Patent ID: 8578604

Claim:
A method of attaching a repair platform ( 18 ) to a wind turbine ( 2 ), the wind turbine comprising a tower ( 4 ), a nacelle ( 6 ) arranged at a top end ( 7 ) of the tower and including a structure ( 32 ), a hub ( 8 ) connected to a substantially horizontal rotor shaft and being located at a front end ( 9 ) of the nacelle ( 6 ) and at least three wind turbine blades ( 10 A, 10 B, 10 C) each having a root region ( 16 ) connected to the hub ( 8 ), the method comprising positioning a first blade ( 10 A) in substantially vertical position, connecting first ends ( 28 ) of a first and a second cable section ( 24 , 26 ), respectively, to the structure ( 32 ), connecting second ends ( 30 ) of the first and the second cable section ( 24 , 26 ), respectively, to the repair platform ( 18 ) and lifting the repair platform along said blade ( 10 A) by means of the first and second cable sections ( 24 , 26 ), and positioning the first and second cable sections ( 24 , 26 ) so that they extend over the hub ( 8 ) and are supported at a distance from each other between root regions ( 16 ) of a second and a third blade ( 10 B, 10 C), respectively.