Recent content by panandtilts

That's a good point, I was thinking more in terms of the torque needed to drive the fan. The fan will be roughly 60" diameter so it's more torque than your typical ceiling fan. The safety portion is still a concern, ideally, the fan shall be placed high enough to prevent any human contact...

So to start off, I'm a mechanical engineer and anything electrical is not my forte. I've been researching through this forum and rcgroups in the motor subforum there the past few weeks trying to soak up as much knowledge as possible, but a lot of it is still very fuzzy. I'll try to keep this...