Completion of Frame

The uppermost part of the wind turbine is finished accept for a couple slip rings.

Click on the wind turbine link to for a complete view of the project.

Frame Change

We officially ditched the idea of using a car alternator since John Husbands came around and got us a deal on a Permanent Magnet Alternator, soon to come in the mail. 

 

Turbine Base

Chris jumped on the lathe and machined out the pipe fitting to fit a steel base we found. Tyler sawed the base down to size and prepped it for welding. Spencer stepped in and welded the two together.

The frame continued to be build as well but we are waiting for some images to be sent to us.

 Potential T-Shirt Design!

Design Change

There will no longer be a fixed lower shaft and instead the alternator will be adjustable. The next big question on everybody's mind is should we build this to accept a PMA and ditch the alternator we have, further simplifying the design?

Looks like we are sticking with a design that incorporates both for now.

Frame Building

http://sbccengineering.blogspot.com/p/wind-turbine.html

We are now stepping forward into the making of the frame.

There has been discussion of getting a Permanent Magnet Alternator as well as the charge controller to go with it.

Friday January 27th Meet

Friday January 27th meeting

Tyler Sanding Down the Blades

Tyler getting some machining experience

Tyler getting some machining experience

Spencer and Chris Harrel

Superman

Regulators