[TowerTalk] Heavy Duty Rotor

[Ian White GM3SEK]

K8RI on TT wrote:
>On 9/6/2011 4:53 PM, Gene Fuller wrote:
>> Hi Jim -
>>
>> In defense of the PPM's - Have you ever opened one up and seen how they're
>> built ?  I would guess that any motor shop could rewind the "coils". The
>> bearings and brushes are obtainable. The gear box, if tended to, should last
>> forever, or at least have replacements available for longer than any of the
>> current rotators will be supported by their manufacturer or NEMA. They may
>> be an overkill for many of the jobs they're asked to do, but my guess is
>> that they will outlive most of us who are using them.
>
>They already have! <:-))
>Consider what they were designed to do do, when, and their normal
>operating environment.
>

You Know You're A Ham, If:  You see an old Superfortress in full flying 
condition and you think, "Hmmm... four prop pitch motors."


>We used to be able to pick the things up for next to nothing as many
>surplus shops had them by the hundreds or even thousands.  I remember
>seeing 55 gallon drums full of the things. IIRC they went for between
>ten and twenty bucks.

Roger, stop doing that - it hurts!


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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