Problem: build a combined anemometer and wind vane where the pivots for both sensors are coaxial. Solution: turn an old universal motor into a step-wise potentiometer for the wind vane, and then ...

A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind comes. The weather vane is one of the oldest ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times.

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, ...

The wind vane part of the anemometer forces the propeller to face into the wind - resulting in the direction the wind is coming from and the value for the maximum wind speed.

According to Connell's notes, this DIY wind turbine, which can be built in either a three vane or six vane version, has successfully survived sustained winds of 80 km/h (three vane) and up to 105 ...

As wind vanes go, the oversized one at Felts Field is unique. Not the usual rooster or arrow, it takes the form of a 19-foot-long cassette racer airplane mounted at the top of a flagpole. It is a ...

Look up for some signs of history or whimsy, in particular when the wind blows.Weather vanes have been around for two thousand years, telling sailors and farmers the direction of the wind. Now ...

In 1981, Trooper Kimball helped convict a group known as the “yellow station wagon gang” (after the car they traveled in) for stealing weather vanes in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. And in 1987, an ...