Greetings everyone, my name is Gus and I have lurked long and learned much from this group.. This morning I decided to take the plunge and join.
We are in the process of aquiring about 7-1/2 acres of former grazing land here in NE Fla and will be off-grid from the very beginning. The winds here are not steady by any means, except when a weather system is moving through, which seems to happen often enough to take advantage of in the summer. Fall, winter and spring are always windy with 3,5 and 7 day nor'easters moving through on a regular basis. In between those times though, and through the summer the winds are very light... SO, the five blade fiberglass 18' dia. geared up mill is born.
The rotors and stator are finished. My friend Jack has a large lathe and was able to lighten up both of the f-150 rotors by about 6 pounds apiece, and in the process made a nice 1/16 wide by 1/8 high lip around the outside to retain the 1x2x1/2 neo's (thanks Dans). We went with 9 coils @ 68 turns of 16 guage inverter duty wire and 12 neo's per rotor. The stator started with a 2 layer mat shell then bondo thickened resin to retain coils. It has 4 mounting ears, due to the manner in which it's going to be used. I will try to include plans and pics as soon as I learn the finer points of posting on this board...
AND FINALLY to the topic in the title.. I want to put up an approx. 95-100 ft tilt-up tapering pipe tower, starting with 4-1/2" pipe at the base and using full length (20') sections nested a few inches into the previous section and welded, i.e. 4-1/2",4",3-1/2",3",2-1/2"). The horiz. leg is 60' on the lifting side and will have the guy gang plate attached to it.
My question (and my fear) is that this tower might be a little tall for the type, I would greatly value informed opinions (and even w.a.g's) on this aspect of the project. Thanks in advance, and in retrospect- Gus
