Roderick Read
4th September 2017, 08:45
Hi,
Out of the ordinary - I've been making and testing kite turbines.
I challenged myself to charge a car with a kite turbine which packs into the car before 21 Dec 2017.
I Charged an e-bike with a kite turbine a few times last year.
Basic idea - A network of kites spins around.
The tense & separated tethers turn a generator on the ground.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this fun and slightly nuts homebrew project.
It's all open source hardware, so if you want to rip into it, or have a go, the details are on windswept-and-interesting.co.uk (http://windswept-and-interesting.co.uk)
The turbine should be outputting over 500w after I sew the next couple of levels on top... So it's either a tiny car or a very long night charging in a big wind.
Launching and landing isn't for the faint hearted... This is not exactly consumer electric yet. But I reckon it's remarkably scalable and power dense.
Your thoughts...
ta:bigsmile:
rod
Out of the ordinary - I've been making and testing kite turbines.
I challenged myself to charge a car with a kite turbine which packs into the car before 21 Dec 2017.
I Charged an e-bike with a kite turbine a few times last year.
Basic idea - A network of kites spins around.
The tense & separated tethers turn a generator on the ground.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this fun and slightly nuts homebrew project.
It's all open source hardware, so if you want to rip into it, or have a go, the details are on windswept-and-interesting.co.uk (http://windswept-and-interesting.co.uk)
The turbine should be outputting over 500w after I sew the next couple of levels on top... So it's either a tiny car or a very long night charging in a big wind.
Launching and landing isn't for the faint hearted... This is not exactly consumer electric yet. But I reckon it's remarkably scalable and power dense.
Your thoughts...
ta:bigsmile:
rod