About Us Welcome to Starkweather.com ------------------------------------------- last updated 11/8/2011 The folks at otherpower.com came up to my place and helped me get the tower and turbine in the air! Here's some pictures of this epic event. The base is in place and we are hammer drilling 1" hole...

The stator will mount on this The long tube is where the wind turbine mounts to the tower Tail assembly has a pivot which causes yaw in high winds One of the 12 coils used for the stator Stator assembly being wired up in mold. It will put out 3-phase AC. Next job is to cast this mold! ...

Dual Xantrex 5548 inverters, with Outback MX-60 charge controller powered by 16 L-16s 2.72 KW Photovoltaic Array with home-made Unistrut mount. I've seen it put out 3.3 KW with snow on the ground and the right time of day. ...

10.10.2006 First Snow 10.8.2006 in the fog Sunset from the back deck The Road to the House, 9.29.2006 Office and High Speed Internet Getting Rid of the garbage ...

I'm building a windmill! Its going to have a 17 foot diameter swept area and should generate a maximum output of about 3 KW. Thanks to the folks at otherpower.com for helping me do this and letting me use their shop! Pouring the stator with vinyl ester Completed mold Completed stator Placing magnets...