[TowerTalk] Max antenna weight

[Steve Baughn]

Dave,

You might want to take a look at the reviews on Eham. Personally that sounds 
like a lot of antenna for a Tailtwister-one question you have to ask is that 
if a bad storm/winds come up are the gears and braking mechanism going to 
hold? I have a TH-11 and a Cushcraft XM-240 on top of it and I use a good 
old fashioned prop pitch with a K7NV controller.  You might also look at the 
Orion 2800. I would rather over engineer rather than under.

73,
Steve, WD8NPL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Leisman
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 3:15 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Max antenna weight




I have a HyGain Tailtwister rotor mounted inside seven sections of Rohn 45. 
I plan on placing a 10 foot mast into the rotor (2" O.D.
galvanized steel pipe), through a heavy duty thrust bearing, and on the 
mast, a HyGain TH-11 (not exactly a featherweight itself).
My question is:  How much weight will the Tailtwister rotor handle?

Is potentially this too much weight?  I have been told that the HyGain 
rotors will handle up to 1000 lbs of weight.  While I'm not
close tot hat weight, this is a heavy amount.  Any help would be 
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dave, W8QW
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