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1 foot CNC wood blade for a 3 blade 2 foot prop | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial)
Re: 1 foot CNC wood blade for a 3 blade 2 foot pro (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by wdyasq on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 08:20:56 AM MST
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Rich,

Nice work.  A different airfoil with thicker profile might help - there are several with Cl/Cd ratios similar to or better than the 4412 IMO.  The 4415 is one choice that might be considered a standard.

I have found the tricky thing to do is compensate for flat bits on a constantly changing airfoil, especially if it has a cusp as many of the really modern wind turbines do. I now have a stratigy and am working on larger blades.

If you would like to discuss this further, my user name -at- yahoo.com will get an e-mail to me.

Ron
Adventure is just bad planning." -- Roald Amundsen



1 foot CNC wood blade for a 3 blade 2 foot prop | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial)

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