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Time to work out where to mount the guy wire anchors. I have two guy wire rings on the mast, one just below the rotor plate and one at the top just below the thrust bearing plate. Not sure if I really need two or if they're in the best spot but I have to start somewhere.

I have about 420' of 1/8", 7x7 strand, 316 stainless steel (so it says but I doubt it) aircraft cable, also turnbuckles, thimbles, etc. I'm using some paracord to figure out the guy wire lengths in hopes of measuring four or five times and cutting the actual cable just once.

Right now my plan is to have a guy wire from both the top and lower guy wire rings going to the 8' anchor post I put in the yard on the west side of the house. The height may not be ideal but I don't like the idea of decapitating someone with a low-slung wire when one of us is ripping around the yard on a snowmobile or dirt bike or four wheeler or even walking at night. I will have wires going at about a 45 degree angle from the top and lower rings to mounts in the soffits north and south of the mast. The location of the one to the north will depend on what type of job I do installing the mounts above the soffits. I figure if I make a mess of that at least the leak will be outside the house.

The pictures are looking to the east and I live on a hill with some dandy westerly winds when storms hit.

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<blockquote data-quote="TimmyTheTorch" data-source="post: 820141" data-attributes="member: 64271">Time to work out where to mount the guy wire anchors. I have two guy wire rings on the mast, one just below the rotor plate and one at the top just below the thrust bearing plate. Not sure if I really need two or if they&#039;re in the best spot but I have to start somewhere.I have about 420&#039; of 1/8&quot;, 7x7 strand, 316 stainless steel (so it says but I doubt it) aircraft cable, also turnbuckles, thimbles, etc. I&#039;m using some paracord to figure out the guy wire lengths in hopes of measuring four or five times and cutting the actual cable just once.Right now my plan is to have a guy wire from both the top and lower guy wire rings going to the 8&#039; anchor post I put in the yard on the west side of the house. The height may not be ideal but I don&#039;t like the idea of decapitating someone with a low-slung wire when one of us is ripping around the yard on a snowmobile or dirt bike or four wheeler or even walking at night.&nbsp; I will have wires going at about a 45 degree angle from the top and lower rings to mounts in the soffits north and south of the mast. The location of the one to the north will depend on what type of job I do installing the mounts above the soffits. I figure if I make a mess of that at least the leak will be outside the house.The pictures are looking to the east and I live on a hill with some dandy westerly winds when storms hit.[ATTACH=full]64563[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64565[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]64566[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TimmyTheTorch, post: 820141, member: 64271"] Time to work out where to mount the guy wire anchors. I have two guy wire rings on the mast, one just below the rotor plate and one at the top just below the thrust bearing plate. Not sure if I really need two or if they're in the best spot but I have to start somewhere. I have about 420' of 1/8", 7x7 strand, 316 stainless steel (so it says but I doubt it) aircraft cable, also turnbuckles, thimbles, etc. I'm using some paracord to figure out the guy wire lengths in hopes of measuring four or five times and cutting the actual cable just once. Right now my plan is to have a guy wire from both the top and lower guy wire rings going to the 8' anchor post I put in the yard on the west side of the house. The height may not be ideal but I don't like the idea of decapitating someone with a low-slung wire when one of us is ripping around the yard on a snowmobile or dirt bike or four wheeler or even walking at night. I will have wires going at about a 45 degree angle from the top and lower rings to mounts in the soffits north and south of the mast. The location of the one to the north will depend on what type of job I do installing the mounts above the soffits. I figure if I make a mess of that at least the leak will be outside the house. The pictures are looking to the east and I live on a hill with some dandy westerly winds when storms hit. [ATTACH type="full"]64563[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64565[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]64566[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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