Wind Power B/C

[kenniky]

The side view is more like a top view... I'd suggest rotating the diagram 90 degrees in order to make it make more sense visually, but that's just me.

Going off of this, I'd also suggest renaming it to "Example Assembly Top View". It's almost like a birds eye view, rather than looking at it from the side.

Note that because the blades rotate, the side view and top view are inherently going to be identical.

I meant more like this, below, so that the mounting plane is vertical instead of horizontal

(obviously with rotated text)

[PHXcoach]

The side view is more like a top view... I'd suggest rotating the diagram 90 degrees in order to make it make more sense visually, but that's just me.

Going off of this, I'd also suggest renaming it to "Example Assembly Top View". It's almost like a birds eye view, rather than looking at it from the side.

Note that because the blades rotate, the side view and top view are inherently going to be identical.

I actually like the top view. Maybe just rename it "Example Assembly Top/Side View" since they are the same (except that I can read the horizontal text more easily)

[PHXcoach]

One more pedantic suggestion.

Change the text in 4.a from "once with the fan at a high wind speed and once at a low wind speed" to "once with the fan at a low wind speed and once at a high wind speed".

At all events we tested the low speed first, then the high speed. This way if the assembly failed (blades flying off, etc) at high wind speed they could still get a score from the low wind speed test. I understand that the current wording does not require a test order, but it does imply one.

[GoldenKnight1]

One more pedantic suggestion.

Change the text in 4.a from "once with the fan at a high wind speed and once at a low wind speed" to "once with the fan at a low wind speed and once at a high wind speed".

At all events we tested the low speed first, then the high speed. This way if the assembly failed (blades flying off, etc) at high wind speed they could still get a score from the low wind speed test. I understand that the current wording does not require a test order, but it does imply one.

As someone who has been an event supervisor for this event I do not want it forced which has to be first. I prefered having two teams coming up at the same time with one doing the low speed first and the other testing high speed first and then having them switch. It is faster this way and makes it more doable to get through 16+ teams in a time block. If there were only 10 teams it would not be an issue but at larger touraments as much as 6 minutes per team can be tight.

[PHXcoach]

One more pedantic suggestion.

Change the text in 4.a from "once with the fan at a high wind speed and once at a low wind speed" to "once with the fan at a low wind speed and once at a high wind speed".

At all events we tested the low speed first, then the high speed. This way if the assembly failed (blades flying off, etc) at high wind speed they could still get a score from the low wind speed test. I understand that the current wording does not require a test order, but it does imply one.

As someone who has been an event supervisor for this event I do not want it forced which has to be first. I prefered having two teams coming up at the same time with one doing the low speed first and the other testing high speed first and then having them switch. It is faster this way and makes it more doable to get through 16+ teams in a time block. If there were only 10 teams it would not be an issue but at larger touraments as much as 6 minutes per team can be tight.

I am not suggesting trying to force any order (after all the event supervisor has discretion) just imply a different default. For the events I supervised we called up one team at a time for inspection, then low speed test, finally high speed test. For busier events we could sequence teams so that we could have different teams at different steps in the 3 step blade testing process. The most we had was 10 teams in one session so I had it easier.

[daydreamer0023]

Thank you all so much for the help again! Do you know if we are allowed to bring a tachometer?

[samlan16]

Thank you all so much for the help again! Do you know if we are allowed to bring a tachometer?

Hmm... I'd ask an FAQ if it hasn't closed yet. I don't believe there is explicitly anything against it, meaning it's allowed, but you should ask.

[fl0w]

Are we allowed to put stuff on the CD such as tape or clay to aid in balancing it (they arent part of the blade)? I submitted a rules clarification but they never got back to me

[dragonfruit35]

Are we allowed to put stuff on the CD such as tape or clay to aid in balancing it (they arent part of the blade)? I submitted a rules clarification but they never got back to me

If I were you, I'd mount such items on the base of the blade just in case. That way, there's no way it would be against the rules, unless some weird clarification has been posted

[fl0w]

But what if the balance(tape or clay) is at a different point than the blade itself (so like in between two blades?)