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KIWI INGENUITY COMES TO THE FORE

A raft of ideas — Brad Wards

Brad Wards owns a Waiheke Island house-building company called B1 Buildings. During the September lockdown, he found himself with a lot of home time on his usually very active hands. Brad’s first lockdown mission in his island man cave was to create a dyno meter for an old glow-plug engine, using a dyno motor from an old RC car.

“Because,” he says, “I have always wondered how much power they make.”

The answer:

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