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Treadmill Motor PVC Blades | 49 comments (49 topical, editorial)
Re: Treadmill Motor PVC Blades (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by roadranger (Road Ranger at G Mail dot com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 07:53:38 PM MST
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As for the suitability of this motor - if you are in a high wind area (20-30mph) it would be OK with a proper 4' rotor. In a 10-20mph area I think you'd be better off with a 3' rotor (for more rpms) and look for max 40watts at 20mph, maybe 5-10w at 10mph? To scale the blade down for a 3' rotor multiply the lengthwise measurements (distances in from the tip for each "mark") by 2/3 but leave the width measurements as-is.

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Treadmill Motor PVC Blades | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial)

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