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Shadow

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First Homebuilt finished
« on: February 12, 2005, 05:11:15 PM »
Here we are taking a break..

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Shadow

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2005, 10:17:26 AM »
Just kidding!, Here is the one I built

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2005, 10:28:02 AM »
It seems to only let me put one picture on at a time..

It is a Volvo spindle. 11 1/4 brake rotors, 2x1x1/2 magnets, 48 volt, 9 coils of 140 turns of 17# wire. I used a 'Yield' sign for a tail,which I will be changing as it seems too small and I think aluminum will crack to easy. I mounted the blades and hub assembly yesterday and proceeded to balance it only to find it needed no balancing whatsoever, both tracking and balance were dead on.I unleased it in about a 10 mile an hour wind and it took off like crazy, I shut it down and went to get a test meter etc, and the wind immediatly went down.Overall I'm very pleased this is the most satisfying and exciting projects I've done, many thanks to Danb and everyone who answered or commented on all my questions. Hopefully I'll get some test results shortly. I painted it up because it will be displayed in town at a couple places before it goes up to about 52 feet sometime in April or May.
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Re: First Homebuilt finished
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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2005, 10:43:20 AM »
 that was a good joke shadow i lol   it looks so open around your house do you really need to go up 52 feet?
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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2005, 10:52:13 AM »
Nice job, I agree about the tail even if it doesn't yield it looks to be rather small.

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2005, 10:13:23 PM »
Where are you??  Looks like the Canadian Prairies?  I agree with electron, you might not need to go that high.

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Shadow

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2005, 10:22:50 PM »
 Yes I'm in Southern Saskatchewan,about 100 miles north of Montana border. This windmill wont be installed here tho, it will be a few miles away in a slightly lower location. It may not need to go too high tho from some of the output I've seen at 12 feet.I'm trying to make sense of some of the test results I'm getting, I'm not sure what it's 'supposed' to be getting at different rpms. The wind won't co-operate. But it looks promising.
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wildbill hickup

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2005, 05:44:56 AM »
I wonder what size neo's he used???? :->
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LEXX

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2005, 02:09:56 PM »
Yeah Shadow, tell us the story!

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Shadow

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2005, 03:32:37 PM »
The three of us had just finished install the last neo,You can see by the picture below What happened when we tried too small of a tower...

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picmacmillan

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Re: First Homebuilt finished
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2005, 06:11:51 PM »
good job shadow.....i am happy for you...it's always nice to see someone get one flying..........i should have either 1 or 2 flying this week...i can't wait either....good luck with your genny, it looks great...pickster
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