Daniel_Connell

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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Yeah that site has been cobbled together by various mates over the years. Had a lot of people offer to fix it for me, but no one's really come through. Paid a guy, who somehow made it worse...
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Indeed. The next iteration of the tutorial will have more info for attaching alternators/generators in various ways now that I've had more of a chance to develop options for that side of things. The matter of what to plug it into
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   The group is also free to join. There's no monetisation of this project.
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Yeah I might update that with a little more info. Essentially it's just a matter of ringing round all the offset printing companies in your area til you find one that will sell you their used plates. I've only so far not managed t
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Birds don't fly into this for the same reason they don't fly into chimneys; it's a fairly solid shape that they can see. Horizontal axis turbines are more dangerous as the blades are thinner and fast moving.
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   1. It's usually just standard off the shelf items. Square steel tube, steel rope, turnbuckles, thimbles, D clamps, cable clamps. 2. Modeled in Rhino, everything else in Maya. I've not used Blender but I hear good things. 3. Not di
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Modeled in Rhino, everything else done in Maya. From a technical point of view it's fairly basic, bit of work tho. This one needs a bit of an update, and got a couple other bits of tech on the list for same...
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Thanks.
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   by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

   Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I've not come across any, but sure they'd be sourceable if specifically looked for.
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    by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

    I can confirm that I can make the three vane version myself from scratch in 3.5 hours. 90 minutes with pre-cut sheets. And is usually $20-30 all up including the alternator. The chain drive concept is indeed no longer what I'm using.
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    by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

    Yeah, essentially. The tutorial is in the process of being updated, which is mostly the addition of that side of things; how to attach the generation capacity. I made it as is because that's the extent, the physical turbine itself, w
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    by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

    1 - There's a couple options in terms of alternators / generators. Hoverboard wheels are good in terms of cost and availability (in Western countries at least) and do a decent job tho will need to be geared up with a belt or simil
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    by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

    Firstly, yes this turbine can be easily made for less than $30, including the alternator (but not usually the pole, charge control, batteries etc). At the moment I've got a particularly good contact with a local printers for the alu sh
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    by Daniel_Connell 6y ago

    Hi all, this is my turbine build process, based on Ed Lenz's design. Thanks for the attention and input. I can answer any questions you have.