Made possible by the generosity of many, and nearly a decade in the making:
Raised this 10 footer with a new cedar prop on it. It is on my 30 foot 4 leg tilt up tower. Takes one man about 20 minutes with a drill and a worm drive winch to raise. I raised it on July 1, 2009. The one above and behind is Zubblys [RIP] mill and it is my commission from him to fly it to destruction. So far it just needs the wood refinished, I will do that this summer
A few weeks ago DanB, and DanF stopped on their way to MREA and another conference. They dropped off a set of Scottys blades with hub plates. They also laid out the assembly so I could put it together after finishing all the parts.
i put 7 coats of exterior urethane on them over the coarse of a week with long dry times between. They came out beautiful and I assembled it per instructions and it came out pretty much perfect:
I am not much good at pictures as I go along but I do get them after so no photos of the raw blades or other parts just a couple after the fact pictures.
The whole area is under upgrades so these will serve as the "before" pics for future projects I guess.
New 30 foot tower stub with the new 50 foot tube tower in the background:
Another view of the 30 foot stub upgrade:
Both current towers up, Zubblys mill in the background and the newly raised 10 footer with no prop for the test lift. I really like this photo:
Just the test lift tower and head:
I used a PVC sheet for the Diamond shaped tail vane as DanB suggested it would be a good material when he saw it in my stash.
THe real thing:
Overview of the main tower site:
Just wanted to share.
Big thanks to DanB, DanF, and a list I won't itemize because folks will get left out. It is a long list. DanB hacked off the head and gave it a lot more tilt back. I used to call it "Prop Killer" as it has eaten several props previously.
Here is how it pretty much looks today:
Enjoy!
Tons of high resolution photos are over HERE too large to put inline here but for those that like detail, there they are.
Tom
