Re: Flapping "For Sale" sign, need design help for
From: Robert Monsen (rcsurname_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:23:40 -0800
casteele95thbgheavy@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'll be selling my house soon and will have a small billboard-shaped
> "For Sale" sign (about 4 feet wide) by the side of the road. I want to
> 'attract the eye' of passers by, and thought of the idea of putting
> some flags on the top of the sign and having them rapidly flap back and
> forth about every 3/4s of a second or so. I'm looking for suggestions
> for motor size (and 'type'). Unfortunately, the road side is some
> distance from the house (and there are other considerations) so I can't
> run AC out to the motor so I guess this contraption will have to be DC
> powered: any suggestions about powering the motor would also be
> appreciated. Need this contraption to work for about 8 hours at a time.
>
> Christopher A. Steele
>
Rent or buy one of those inflatable men, that flap around in the wind.
They attract lots of attention.
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Regards,
Robert Monsen
"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis."
- Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon,
on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God.
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