Wow! Thanks again everyone for all the input!! I am not sure why, but I am no longer getting emails when a post has been made to this thread. I checked and I am still subscribed. I haven't been ignoring y'all, just didn't know there had been any activity.
It sure is nice when things just work. HOWEVER, I guess I wouldn't be learning near as much. (How's that for positive spin)
Here is one problem. Once I get up to the cabin communication ain't happening unless I drive back down the mountain. As you can imagine, experimenting with the turbine, driving down to make a post, driving back up to experiment more, driving back down to check for posts, driving back up to implement suggestions, driving back down to post results, waiting for replies, blah, blah becomes a VERY time consuming process. Plus I have to use the forum from my phone which I hate!! Sooo, I need to make sure I understand what to check and what to do with what I find BEFORE I get up there. I am reading and re reading all these posts.
I will be taking the 9.2' blades with me just in case...
I am 100% going to take the tower down and spin the turbine with a drill like Chris suggests. I can run the turbine "open circuit" by turning the Classic to Mode OFF, correct?? I am a big softy, but trying to hold the drill with the Classic making power sounds like a fun challenge! Should at least make for a good story!
I'll pass on touching any wires though....
I have a really good multimeter, but I do not have anything to measure RPMs of the turbine. Any suggestions for a cost effective way to get that measurement? In a video the builder posted, he halfheartedly spun the blades by hand and got it up to 20 volts. He also posted videos of him testing the resistance of the stator and each phase was 1.8 ohms.
Before I left the cabin I did individually test each of the three lines coming in from the turbine one time when it was spinning. Just to make sure I had power coming in on each line. The voltage on each line was moving around some, but they all seemed real close. Is testing two lines together at one time a better way to check it?
Here's a stupid question... Does the order I connect the three lines from the stator to the Clipper matter at all? I just hooked up the three wires to the three lugs on the stator and then just randomly connected the other ends of the three wires up to the clipper. Could that be the issue?
I am sure hoping the tail is positioned correctly. Here are a couple pics that show it from different views. I know some better pics would be better, but all I have is screen shots for now.
Here is a pic of the flange at the bottom of the yaw tube. (I hesitate to even say this next part after what Chris said earlier)...That flange rides on top of two roller blade wheels held in place with a heavy duty, bolt together bracket.
Here is the yaw bracket:
Entire turbine with tail and all (no blades) probably weighs ~160lbs or a little more.