I still fly often, 40 years now.Yo! I fly too! (Well not lately) Got certified at lookout mtn ga. It's been nearly 10 years, still think about it often and one day plan to make a diy version and find some bunny hills. Still crazy after all these years
I needed a different height for the 40 panel part and was not planning on it being this big, but the 40 panel part grew like 4 times before it was done. I needed it to be a separate part anyway as ground level was going the wrong way. I would have kept going with Sinclair as it is for sure the better product, but time and shipping were an issue with getting more Sinclair stuff.
My daughter and I did all the work. All this is connected to 10 Growatt 5000es inverters. Full electric house, and 2 EV cars. Lots of battery too, lol.
What panels? What’s the reason for the straps on rear?
Straps are just temporary, I put them on last fall as the dirt around the poles was soft and at max tilt there was a forward force. Panels are mostly Canadian Solar 400W Bi-facial. About 56 are URE 395W Bi-facial.
Sounds like a good plan!
Next door neighbor says I should start a drive in movie theater.
MT Solar mount, they did the specs on the footings. They specify not to use sonotubes, the whole is to be drilled or dug using a hoe and filled with concrete. This is due to not wanting to disturb the surrounding soil. If I want another array, I'll probably fabricate a mount. I purchased this one simply due to time constraints, I just would not have been able to get everything done that year. Link to mount review. Here is side view.
Very nice. I might consider Sinclair if I add more PV.
It's in my review, it was $6747 delivered to nearest Fed Ex freight terminal. Freight was $643 of that total. Concrete was about $350 to $400. Schedule 80 6 inch pipe was $1800 for two 21 foot full lengths, these were cut down to 18.5 feet. Everything was done with the covid price increases on steel, could not have been a worse time to purchase.
Well 18kPV versus 12kW is a fair bit larger in difference.
