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This hexlock.con puch down yl 2s clot louching the Slip Cop, ‘Moke sure he fonge is ecing bockwerdsos he spool willock onto ‘hisflnge. {6 Insertone ol the wooden spools behind ths pulley The camate of yet spool willallect he mechanical adonlage of your wind, Wo wll discus his move loa! 7, Push the socond green hexlock behind he wooden spool o sees iin place Thistime the lange should foce frword to leck into the spool. 8. Ti, lope or gle the sting othe wooden spool sha itll wind up ‘when the hub toes. 9, Attach the ott end of he sting to he plastic cup, Your weight cacelle e row compete Tia lo bul soma bode!Multimeter seg 0 mint, you con quail the vekage and/or extent your tubo fs oducng aomg how lo ezawoily moasuve he valogo ond coven fr 9 tengeo stvotoes willie you compare data wher tog blades, comparing gscring. «changing any athe veriables on your Allubine You wil lo need ths inlormaton you want lo cove he Mecsuring volage Atochthe wes rm fhe gone the mune, Poly snot tlevontcthispoit Tocheck he vlloge, we the dol on the muimeer ond select DC vol VI ‘ond athe ruber 1 20, Face you tubing out inthe wie ori ot of fon ond lt i spi. ie normal ore vellagereocing lo Hctate. Vologe cup is cen cnsleady becouse o vabalonced blades or the inconsisen! rave ofthe wind \otage istlated i how fst he OC general i pinning, Te aster i ne, hahigher the votage. When he fo ite istonce and can apn very fs! 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One way to measure the power ouput a hs hrbine isto ecord he ‘maxivunonber of woshers you can il in each exponent, Fer more cdronced expetinens you should mecse sow fs tales oto set numberof woshes. For his ype of experimen you willneed a slopweich (ownach wosher wright opprosinalely 13g Teo meosine the power ouput of you electrical bine you wil need to record he whoge you produce ocrss hess. To se how todo this 0 poge ‘One thing lo Kaep in minis ht for wxbinescl he some sz blade honge Had conkgutonsqucly and easly. that ‘tong win, lxge or ut of bolance ine ledes ond woen out con rmoke he HOC unsoble, There ore a couple easy solutions if your hub is faling off the HOC. ‘Adj your eso male see weigh ph, ae, ond shape 1 leq otot your os wo balanced, Pushed th hb not o+ yorscon Ge he hi nthe HOC. The HOC at oso hein Thoda designed show ovary gh othe ‘hich ou con ser sce io hl he bin poe. Teelbisdedanedwhawpe orate ‘youre not racy och wind nay comelose. 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