Video: Airborne Wind Turbine in flight. Altaeros Energies has been in touch to show Gizmag a video of its Airborne Wind Turbine in flight Remember the Airborne Wind Turbine covered by Gizmag towards the end of March?
The creator of the prototype, Altaeros Energies, has been in touch to show us a video of the prototype in operation and we can confirm that a) it flies and b) the turbine goes round. Though we wouldn't typically post an update with relatively scant new information, the combination of this product's uniqueness and the interest the original story garnered among Gizmag readers means we thought this was worth letting you know about. Also, it's nice to have a video without unnecessarily distracting and incongruous music suddenly blasting out of your cans, but perhaps that's just me.
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The nonturbine wind alternative. How I built an electricity producing wind turbine. Several years ago I bought some remote property in Arizona.
I am an astronomer and wanted a place to practice my hobby far away from the sky-wrecking light pollution found near cities of any real size. I found a great piece of property. The problem is, it's so remote that there is no electric service available. That's not really a problem. No electricity equals no light pollution. One thing I noticed right away about my property is that most of the time, the wind is blowing. Let me state up front that I probably won't be able to help you out much if you decide to build your own wind turbine. Since no one seems to be reading the FAQ, I will answer the No. 1 question I get many, many times a day right here up front. Update: Here is a video of the wind turbine in operation. Update: Here is a video of me assembling and setting up the wind turbine on my remote off-grid property. I started the process of designing my wind turbine by Googling for information on home-built wind turbines. . Unique Wind turbine. Very adaptable design.
Marine Battery Chargers. Windmill Generator. How to build a 'wasp' wind turbine. Materialsthin, bendable sheet of plastic or any other material that can be used to build a cone two boards of MDF or any other sturdy material glue, tape For the nozzle we chose an arc with a radius of 61cm made of a thin and bendable sheet of plastic.
The angle depends on the size of the stand for the nozzle but it is helpful to have sufficient material overlapping as this makes the procedure of taping/gluing the cone much easier. In our case, we decided to use tape as it was quicker to apply and seemed to be stable enough to keep the cone in form. The stand for the nozzle was made out of 1.8cm thick boards of MDF. The dimensions we used can be taken from the photo below but can also be modified. The next step is slotting the boards onto the boards and gluing it. Archive of Articles on Wind Energy, Energy, Electricity Feed Laws & Other Topics by Paul Gipe. Magenn Power Inc.