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Aviation-Style Balcony Windmill
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I designed this small balcony or garden windmill as a playful aviation-themed decoration for flowerpots. The spinner in the front is shaped like the turbine blades of a jet engine fan, while the back part is modeled after the tail section of an Airbus fuselage with vertical stabilizer. In the fin there’s a hole where you can either insert a blank logo plate to customize with your favorite airline, or use the Airbus logo I prepared. The Airbus logo comes in two parts that are printed separately, glued together, and then slotted in for a clean surface finish.For assembly you’ll need one M6x50 screw, two M6 nuts, eight M3 nuts, eight M3x12 (or a little longer, not shorter) screws, and a ball bearing (outerØ 20-22 mm; innerØ 6mm for M6 Srew ). The windmill is mounted on a rod with an M6 threaded bar inside for extra stability. To balance it, simply fill some sand or sugar into the cavity at the back. I used around 350 g and it spins smoothly even without a bearing between the body and the
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