available
wind conditions, the hybrid wind turbine can be customized, through
modification of the number of vane segments, the selection of the
specific shape of the outer airfoil blades, and the specific operational
positioning of the outer airfoil blades. Alternatively, the helical half
wing blades can be formed as generally smooth-walled blades.