It has been pretty windy around here lately, and I've always been fascinated by the whole idea of green energy, so I decided to build a wind turbine.
In my search for design ideas I eventually found this page ( http://www.stiltman.com/html/wind_power.html ) which is where I found I diagram that I used to make a vertical axis turbine. Once I had made it and it spun in the wind to my liking, I thought of possible uses for it.
One of them was making a wind powered lift for a ball machine, but the way I had it set up it couldn't lift the Knex balls (that and I only have one of them) so I used ping-pong balls instead.
BTW the lift I used was designed by I_am_Canadian
I won't be posting a full Instructable for this for a few reasons
- It's my first ball machine so it is small and simple (only four mechanisms and two paths)
- It would be difficult to describe how to make the turbine and it would cause confusion
- It's not really all that special
So without further running of my mouth, I give you Aeolus.
PS: here's the link to the vid, ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE2vMWzOI0A ).
In my search for design ideas I eventually found this page ( http://www.stiltman.com/html/wind_power.html ) which is where I found I diagram that I used to make a vertical axis turbine. Once I had made it and it spun in the wind to my liking, I thought of possible uses for it.
One of them was making a wind powered lift for a ball machine, but the way I had it set up it couldn't lift the Knex balls (that and I only have one of them) so I used ping-pong balls instead.
BTW the lift I used was designed by I_am_Canadian
I won't be posting a full Instructable for this for a few reasons
- It's my first ball machine so it is small and simple (only four mechanisms and two paths)
- It would be difficult to describe how to make the turbine and it would cause confusion
- It's not really all that special
So without further running of my mouth, I give you Aeolus.
PS: here's the link to the vid, ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE2vMWzOI0A ).
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pikmin205
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Aug 30, 2010. 5:11 PMReply
Lol i use the same ping pong balls as u do for my projects
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Sorunome
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Aug 27, 2010. 4:19 AMReplyVeary good and great Idea!!!
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Shadowman39
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Aug 17, 2009. 3:57 PMReplyVery creative, keep it up!
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TigerNod
says:
Aug 16, 2009. 9:22 AMReply
Awesome. The first step to Green electricity... In knex. 5 stars!
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brammeke11
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Aug 15, 2009. 12:14 PMReply
Thats so cool
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DJ Radio
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Aug 13, 2009. 5:46 PMReply
dats rad dawg. 5 starz.
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The Jamalam
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Aug 11, 2009. 1:26 AMReply
Aeolus was the ruler of the wind in greek mythology. I think that's it. Am I right?
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robocrazy155 (author)
in reply to Aug 11, 2009. 1:46 PMReply
What do you mean "ruler"? I'm just trying to be clear.
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The Jamalam
in reply to Aug 11, 2009. 2:08 PMReply
God.
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I_am_Canadian
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Aug 10, 2009. 6:04 PMReplyLooks nice! Wanna mention that thats my lift?
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robocrazy155 (author)
in reply to Aug 10, 2009. 8:40 PMReply
Yeah your right, that is your lift. Sorry I forgot to mention where that's from, I'll add that and a link to the video tomorrow. To answer your question every now and then the smaller balls get wedged b/w the arm of the lift and the receiver track. The lift bounces around a little then it goes back to normal.
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I_am_Canadian
in reply to Aug 11, 2009. 8:46 AMReplyNice :-) I had an idea for one of these a while back, Ima try it out if I can find time.
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Oblivitus
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Aug 10, 2009. 4:09 PMReply
A video would help a lot, but this is very original, 4 stars.
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stale56
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Aug 10, 2009. 3:01 PMReply
Was he the Greek God of Wind? And it looks perdy nifty and cool, and a video would be nice...
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