Windbelt Redux 21st Century Micro Power Generation

Step 4 At the other end

we make a bridge for the belt to go over and mount it to the frame. tensioning is accomplished by means of a tuning peg. The tuning peg is a pencil crammed into a hole ;-).

Comments

[saintneko]

I love your use of technical terms like "crammed." :D I actually have a question: does the 'belt' need to be elastic, or would a belt of carbonfibre/teflon thread work equally well? I'm curious because I don't want to have to replace things often.

[Tool Using Animal]

I'd think it would come down to a matter of tensioning, I don't think that VHS tape is elastic, also an elastic belt would waste it's energy in stretching the material. So I'd think something with minimal stretch, like carbon fibre or mylar would be ideal.