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Here are the plans to make PVC Pipe Props | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Here are the plans to make PVC Pipe Props (none / 0) (#14)
by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Wed Nov 12th, 2003 at 05:04:27 PM MST
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The rather small blades that are in the picture above are 3 feet long and made from thin low pressure 1 1/4 inch PVC tubing. These long slender thin blades are quite strong for what they are. since the blades are wide at the root and thin at the tips they tend to bend a bit at the tips in higher winds. Self furling is what I'm thinking of. In the higher winds the tips bend back out of the wind decreasing effiecency. It's extreamly hard to break PVC Pipe, It bends really well but just try to break a piece with your hands, just keeps bending and bending. Lastly the curve of the pipe is naturally strong. the root area where you need most of the strength is Very strong. The larger sizes of pipe 6 inches and up, have really thick walls, 10 and 12 inch pipe has a 3/8 inch wall thickness. This combined with the pipe curve gives impressive strength. many posts below refer to strengthening the props after they are made. I'm saying that they are really strong.

One thing that I wonder about is, since the tips can get fairly narrow, would they wobble any at high speed or high wind ?

In conclusion: bending is good , breaking is bad . . .

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Here are the plans to make PVC Pipe Props | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 editorial)

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