Re: Wincharger Drawings
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:12 pm
It is interesting to see the extrusion drawing for the aluminum blades. A long time ago (1980 or so), I bought a mid-fifties, 1500w Wincharger with four blades that were absolutely beautiful aluminum extrusions! I spotted it on a tower near Cannon Falls, MN and I stopped and talked to the owner who had been a Wincharger dealer/serviceman at one time. Wincharger had been running a school in Sioux City and when he was there, he fell in love with that very machine AND those very shiny silver blades, so he used his dealer discount and brought it home. By the time I saw it, a weight in the governor was jammed and he was lame and it was sitting idle on top of a pretty nice factory tower and it wasn't long before I was developing a crush on it myself. Finally, after him saying, "I'm going to fix that one day" for about a year, I paid him too much money, took it down, and then found out there was a lot more wrong with it than I thought! Luckily, to make up for it, the blades were in perfect condition.
When that rotor finally spun, it started slowly and then like most props, it reached a certain speed and really began to fly! (I expected these to make a whistling sound but instead, it was kind of a low humming sound.) A couple of years later, I sold it all "as-is": BUT FIRST, I tried really hard to keep the aluminum blades hidden in the garage and then sell wooden replacements. (After all, I was told the wooden blades were standard and the aluminum ones were an "option".) Well, the buyer spotted them and that was that!
For years I've wished I had them back; they sure would look good on my wall!
Burt
When that rotor finally spun, it started slowly and then like most props, it reached a certain speed and really began to fly! (I expected these to make a whistling sound but instead, it was kind of a low humming sound.) A couple of years later, I sold it all "as-is": BUT FIRST, I tried really hard to keep the aluminum blades hidden in the garage and then sell wooden replacements. (After all, I was told the wooden blades were standard and the aluminum ones were an "option".) Well, the buyer spotted them and that was that!
For years I've wished I had them back; they sure would look good on my wall!
Burt