You think you could post tha designs or PM me with em?
How would you aero a wheel?
A vertical SOG gets the same benefits of light distribution but will it produce as much as the wheel?
The designs are mostly in my head although i did organize them on paper a few times. Whenever I build something for an experiment, it never turns out exactly as designed, so if I have a good understanding of what needs to be done, I can usually just design on the fly as I go.
i can give you a good verbal description of what i would do,
you need three things to start, a wheel, a reservoir, and for aero, I'd want an enclosement around the wheel.
the wheel:
i would either go wood, or that fake wood composite made for decking which is waterproof (but more expensive), just to make it easy to build.
i think i would want about 30-36" of grow space for a scrog plus 6" for a cool tube so about a 72" diameter which is 6'. to do this i would lay (2) 4x8 panels side by side, draw 2 centered circles, one at 6' and the other at 7'. and cut them both out with a good router, sand, etc. to make it round. now you have a big circle 1' wide with a 6' inner diameter and a 7' outer.
I would do this same thing again but this time the outer diameter would be 7'2" or so. then i would glue/screw the two wheels together, staggering the break (where the two panels seperate) by 90*, and put the bigger radius wheel on the outside as a guide to keep the wheel on track.
now do this all again to make the other side.
then i'd just screw in 4-6" planks to the inner diameter all the way around with no spaces. however wide you want to make it, say 5' for a single 1000w, or bigger of you want more lights.
then I'd space out and drill some 2" holes to hold some of those rubber foam plant holders for aero setups, and some way to make sure they are secure and wont move around or fall out. just think an anchor on each side of the hole and string or rubber bands or something.
ok, wheel done.
next, the housing for the wheel, if its aero, you need to block out all light from the roots.
the wheel design i just outlined would block any direct light, basically you could probably use the leftover cut outs from the wheel to make a big square that blocks light from either side. . . prob put on hinges so you can open up and get in there if needed.
you need to have 4 STRONG small wheels, for the big wheel to sit on, and you need to drive at least on of them to turn the big wheel.
there is room for design here, basically you have to do what fits.
then the res, I'd just run a good pump into a tray under the wheel and spray the bottom with a few aero sprayers, 24/7. if you wanted more (although i dont know its needed because the RH in there would be near 100%) you could put sprayers on the sides of the housing too, and top if the wheel was sealed very well. I'd just start with the bottom and add more if needed.
I'd let the runoff go somewhere I could easily change the res, so the res would not be hiding under the wheel like I have the volks now, its a pain to change the res. maybe off to the side a bit, plus with such a huge wheel, it would be hard to stuff it all in linearly.
that being said, after seeing it all in action, i think i would go vert instead. no moving parts = way less likely to have a disaster/failure. you get basically the same benefits, much cheaper to build, and easier too.
I don't see any major benefits from the auxin flushing that I have heard claims of. I do see it happening in my wheel, i just dont view it as advantageous yet. . . it has not produced bigger buds or anything, but then again i don't have this thing dialed in yet.
hope this helps gamer, if you ever build one, you'd be the first i know of. . . lots of talkers, few doers.
I may end up building one in the end just to be the first. that alone could motivate me in the end. we'll see what happens when I buy a house. wont happen for a while though.
lol.