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willib

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Its almost ready to fly
« on: March 03, 2006, 08:41:39 PM »
Yep tomorrow should be a good windy day too..

i would finish it , but i cant wait to test it out..

i've tested it in front of a fan , and the tail works !!














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Re: Its almost ready to fly
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2006, 03:23:10 PM »
Hey!  It's the Mini Cooper of windmills!!!


You must be fairly close by to me, since you got that map of my backyard posted. (btw, that's a good website you taken that from)

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the mini cooper FLYS !!
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2006, 04:44:24 PM »
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Re: the mini cooper FLYS !!
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2006, 07:05:55 PM »
Look at her go!!!  Boy, I bet that was a cold one out there.


Nah, I'm about 30 miles NW of Philly, just below Allentown.

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Re: Its almost ready to fly
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2006, 12:15:16 PM »
Nice!

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willib

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waiting for the wind
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2006, 04:21:45 PM »
thanks !!

i have it out my window now

notice the wires , i have a coil hooked up to it ,

i'm gonna test the speed of the blades.

it has spun a few times , but not much..

it does shift directions a lot though.

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Re: Its almost ready to fly
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2006, 05:10:17 PM »
wow we just had a gust ,the problem is the wind is comming right at the building 90 degrees , where it usually comes from the right , (north)

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Re: Its almost ready to fly
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2006, 07:59:09 PM »
its actually quite windy out there , just the wrong angle..
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cool nighttime picture
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