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Trev

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Joined: 15/07/2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 676

Posted: 10:11am 06 Sep 2007

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My Dad is on holidys and also loves the idea of wind generators, so I put him to task on the modifications and improvements I wanted with the White Pointer.

Old tower pulled down and modified to have a wider base and the centre pole is mounted solid to the top of this tower frame. This is also supported with stainless steel cables. It is a total of 12.5m high.

So now the whole tower is tilted to raise or lower. It was raised first without the generator on the top. We had plenty of helpers with this too, all wanting to sniff, lick, kick, slobber on the EV and chew the rope !!

New covers, tail and a cast furling hinge were made.

Edited by Trev 2007-09-07

Trev @ drivebynature.com

brucedownunder2
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Joined: 14/09/2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 1548

Posted: 08:31pm 06 Sep 2007

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Hi Trev, very nice , are they the new FibreGlass blades similar to mine? .
I like the way you did the furling ,is that just straight out the back and how is it arranged to Furl,(maybe that's in a previous post) ?.

Still working on my new blades,,have the thick Aluminium plates to be inserted and fixed .

Like your helpers ??

Bruce

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Bryan1

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Joined: 22/02/2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 1450

Posted: 09:43am 22 Nov 2007

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brucedownunder2 said .

Like your helpers ??

Bruce

BBQ'd or roasted Bruce

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