2033 Designing A Wind Turbine For Beginners

[grantwalkersound]

I swear I've learned more about motors, electricity, and engineering from watching a handful of your videos than from reading numerous books and an elective college course on audio electronics. You have a way of really simplifying things to their first principles so it's easy to grasp the core principles.

[franzschmidt]

Thank you Rob, you just beautifully explained the difference between ’trial and error’ and engineering. 👍

[toyotaboyhatman]

That calculator is pretty useful. It gives you a good sense of how wind and blade length contribute to power. So if you're in a low wind area you'll either need a large fan, or a way to speed up the wind like the Darwin design

[rosalindwyatt]

Thank you, I am most certainly a beginner and this video has really helped me get a sense of where to get started. I really appreciate the level of detail, cheers.

[Sam-tyrp]

Thanks so much for all your help Rob. You are a GOLD MINE

[bradlafferty]

I might not always have the background for understanding the specifics of some of your video’s instructions, but I ALWAYS come away knowing more than I did before I watched one of your videos. Thank you.

[Furby_assassin]

I think an interesting experiment would be to use a kite or parachute to lift some kind of gravity battery. Maybe if I ever get free time I'll try it. Love your videos. They always have me day dreaming during work. Thank you for the awesome content

[mmi]

Robert, Thank you for explaining how a wind turbines work and introducing us to the calculators on line. My question - when building a generator is it the distance from the center to the mag/coils or the amount of magnets/coils that dictate the generators RPM. Or both? Also same question, does it have any affect on voltage or power. The fictitious generator would have the same amount of raps of copper wire. FYI - thank to you I have built 3 generators with different amount of coils and size magnets. Unfortunately I haven’t built a turbine yet due to the lack of knowledge, but not anymore with this video! Big thanks for all the great work you do!

[Milkybar]

Keep it simple and enjoy build process, mistakes will happen, friends and family will think your mad, but once your project is completed and working, you’ll get a real buzz/ sense of achievement, I know I did.

[berserkx]

Can smaller blades still be productive enough when connected to a DC motor(2ft blades?) I get high wind speeds in my area but I have houses close

[captainprototype]

It just so happens that I salvaged a 12 inch metal fan blade from an home fan. It has 3 or 4 thin blades. This might be my next project. Edit: I have just put up my latest project, a wood/metal bolts solenoid motor using a wheel from an old vcr. Take a look if youre interested in that sort of thing.

[donaldburkhard]

Could a helical turbine be put around the generator? What would be needed to make a case with turbine and battery storage?

[nevertolatetoprepare]

How does the double propeller design from video 2023 impact the power output? Would we get twice the power at the same wind speed? I was wondering if you have made any more measurements.

[Adrian_Galilea]

I got the point of choosing the wind turbine first, but, once you have the wind turbine, how do you select the right motor?

[chuzzbot]

There was a mismatch of talk and energy today.
These little things are a waste of time.
Thanks for letting us know though Robert.

[silverpc]

When you did the two layer propellers. What kind of rpm's, do you think it got?

[davdbone]

Looking at planning laws and how difficult it is to erect anything over a certain height and conservation laws, yet numerous companies have gigantic wind turbines appear sporadically across the country, a small building with a 200foot high structure next to it, surely numerous smaller turbines could be used instead, and wouldn't be so ostentatious?

[andersbentsen]

Robert i think your focus is wrong. Take a look at the Tesup Hepa windmill for homes. It is said to have a nominel output of 7kwh. I know it will never hit that on average, but it tell me that YOU should try focus on vertical windmills, and where your focus today is how to build the blades, try focus on how to generate as much power as possible when your mill is spinning. You have seen examples of the Liberty Engine, maybe you could try letting a rotating magnetfield inside a set of four to eight microwave coils, to make induction energy.

[DoubleBDarx]

This may be a repeated question, but do you grease your 3D printed gearboxes for your videos?

[Zane.Wellnitz]

50 tiny one watt turbines for a 40 watt output maybe. Seems more efficient and can be space saving also less wind to run. What do you think?