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Chinook Wind Machines
The Chinook wind machine is available in propane, diesel and electric. The standard Chinook ground powered wind machine comes equipped with a Ford V-10 6.8L liquid propane engine that`s EPA certified. Coming soon Ford V8 - 5.4L direct injected liquid propane. FPT 6.7L and 4.5L Diesel engines also available on all new Chinook wind machines. All ground-powered machines are equipped with engine monitoring systems to provide hour meter, ammeter, oil shutdown and water temperature shut down with engine over speed protection shut down. In addition, all units have an optional Chinook auto start system.
Chinook gear drives are made of hardened steel alloy, with spiral bevel gears lapped in pairs. Chinook gearboxes have 100% Timken B-10 tapered roller bearings that have a working life expectancy of 18,000 hours.
This represents a life expectancy 10% greater than any current competitive gear drive.
In addition to larger more stable drive shafts, Chinook gear drives are pressure lubricated and fan cooled. The result is oil temperatures that are at least 20 degrees Fahrenheit cooler and nearly twice the usable life span of the gear oil when compared to the competitions, simply due to the lack of heat related molecular break down.
The drive train is factory engineered and dynamic spin-balanced for vibration free operation and longer bearing life
Drive Line manufacturers agree that the least number of slip yokes implies the least amount of drive line wear. Chinook Wind Machines uses only one slip joint, substancially reducing potential wear and vibration that can also damage other components in the tower.
Chinook Towers are built 1/4" x 20" diameter on a spiral welded steel tubing. All towers measure 35` 2" to the center of the fun hub.
FROST DAMAGE TO YOUR CROP CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20-30 MINUTES.
You need protection you can count on
The Chinook blade is 216" long and has usable airfoil of 200".
Unlike other wind machine blades, the Chinook is using 92.59% of its available surface area to produce air movement!
This is significant! Especially when your livelihood can be drastically effected in just one night. This fixed wedge design functions much like the flaps of an airplane used on take-off and landing, increasing its amount of lift or pressure. Unlike other blades, this means that the Chinook isn’t’ just using its mid section to outer tips to pull the air, it uses 92.59% all of its specially formed,100 lb swinging weight, unibody surface area. It is moving air from the outside of its pivot hub to its Donier Swept tips! These tips actually help reduce drag, maintenance, wear caused by vibration and fuel consumption.The aerodynamics of the Chinook blade is different from other blades. While other fan props move air with sector angle coverage of 45-60 degrees, the Chinook prop widens the sector angle circle of coverage to 80 degrees. In Aeronautics this is sometimes referred to as, the ”flow field”.
NASA, multiple universities, independent consulting companies, and working farmers the world over have proven the Chinook blade to be one of the longest last, most cost effective pieces of frost protective equipment.
Even NASA has used the “fixed wedge” design to keep frost off the space shuttle during early spring launches. This same special
“wedge” design is integrated into each Chinook blade.
The simple fact is, the Chinook fans cover more ground, and move air over a wider area. Your fruit bud/plant protection has increased from 35 seconds to over 60 seconds for each rotation cycle. Chinook wider sector angle coverage mixes air not only in the horizontal plane, but also in the vertical plane
Chinook fans move larger volumes of air with more immediate temperature rise!
Drawing warmer air from the upper atmosphere with increased sector angle helps to raise the temperature on the orchard floor more quickly than with other prop styles. In one documented test, the Chinook fan blade mixed & moved 3,857,187 CFM of air compared with 1,733,362 CFM of air from another competitive fan blade. This is over 2 times more volume of mixed air with the Chinook fan.
Why should I choose the Chinook Fan Prop?
Chinook fans are not only, competitively priced. They have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Buy one of our blades and use it for one year, if it does not improve the scope and reach of your towers frost protection we will not only refund your money, we will put your old blade back on free!
Pre-existing concrete pads can be moved. (Available only in the United States)
Our Auto Start provides peace of mind, starting and shutting off your wind machine at your pre determined temperature setting.
Telemetry is an up and coming application which allows orchardists to control fundamental operations from their personal computer. Discover what this advanced technology can do for your frost alert systems, irrigation valve controls, and wind machine controls. You will be able to harvest data for air temperature, humidity, soil moisture and remote flow pressure readings as well as rain, wind and solar.
Investment benefits include reduced labor and fuel costs, improved productivity, alerts of pending frost events, remote monitor and implement loss prevention measures, and accurately utilize personnel and loss prevention assets, along with limiting over-use of fuel, power and water.
Telemetry uses a system of sensor readers and output controllers that transceiver data to and from a PC at a central location. This can be via a PC port, radio, cellular phone, satellite modem, or data logger equipped with a communication device like a palm PC. The signal can be sent direct, or through one or more digital repeaters.
Wind Machine Software Features: Radio Telemetry monitor of Wind Machine Parameters Setpoint, Arm, Disarm, All Stop via Radio Control Log Temperature, RPM, and Battery Level of each machine in its own file. Take samples at any rate desired. Status of Machine indicated in great detail Automatic Polling Update of complete system Support for Cellular and Satellite communications Change Maps and Edit Machine Names Multiple User Support Automatically Recognize Remote Units upon Powerup and add them to the Machine List.