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Gizmo

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Posted: 03:26am 25 Sep 2006
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  Quote  I will say that there is a certain "elegance of economy" that seems to exist in the mindset of the guys that post here on Backshed


Thats cause we're a bunch of Ozies.


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brucedownunder2
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Posted: 10:10pm 25 Sep 2006
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Hello Glenn and Trevor. I have a set of f/g blades from USA . They cost around $150 to land here, i then sanded and painted them . They come with small hub fittings which can be adapted to our spline by means of a 300mm disc, mine is 16mm weatherproof ply .
They are 7 feet dia.
A bit noisy,and require quite a blow to get them over 28v ,then they stall,lol. So, I'd recommend u's going to a bit larger indeed,. Say, min of 13 feet and the owners can cut a bit off later if they wish. Also make them rather wide at the root area to overcome the F&P cogging effect.

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Bruce
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kenputer

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Posted: 12:42am 29 Sep 2006
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I have a set of art's blades also and am going to put them on my F&P but for now they are on a 200 volt PMDC motor and they seem to start up in very little wind.


Ken
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