Potential Power
Wind Turbine 2 (Part 2)
To see Part 1, click HERE
To see Part 3, click HERE
To see Part 4, click HERE
Finally, the alternator has been put together properly.
Here is a view of the part that is holding the
whole thing up. Scary!
Forgive me. It's my first welding job.
On this picture you can also see the Bridge Rectifier,
which changes the wild 3 phase AC to DC.
This is the setup for testing the open voltage
vs RPM
Charging batteries at 187 RPM. Great! Cut-in at approximately 150 RPM.
Hopefully that is not to early, resulting in a stall.
Yippee!!!
The prop has been added, and the turbine is now placed on a test-stand.
Don't they look cute together... the solar panel and the wind turbine?
The frame of the tail has been completed too.
I just need to add the actual windseeking vane.
If all goes well, the tail will actually furl if the wind exceeds a certain
speed.
When the push of the wind against
the prop becomes larger than the force of gravity holding
the tail down, the prop will start to turn out of the wind. At the point,
the tail hinges and keeps
pointing away from the wind, but it will start to rise, and it will come closer
to the back of the prop.
When the wind slows down, gravity will make the tail go down again to its
ground-state.
To see Part 1, click HERE
To see Part 3, click HERE
To see Part 4, click HERE