Here is something to consider. I notice you have made a "baffle" in the hub to (presumably) direct the air in the centre region towards the blades. That's fine, but remember the laws of aerodynamics. the most important part is the tapering tail, not the nose. Behind the hub must be a mass of turbulent air, this could be smoothed by a tailcone and you could have better efficiency, plus better survivability in extreme conditions.
In response to Technocreep, It's much harder to hook up the back wheel of the bike to a rudder, look closely, and you'll see part of the bike hacked and hung from the tree, that's where the fork is hanging from and it's free to rotate 360 degrees while hanging from the steering wheel bearing. As far as generating power, this wheel ( or the back one ) simply will not produce enough torque in low or medium wind speed conditions.
I would want to use the back wheel, so that the wheel would spin the sprocket as it turned, and hook up the sprocket to a generator. Plus I think the back of the bike frame is already straight, but you might have to hack saw some of the frame off.
i have a small circuit that you can use to double the voltage thats enough to charge 12 volt batteries if need be?
vicmeuk 3 years ago
Damn man excellent choices of materials....very cool video.... keep it them coming.
mikesantos2001 4 years ago
Here is something to consider. I notice you have made a "baffle" in the hub to (presumably) direct the air in the centre region towards the blades. That's fine, but remember the laws of aerodynamics. the most important part is the tapering tail, not the nose. Behind the hub must be a mass of turbulent air, this could be smoothed by a tailcone and you could have better efficiency, plus better survivability in extreme conditions.
ZKMX7 4 years ago
In response to Technocreep, It's much harder to hook up the back wheel of the bike to a rudder, look closely, and you'll see part of the bike hacked and hung from the tree, that's where the fork is hanging from and it's free to rotate 360 degrees while hanging from the steering wheel bearing. As far as generating power, this wheel ( or the back one ) simply will not produce enough torque in low or medium wind speed conditions.
Hopefully I'll be showing my next wheel soon !
Georgieporgie1 4 years ago
cool!
expotv 4 years ago
I would want to use the back wheel, so that the wheel would spin the sprocket as it turned, and hook up the sprocket to a generator. Plus I think the back of the bike frame is already straight, but you might have to hack saw some of the frame off.
technocreep 4 years ago
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
technocreep 4 years ago