I'll be interested to see what you end up doing and the output you get. I've always been intrigued by VAWTs, but as I've researched them it seems...
Of course now the $64,000 question is whether I altered the offset/tail size/weight so much that I've thrown off the furling, which was of course...
UPDATE: some decent output yesterday with pretty modest winds. Note that this 2 kWh is for BOTH turbines running, not just the new "hybrid."...
UPDATE: In an effort to overcome the “left-leaning” problem of the “hybrid” build, I removed & remounted the HYE PMA closer to “centered”...
Sorry Tom...are others having the same problem? This forum frustrates me as far as photos. Whenever I try to upload them directly, I always get...
I posted this issue over in Frame Construction due to the topic, but I know this forum gets much more traffic. Basically I have a turbine build...
So here are two photos of the furling mount with the HY Energy PMA mounted: [IMG] [IMG] In addition to the problem of the rotor tracking...
I've put together a "hybrid" build of WN's furling mount + HY Energy's HY-1000 1kw generator/PMA and HY Energy's matching 5-blade set/hub. While...
Well based on some good advice from others, this would seem to be the next dump load configuration to try for my "new" HY-1000 1kw that has been...
Has anyone ever pulled one of these apart to confirm this? Once when my "old" HY-1000 felt like it was turning slow I loosened those 5 bolts to...
Well I heard back from Joy at Mike's Windmill Shop. She says that if the generator of the HY-1000 was one piece underneath the casing, then it...
Hey thanks Tom for the great suggestions. I have an e-mail into Mike's to see about adding/developing some kind of furling system. I would...
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