Crafting 3 wood blades, 2 feet long will work.
A taller tower will help the "swirling type of wind". Wind swirls less more meters from the ground. G-[ Parent ]
Never tried crafting wood, will give it a go, what type of wood is used for it and are the blades light or heavy? i read in many places but they do not say what wood they used.
Farhan[ Parent ]
Most woods will be ok. Try to get something straight grained and with no big knots.
Softwoods are easiest to deal with and common pine will be ok if you can avoid big knots, Spruce, cedar, Douglas fir etc are excellent.
For hardwoods, ash is fine but avoid the heavy ones. Avoid things like maple unless you have machine tools to work it.
Flux[ Parent ]
For wooden blades whats the best angle at which i should carve it to better work in low winds?[ Parent ]
There are various blade calculators that will give you the angles and widths such as Alton's. I am sure Hugh Piggott has a spreadsheet that does the same thing on his site. At http://www.scoraigwind.com/
I'll check and read out that website for making wooden blades which i need as you suggested, the PVC one's i made will have to be kept aside then because not good as you said.
Yes fan blades are manufactured to make wind that is right, but i was just thinking its metal and its angel can be changes, i mean it can be reshaped easily, just a thought i know silly question : )[ Parent ]
