Redneck windmill (out of bike wheel)

[MCRideout]

You could get one of those bike tire generators to run a light on that thing easily.

[proantibiotic]

If you replace the wheel with the one that has internal dynamo, you will have 3V DC of electricity to power up your battery charger.

[harmoniamonde]

Tire for flywheel. Make the power constant and stable.

[yougeo]

you invented the "Honeywell Wind Turbine with Blade Tip Power System"

google it

[mynameisjavin]

rednecks dont use windmills

[ebbyguru]

Very cool. Me likely!

[MrGeoffrey834]

take off the tire and replace it with something useful to occupy your time throughout the day, like killing yourself

[TheBzguy]

take the tire off and put magnets and a coil near it = electricity

[SPYDOC1]

Its easier to have a hamster in a wheel wired up to the house, and when he starts slacking, whip him. YA!

[Stoozor]

When I'd put the dynamo on my bike for my headlight I would have to push significantly more when pedaling.. so I doubt you will be able to power anything with just the force of wind since a dynamo offers a good amount of resistance.. :/

[dondiemarte]

Great job my man! Try giving it some load, then re-post how it works,

[manfromregina]

I guess you left the reflector on so planes won't hit it.

Good idea, with the cans too.

[manfromregina]

I guess you left the reflector on so planes won't hit it.

Good idea.

[WindDragoonX]

I just built one of these today. I used duct tape, Red Green style. And you really need to take the tire off it'll go so much faster. I had it going much faster with less wind and I also bet that using duct tape would make it weigh less than the pop and beer cans. But still cool non the less. Now has anyone found out a good way to collect energy from something like this?

[GHOSTTOYS]

that is nice .. wow a lawn full of wheel like that and smal wheel dinamo from the bike store fix to it and boom there you go and its all water proof already ..

i will try it with a 10 speed bike wheel its thiner and whider and i would still use tire on the rim but i would fill it with ciment to make it heavy for momentum and i would use coroplast or metal ventilation tape to put on the spoke and dont forget to build a tail on one side of the wheel fork a long harm and a coroplast at the end

[DBAMB1]

LOL fckn halarious

[fuzzyBoy1000]

Hey, before you go to far, think of how much energy it takes to turn a generator. Even if you make your own generator with windings that magnets spin past it will still take more to move it than a bike wheel. An alternator has to spin to fast all the time to put enough out and then you have the huge cost of the batteries.

[eellpp97]

i bet he just spinned it really fast before the video started and then said it was the wind

[X4SerioX4ese]

It works, but try putting magnets to make it spin, and then put an alternator to charge a battery bank.

[Isis89100]

ya no anden de perros hambriados,bloqueando las canciones para que despues las rentes, yo te dare pura verga

[dirtydogvideo]

maybe pvc pipe for blades....use the rear tire w/the sprocket to attach to generator...nice job!

[JRENTROIA]

Parabéns pelo projeto.

[okayillgonow]

You're better off making a ghetto counterpart of the windbelt (google "windbelt").

[JRENTROIA]

Qual sua finalidade?

[pos6666666]

a few of these and you could charge some batteries.,

[kriegmeister3000]

Mountain Dew cans? This guy is a hard core hill billy. Wait until his son is looking for his bike. That will be precious.

[dirtydogvideo]

@kriegmeister3000 DAD....WTF....HOW DO I GET TO SCHOOL NOW?..LOL

[HostileHST]

LIke an old solenoid coil with it's iron core fixed in place. You that could work? Removing tube and tire would help bunches, but man, this is cool idea, make about 100 to power a house, lol.

[Karlillingworth]

Try, placing magnets around the rim, then a wire coil at the base...

[RHEAD100]

I tinker with bike parts in my experiments also.

I like the idea of leaving the tire and tube on. Gives it just aboiut the right weight for a fly wheel.

[Khamomil]

@RHEAD100

I agree. The wheel needs some inertia to keep spinning regularly.

That's cool. The flattened soda can are a touch of genius.

[no1saphead]

zero horsepower.

[DominickBlack]

I love it!!!

[inegma29]

I love your work, i'm all about simple but highly effect and recycle ;) Keep the bike forks for a brace lose the tire and add rare earth magnets spaced evenly around the wheel in the spokes close to the hub or close to the rim or both. Put your coil pick ups along the inner part of the forks, put like 5 going vertical up the fork, make sure to separate metal fork from copper coils with duct tapped forks or whatever does the job. AWESOME use of spoke angle and aluminum cans. ;) KUDOS

[tordherflower]

good and cool,i saw alot of,but i will try this1,cos its very simple,thanx

[risingbullproduction]

I bet if you took off the tire, you could get more thrust! Thanks for posting this video.

[MichaeljacksonAFG]

a hub dynamo I mean

[MichaeljacksonAFG]

sorry my English isn't very well but I hope you understand what I mean

Some bicycle wheels has a dynamo inside the front wheel

so if you make a windturbine of it you can generate power with it!

about 2.4 watt , it isn't very much but that's enough to charge a battery with it if you have a diode

[mcz1987]

Looks simple, how kw it can do at wind speed 5metres/second.

[lusulpher]

Take the tyre off to reduce weight.

[emmanouil1980]

@lusulpher

Archimedes around 250BC that' s more than 2000years was the first to experiment on torque and its benefits

τ = rF sin θ

the more weight you will add to the edges of the wheel the better momentum and force you will add to the center axle... where the generator is placed.. Our friend did a great job!!! I think if this windmill can spin more weight will be even better. sorry for my english

[toasterder]

@emmanouil1980 Thats a fail reasoning. lulz. More weight just makes it more difficult to 'start' and 'turn off'. But nevertheless, it shouldn't change the amount of energy caught from the wind in an ideal scenario. It may increase the friction on the axel a bit, which may cause more loss of energy in the form of heat. Archimedes principle if applied, just means you need longer spokes so the turning effect is greater, not more weight at same length.

[lonelywolf1964]

I've made one and went to wal-mart and got a speed omanter, and put it on mine and it tell how fast the wind is blowing.

[marius2012]

excelent but where is the energy?:))

[gravityisweak]

Excellent! Hope to see more when you add the tail, nicely done.

[immajin]

Cool! Look at mine, please!