Bio Inspired Wind Turbine - Unsuccessful Test 1

Well the winds of 15-20mph were ideal for the test, but my prototype failed to flap in the wind. Chuck, my engineer, is showing what the motion of the prototype should look like. After he lets go the winds take over and the wings move slighty then stop. So much for bumblebee and hummingbird flight mechanics on the large scale.

On the inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison once said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work."

Back to the drawing board!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wind
• turbine
• flapping
• hummingbird
• bumblebee
• energy
• renewable
• green wavelength
• biomimicry
• biomimetic