MY CD44 / TR44 rotors usually came to rest up against the STOP.
If I remember right, one internal lever was bent on one such rotor.
Tom N4KG
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:14:03 -0800 Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com> writes:
> This subject's been beated to death before, but I also subscribe to
> the "no
> pin" theory of Advanced Avoidance of Rotor Replacement. I can
> realign my
> beams in fifteen minutes, but swapping out the rotor takes a lot
> longer, and
> costs more.
>
> If you want to also avoid torque stress on the tower, use a CD45-II
> or
> something. No brake, the antennas freewheel by spinning the rotor
> until
> they provide the minimum windload, kind of like a weather
> vane...doesn't
> seem to hurt the rotor (much) and is very easy on the tower welds.
> When the
> wind stops, you don't even have to climb the tower to realign the
> beams,
> just push the lever in the shack. The drawback is that of course
> the rotor
> does eventually fail (gear grinding)...
>
> -WB2WIK/6
>
> "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast
> enough." -
> Mario Andretti
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark . [SMTP:n1lo@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:56 AM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Towertalk] tower mast = to pin OR not to pin
> >
> > << Obviously , this might stress the rotor given high winds - but
> it is
> > unlikely the yagis would rotate on the mast.>>
> >
> > << Josh....looks like you answered your own questions....I think
> the
> > answer
> > amounts to asking yourself which you would prefer doing
> (presumably after
> > a
> > big wind):
> > a) replacing a broken rotator
> > b) loosening the clamps and turning the mast back to where it was
> ..SNIP
> > >>
> >
> > I subscribe to the 'not pin' group, and performed option b) above
> after
> > hurricane Bonnie's 60 mph winds. All I had to do was realign the
> mast in
> > the
> > rotor about 15 degrees.
> >
> > --...MARK_N1LO...--
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