Yeah that site has been cobbled together by various mates over the years. Had a lot of people offer to fix it for me, but no one's really come through. Paid a guy, who somehow made it worse...
Indeed. The next iteration of the tutorial will have more info for attaching alternators/generators in various ways now that I've had more of a chance to develop options for that side of things. The matter of what to…
The group is also free to join. There's no monetisation of this project.
Yeah I might update that with a little more info. Essentially it's just a matter of ringing round all the offset printing companies in your area til you find one that will sell you their used plates. I've only so far…
Birds don't fly into this for the same reason they don't fly into chimneys; it's a fairly solid shape that they can see. Horizontal axis turbines are more dangerous as the blades are thinner and fast moving.
1. It's usually just standard off the shelf items. Square steel tube, steel rope, turnbuckles, thimbles, D clamps, cable clamps. 2. Modeled in Rhino, everything else in Maya. I've not used Blender but I hear good…
Modeled in Rhino, everything else done in Maya. From a technical point of view it's fairly basic, bit of work tho. This one needs a bit of an update, and got a couple other bits of tech on the list for same...
Thanks.
Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I've not come across any, but sure they'd be sourceable if specifically looked for.
I can confirm that I can make the three vane version myself from scratch in 3.5 hours. 90 minutes with pre-cut sheets. And is usually $20-30 all up including the alternator. The chain drive concept is indeed no longer…
Yeah, essentially. The tutorial is in the process of being updated, which is mostly the addition of that side of things; how to attach the generation capacity. I made it as is because that's the extent, the physical…
1 - There's a couple options in terms of alternators / generators. Hoverboard wheels are good in terms of cost and availability (in Western countries at least) and do a decent job tho will need to be geared up with a…
Firstly, yes this turbine can be easily made for less than $30, including the alternator (but not usually the pole, charge control, batteries etc). At the moment I've got a particularly good contact with a local…
Hi all, this is my turbine build process, based on Ed Lenz's design. Thanks for the attention and input. I can answer any questions you have.
Yeah that site has been cobbled together by various mates over the years. Had a lot of people offer to fix it for me, but no one's really come through. Paid a guy, who somehow made it worse...
Indeed. The next iteration of the tutorial will have more info for attaching alternators/generators in various ways now that I've had more of a chance to develop options for that side of things. The matter of what to…
The group is also free to join. There's no monetisation of this project.
Yeah I might update that with a little more info. Essentially it's just a matter of ringing round all the offset printing companies in your area til you find one that will sell you their used plates. I've only so far…
Birds don't fly into this for the same reason they don't fly into chimneys; it's a fairly solid shape that they can see. Horizontal axis turbines are more dangerous as the blades are thinner and fast moving.
1. It's usually just standard off the shelf items. Square steel tube, steel rope, turnbuckles, thimbles, D clamps, cable clamps. 2. Modeled in Rhino, everything else in Maya. I've not used Blender but I hear good…
Modeled in Rhino, everything else done in Maya. From a technical point of view it's fairly basic, bit of work tho. This one needs a bit of an update, and got a couple other bits of tech on the list for same...
Thanks.
Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I've not come across any, but sure they'd be sourceable if specifically looked for.
I can confirm that I can make the three vane version myself from scratch in 3.5 hours. 90 minutes with pre-cut sheets. And is usually $20-30 all up including the alternator. The chain drive concept is indeed no longer…
Yeah, essentially. The tutorial is in the process of being updated, which is mostly the addition of that side of things; how to attach the generation capacity. I made it as is because that's the extent, the physical…
1 - There's a couple options in terms of alternators / generators. Hoverboard wheels are good in terms of cost and availability (in Western countries at least) and do a decent job tho will need to be geared up with a…
Firstly, yes this turbine can be easily made for less than $30, including the alternator (but not usually the pole, charge control, batteries etc). At the moment I've got a particularly good contact with a local…
Hi all, this is my turbine build process, based on Ed Lenz's design. Thanks for the attention and input. I can answer any questions you have.