AirScrew Software

This program was adapted for use with miniature windmills like those in the homework of Becoming an Engineer and Teaming on Design Projects by Vern R. Johnson. It was created by Russell Whitenack and Larry Scott (University Of Arizona) from the earlier work of James L. Tangler (Wind Energy Research Center, Aeroviroment Inc.) and J. David Kocurek (Computational Methodology Associates). This adaptation required parameters in the program to be substantially scaled down to match the miniature sizes needed. This slightly reduces the accuracy of the results, but provides the reader an excellent experience with the same tool used by designers of commercial windmills.

	File name	Document Type	Size
	Airscrew2000.zip	ZIP file	1.63 Mb
	Airscrew2000Disk1.zip	ZIP file	1.3 Mb
	Airscrew2000Disk2.zip	ZIP file	0.337 Mb

Download and setup instructions:

To install from disk:

	Step 1. Down load the files Airscrew2000Disk1.zip and Airscrew2000Disk2.zip from the web. These files are small enough to fit on a 1.44-MB disk in necessary.
	Step 2.  Unzip the file Airscrew2000Disk1.zip to extract the three files: Air2001.cab, setup.exe, and setup.lst. Copy all three of these files to a floppy disk. Label the disk AirScrew 2000 version 1.01 Disk 1 of 2.
	Step 3. Unzip the file Airscrew2000Disk2.zip to extract the file: Air2002.cab. Copy this file to a floppy disk. Label the disk AirScrew 2000 version 1.01 Disk 2 of 2.
	Step 4. Insert the disk labeled AirScrew 2000 version 1.01 Disk 1 of 2 in the disk drive.
	Step 5. Use Windows Explorer to locate the file setup.exe on the floopy disk (usually the A drive).
	Step 6. Double click the file setup.exe to start the install process, follow the instructions on the screen.
	Step 7. If you get a message indicating that some files need to be updated allow setup to complete the update. You may be asked to reboot your computer, do so. After your computer reboots you may have to repeat the setup process.

To install from the hard drive:

	Step 1. Down load the file Airscrew2000.zip from the web.
	Step 2. Unzip the file Airscrew.zip to extract the three files: Air2000.cab, setup.exe, and setup.lst. Copy all three of these files to temporary directory. Some versions of WinZip allow you to unzip, and install, in a single step, this is NOT advised.
	Step 3. Use Windows Explorer to locate the file setup.exe in the directory that you copied it to.
	Step 4. Double click the file setup.exe to start the install process, follow the instructions on the screen.
	Step 5. If you get a message indicating that some files need to be updated allow setup to complete the update. You may be asked to reboot your computer, do so. After your computer reboots you may have to repeat the setup process.

This software is free to engineering students and will operate in most MS Windows environments.

Copyright 2006 - Vern Johnson & Reid Bailey- All Rights Reserved