aeroturbine

i really like this design...

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Ridings on August 6, 2008 at 7:34pm

Jeff... good luck with building your own system.. my hats off to you and anyone else who makes an effort to better their life in this day and age.

As bumps on an airfoil... its not unlike the dimples on golf ball.. as the air flows over it I can see it decreasing wind resistance and increasing the airfoils speed... it that helps you with your idea try it out - adding such dimples may also decrease the weight to power ratio and you may see an increase if you experiment. This is why the new professional baseball bats have a curved h*** at the end.. less wind resistance helps the batter produce more power!

Test it out and let me know what you discover in the process. Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Colorado Bob on August 6, 2008 at 4:12pm

DB Parkers design :

http://push.pickensplan.com/profile/DBParker

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Ridings on August 6, 2008 at 6:29pm

Nice video... if this is a small working model designed to replace Wind Generation systems today... the shear weight would be too much to work in any wind much less the ground area to support the system. Love the concept and design... very fluid... but can it spin fast enough to produce any really power?

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Permalink Reply by george on August 22, 2008 at 12:44pm

This is an innovative design and perhaps the poor cousin to the latest British high style version.
http://www.quietrevolution.co.uk/ which produces considerable more power?

Could you please provide the specs for the generator and an output graph?

If anyone knows of a marine generator which could run off this machine that is capable of operating in a salt laden area, please let me know.

Thanks
George

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Permalink Reply by george on August 22, 2008 at 1:04pm

this machine is being refined and marketed
http://www.aerotecture.com/

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Permalink Reply by george on February 16, 2009 at 1:44am

what data do you have on output curves

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Permalink Reply by SJC on March 9, 2009 at 1:03pm

The Chicago design was put on top of a van in the vertical orientation and was shown to be able to withstand winds over 60 mph. They could not afford a wind tunnel test, so this was the next best thing. The design gets rid of excess wind at high speed and does not tear itself apart.

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Permalink Reply by usemorewind on April 10, 2009 at 3:49pm

The 510V reaches around 300W at 11m/s and costs $15,000.

You can buy a 300W machine for about $700 that will do everything this device will do.....it's more material intensive, heavier, and less efficient than a traditional HAWT......it just doesn't make much sense to me.