Rotors and line junk
on this page some of my experiments with
rotors and other line junk
24Panel Rotor
also called 24P rotor or "buzzsaw"
This rotor has a diameter of 4 meters and a surface area of 6sqm.
see it rotating Video:on the beach
Basic plan:
building instructions including bridle detail as PDF:
With many thanks to Dazzz: Article in the newsletter of the Northern Kite Group
24Panel Rotor builders gallery:
cbabbman (4 meter diameter)
see his comments on:
IKE - Illinois Kite Enthusiasts
Trevor Huges from Oxfordshire England (1.5 meter diameter)
And a Video on Google in the background Peter Bindon's 24p-rotor:
Pumkin from Birmingham UK (scaled down to 1 meter diameter)
Neil Edwards Manchester. England
The slim rotor
The Slim rotor is 8 meters in diameter!
Whit this construction method one can build huge rotors:
in the pdf details are given to built up to 18 meters diameter.
More about the history and construction see:
Download the english version of the construction details here
Nederlandse versie constructie details
Download the english version of the construction details here
building instructions no detail 8m only
Slim-rotor video's
Close up
rear-view
front-view
The archimedes
This "screw" is a combination of the sentinel kite and the archimedesscrew pump.
The yellow white red is only 800mm long and can fly like a kite!
the bleu, black and white is 2500mm long. It's flying capacities have not been tested.
VIDEO Archimedes in flight
These are the plans and templates for the small flying archimedes:
Plan
template 1
template 2
template 3
template 4
template 5
Bigger archimedes:
