1882 A Groundbreaking Wind Turbine

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[@whatelseison8970]

It's not just groundbreaking, it's wind-breaking. Way to go Rob! Nobody breaks wind like you!

[@fransmurati2370]

Lol

[@terryhigson434]

Nice!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lololol - nice one mate

[@irishfruitandberries9059]

Nicely done

[@mrwess1927]

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[@cheesynuts4291]

I’m always stoked to see an update from Rob

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Sounds like you would like them cheesy nuts to be stoked by him.

[@jizburg]

Same

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol - cheers mate

[@89RASMUS]

Can generate thousands of volts just by petting a cat, but that won't power a house either. Hope to see some actual wattage numbers sooner or later.

[@Rouverius]

Kudos! That turbine is amazing! Also, I really like that you made it into a modular system for easier repairs and replacements.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

you noticed that - nice one mate

[@TheChzoronzon]

@@ThinkingandTinkering how many miliamps, if I can ask?

[@SurvivalSquirrel]

@@TheChzoronzon 0

[@victoryfirst2878]

This has to be the simplest execution of a wind generator I have seen so far, PERIOD!!!! Put a feather in your hat Robert, you most certainly deserve the award for simplicity.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate

[@pvc988]

Would be nice to see the voltage with known, linear load. Like 100 ohm resistor or something. That would give some kind of indication about the power.

[@Corialtavi]

That's the thing I've been wondering about even with my playschool knowledge of these things. The way I think about it is I can dig a big pond in my garden but it's not going to do any work unless I can put a sluice gate on it.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

You should review the whole series mate I have already done it

[@danedmiston9673]

Lots of videos here but no power, that's secondary.

[@Corialtavi]

@@ThinkingandTinkering will do must have missed that one !

[@sdp5046]

@AStupidTitle if I could remember which one it was I would tell you

[@frederickbowdler8169]

One of the best wind turbines is a huge steel plate facing the wind cut a hole in it and fit turbine the differential between pressure will drive it hard .this is why your front door slams when backdoor is open.😊😊😊

[@dasdasdatics420]

Excellent Idea, it's as near perfect efficiency as you can get considering that it's utilising the maximum amount of moving air without the huge amounts of leakage. Well done you for keeping it within its parameters and limits.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

looks like a vertical jet engine ! Put visible smoke into the wind and see how it flows.

[@dreddykrugernew]

I heard him talk for a few seconds and immediately subbed, the world was built by guys like Robert here in their sheds so to speak...

[@adamdecurtins3405]

I'm always looking for updates from you Rob but I've been following all the Darwin videos the closest because I'm absolutely enthralled with the direction it's going. You do great stuff and you've got me inspired to want to build a large version. Thanks for what you do!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

wow - cheers mate

[@michelharnois1302]

so simple, yet so inspiring. Thank you Robert

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate

[@aspen5923]

really amazing project and so wonderful that it's been so transparent and public throughout

[@screen-protector]

Thank you, Robert and guys in general for this one. I didn't build it yet. Watching the series how it reveal more and more ;). I'd love to see it as maglev solution in the pipe so that the flow the turn several of them one by one ;). Yes, the next one would turn slower, but, still efficient. And the more there is, the slower it could go. The question would be how many of them would make sense in what conditions. One more thing, I'm checking wind speeds here in Scotland Edinburgh to Glasgow area and we quite often have 6mph, not 3, 4. Not mentioning more rain LOL. So, this have even more sense here though. I'll be happy to build it and already working on a pure sine inverter and a battery charging circuit. Waiting on PCBs and components atm. I plan to do a whole series of episodes on those inverters and battery chargers.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

a series on inverters would be ran excellent idea mate

[@Struthio_Camelus]

Hello, Robert! It looks like you're on track to funneling wind through two 90° course changes, and concentrating the volume at the same time. Pretty cool! 😎

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

man's got to have a hobby mate lol

[@rubbercityhair24]

I love this community and Rob you're my hero like no joke! My entire life I was being told silly things about electricity it was purposely overcomplicated . this place has answered so many questions that I've had and it's made me realize that we are still at the beginning of something. there's still things left to discover in every field because we've been being lied to him about everything. All because the majority of teachers can't simply say I don't know which sometimes that is absolutely the right thing to say because you don't know and that is what inspires children especially to learn and that's what I feel like when I watch these videos, a child .it's wonderful, thank you all! Happy tinkering! much love from Ohio

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

a huge amount of things to explore and discover mate

[@chriskeeble]

Loving this. Superb work, Rob and everyone who has contributed.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

for sure mate - cheers

[@sfco1299]

Brilliant stuff Rob, I've been following daily with great interest! Too many projects on the go at the moment but fully intend to manufacture one of these once I've let you go through the pain of prototyping. Thank you!

[@GlennLittleford]

Measuring volts is telling us nothing useful. Volts is potential, but without a load, its meaningless. Absolutely meaningless.

[@Th4thWiseman]

This is great Rob👍 The reason it runs so easily is because torque wind pressure is applied quite evenly around entire surface and eliminates pressure differential vortexes from turbulent impedances which are wastefully inefficient! Nice work 👍

[@dinodurante8795]

You are great !!!! making your inventions available to everyone does you even more honor ... The choice of open source and the happiness you express in giving away this invention of yours is the most engaging thing, it is people like you who give hope

[@nextchancenow7153]

Love how you woke up one morning and said “let’s solve the power problem. For fun” ❤

[@wellwisher01]

This device will play a great role in sustainable renewable energy... ❤❤❤❤

[@jamesross1003]

I think you really have something there Rob! Why not use wind not just from the top(darwin type) and sides, but also rising wind from heat from the bottom side. Make a tube from a miniature green house(holes near the bottom and tube out of top). Top of tube into your design, make the generator part slotted for airflow through. Have the rotor part with the hyperbolic cone on top and bottom. That way when there is little wind and you have sunlight, then the rising air would make it turn anyway. Just a thought for future experiments. Great video Rob!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

no reason I can think of mate - nice ideas

[@ArcticSeaCamel]

I would implement this into wave generator. Thing of large pipe going into water and getting that smaller size and when waves raise the water in the pipe, the air gets blowed out and turning this turbine. Two turbines, one on the "input" side and another on "output" side. Possibly mounted on the same axle to get movement from both in and out "breathing". Imagine this kind of small generator(s) on the side or stern of liveaboard cruising boat. There's always small waves coming and going and boat rocking a little. Continuous small current coming in 24/7. Far better than wind turbine IMO.

[@BIGBUD71]

Been watching few vids...subscribed for the dedication and pure genius ...thankyou👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@ericsbrennan]

Now if you turn it upside down and put it on top of your rocket stove you can generate power from the updraft of the stove.

[@whatelseison8970]

If you put that within 6 feet of a rocket stove flue it'll be a puddle of melted plastic before long.

[@alexwild4350]

@Eric Brennan - now that strikes me as a clever thought. Obviously for the totally linear minded folk out there it needs to be made of metal to meet the heat, but...would that heat affect the magnets ? Hmmm, interesting idea though.

[@whatelseison8970]

@@alexwild4350 Yeah, that's the other thing -- all permanent magnets have something called the Curie Point where they transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic, which means they lose their magnetization. Once they cool back down they can theoretically be remagnetized, but for NdFeB magnets it takes a special type of field coil called a Helmholtz coil to supply a strong field that's also highly uniform. I'd actually like to try it one day just out of curiosity.. Anyways, how about if you put your hot exhaust through a turbocharger and use the boost pressure to force in even more air. Then you can just spin a generator off the turbo shaft. Then you'd go from a rocket stove to a jet stove co-gen! Colin Furze has actually done it. Minus the generator bit.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I would think so

[@solarsynapse]

@@alexwild4350 Magnets need to stay below 140F, less is even better. Learned that from RC vehicle motors. High heat can also cause grease dropout of bearings.

[@ClownWhisper]

Lol every time I get committed to a design then start printing it you come up with something better lol

[@zahirnaseem5319]

Lol I was thinking the same

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol - well it is modular - the generator section hasn't changed and the waters turbine addition is designed to fit on the old generator section mate

[@ClownWhisper]

@@ThinkingandTinkering no I was talking about my own design everytime I think I'm set to print or start printing your designs make me want to make some changes

[@lenawagner6405]

It's not just ground breaking, it's earth shattering!!!! You are a brilliant, amazing inventor! God's bless you!!!!! Thanx for helping us earth bound earthlings to develop a better world!!!!

[@CraigLandsberg-lk1ep]

Love this video, I discovered the same thing when I blew onto a conical-centrifugal compressor wheel out of a $10 hoverball

[@bobjackson4720]

From my electrical background I'm inclined to say that volts don't mean much without current.

[@michaelmocan]

Awesome stuff! Looking forward to seeing how many watts it'll generate on a mildy windy day

[@sssssassssssa]

Props for making this open source. The way to go for every IP - no IP.

[@MrMarkRoads]

Hello Robert, I'm a new member. I'm working on a 55-gallon drum wind turbine. I've picked up a lot of new information from your videos. I'm in Arizona and blessed with lots of wind. My trouble now is whether I pivot to add parts as you have here or press on with my ideas lol.

[@windowmon6273]

Robert, I love your excitable, happy nature. You make me chuckle with your excitement, fantastic, love the ingenuity!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate and bless your heart

[@Patriarchtech]

Great vid Rob I love this design. Might I suggest that you make a tension mechanism for the rotor. Thrust bearings work best under tension and this will also make the rotor not wobble. Should be easy enough to do for example by using a opposing thrust or Tapered roller bearing on the underside and then tensioning the rotor with bolts.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I like the tapered roller bearing idea mate - cheers

[@michaelstevens3479]

There must be a good reason why Rolls Royce has not come forward with a design for a wind turbine given their knowledge of turbines .

[@kyrelahtinen9820]

It seems to me that if you could separate the center cone from the blades then you would gain efficiency by having to spin up less mass. Perhaps there is a way with maglev to let the outer ring spin while a detached center cone stays stationary.

[@realtalkz3930]

Always something to learn on this channel and everything is open source for people to try out.

[@yodifucius369]

You are a wonderful teacher Robert I'm so happy you got your 3-D printer to have fun with and explore your ideas.

[@AdianAntilles]

Funny thing, I thought about a turbine similar to this some time ago. Haven't got my setup ready, so didn't realize it. But I will come back to this for sure. Many thanks!

[@jimsnipes1203]

Here's my idea: take 2 IBCs, one on top of the other, the top one upside down, oh, remove the bladders first. Make some vanes like the Ventum but upside down. make them out of 16 gauge sheet metal and put 4 sided (not circular) inside the IBC frames and use your cone on a truck alternator. There are 5 spaces in each IBC and you should be able to have 7 or 8 vanes. The bottom of the top IBC (it's upside down) to keep direct rain out. The vanes would be curved and held that way by the adjoining vanes, then would be fastened to the rails on the IBC with screws. Of course, the 2 IBCs would be bolted together. Then I would use 4 "T" stakes one on each corner and wire the bottom IBC to the "T" stakes driven into the ground to keep the wind from blowing it over. I live on a ridge and the prevailing wind is at 90 degrees to it. If installed on a roof you would need to fasten it down a different way.

[@alexd7466]

great. The next step (adding the Darwin structure) is exactly what I started to think about some time ago and wanted to see. Another interesting experiment could be to to reverse the blades, so it sucks in the air (and the Darwin blades going up as well, ofc). The advantage is that the outgoing air doesn't block the wind.

[@SkyCharter]

Voltage is great, but power is what's important.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Perfect for homes or apartment buildings to capture wind that is always flowing due to the structure itself. It would be good to do studies of wind flow around a building and place these in strategic places. And of course work on storage for the electricity, either a home battery or an electric vehicle. 5,000 EVs of 50 kWh batteries makes a virtual batter of 250 MWh using V2G.

[@1967250s]

I have an almost identical fan on the motor of my 1972 VW Bus. Very efficient air cooling.

[@David-cf2iq]

This is, most likely, the (sustainable) future of wind power. Thank oto Robert.... 👍👍❤️🙏

[@waltersaunders7699]

Fantastic to see your work progressing to a stage where it can seriously challenge conventional wind turbines

[@jeshurunfarm]

Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@vascovalle740]

Amazing to see centuries of human innovation culminating into a moment where everything is put together and made "simple", advancing technology. Congratulations!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

indeed mate

[@solapowsj25]

The blades don't need to rotate since on the roof of my house they direct the wind on to the kitchen waste placed under a glass cover in the direct sunlight. The dry waste is burned. This helps society. 😊.

[@ArcanusLibero]

A marvelous project. Thanks for sharing.

[@steponacracker3865]

Thanks for your videos. True inventor and the fact this is open source is fantastic! I became a subscriber today!

[@dennisboyd1712]

The Joy Of Genius

[@deadwingdomain]

Your spirit for engineering is inspiring

[@willdeit6057]

As a non member, Rob have you thought about combining one of your generators with a sand Storage unit, this idea keeps popping up in my head, You may have all ready done that but i missed it.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I haven't done that mate - cheers for the suggestion

[@glaight6362]

So this is what Anthony Hopkins is getting up to in retirement. Great job!!!

[@tossancuyota7848]

wowzer it really has high efficiency and modular aswell for a very easy repair nOICE!

[@enochroot9438]

add some seats attached by chains and the future of clean free energy amusement parks is looking very bright...

[@eddyimpanis]

Try putting a half circular fence, twice the radius of the Darwin tower, leeward to the tower. Make it so the tower’s windward face is in line with the ends of the fence and the fence can move to keep aligned with the wind.

[@Panzersoldat]

Turn this upside down and install it at the top of your chimney. Power from the rising heat of the chimney AND any blowing wind outside. Chock full of win!

[@54V4]

I couldn’t agree more with Ben… this is absolutely brilliant, and when I said is the hair on my arms are standing up… (Unfortunately my only small resin 3-D printer cannot accommodate prints of the size but wow…)

[@simongross3122]

That is truly astounding. A beautifully elegant design.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate

[@giovannip.1433]

Great Stuff. Coupled with battery storage or water pumps it could be technology which could be beneficial in many countries.

[@Jon-fs2zj]

Very nice, looking forward to the next addition. You are a good man Sir.😊

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

wow - cheers mate

[@mikefitzgerald8025]

This is by far my favorite KZbin channel!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

wow - cheers mate

[@OldMysticFantasist]

Great improvements. Very eager to see the next part!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate

[@j.christie2594]

Darios Turdine as well, adding a Cone can make them work Vertical and Hoziontal. Another good Class Teacher.

[@Grynneman1]

Absolutely brilliant watching this come to fruition. I think you would need some sort of shroud to cover the outside of the blade wheel, as we're talking about wind approaching from the sides, which could interfere with the blades spinning.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I think so too mate nd the design has them

[@justtinkering6713]

I just viewed the tinkercad drawings and I was correct. When using this turbine as a traditional vawt the blades are used in the drag mode because the wind enters into the turbine from the sides and the blades have all their trailing edges pointed outwards. When used as a hawt or a vortex turbine then the blades are used in the lift mode because the fluid enters the turbine from the inside and goes out, utilizing the leading edges of the airfoils for lift mode.

[@costamarques3900]

I have my greatest respect for people in energy sector do open source.

[@user-xx4yl1hy7f]

Robert, thank you for your wonderful video. I hope that you are having a great Thursday.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers - and I hope you are too!

[@nathansellers2276]

I love this one! Gonna save for my bus build next year!

[@toyotaboyhatman]

i love this. imagine having a field of these all wired up to a charge controller. i imagine once you build the tower it would spin at even very low winds

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

nice

[@Krasher247]

i wonder how much power this would produced scaled up with the fins being 4-6 ft tall in height ...

[@DivineLove247]

That's Amazing,... Well done.

[@maderightamerica3216]

I'm going to print this and see if I can get it to work as well as you did. Wish me luck Rob. Have a wonderful day ny friend.

[@ToplessTattoo]

Your my brother from another mother... I love it.

[@domenicozagari2443]

You can improve that turbine by putting it in a cube with half of each side blocked to protect the turbine from negative wind flow.

[@svhuwagv2965]

Volts do no matter really, power does. 7V×1mA is just 7mW.

[@solapowsj25]

Will get a 5 mm LED to 🎉glow 😊.

[@AnD4D]

This is interesting. Have you looked into the "PowerPod Compact Wind Turbine"? It does a similar job of funnelling in air, and making it spin faster. It's still in development, but your version reminds me of it.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

yes and you are right it does do a similar job

[@mattstroker3742]

Groundbreaking windturbines are called plows. A wind powered plough. Plow? Hell, the thing that turns the ground over in order to plant seeds. Okay?! It's groundbreaking!

[@Jimbo878]

That is phenomenal 😮 a cross between a Zoetrope and the magic roundabout, when you upscale it please add pictures of Dougal, Zebedee, Ermintrude and Dylan 😂, happy daze!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol - love the idea mate!

[@gkeith64]

The cone, victor Schaumburg if memory serves.. adding a swirl around the cone may increase efficiency, as well. Great job 👊

[@simongross3122]

Now we have a groundbreaking wind turbine, we need a windbreaking ground turbine :)

[@gerryplayz4532]

Hi Robert, if the rotor part was a disk with a drop down lip and some straight through holes for the magnets, could you use the "back" of the magnets for an inner serpentine coil? Great vids btw 👍to the team too!

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I would think so mate

[@earthlingthings]

I am making this but I have a few tweaks. I would love to share my results when completed. First I'm increasing the height because I do want the side wind capture maximised. Second I'm adding magnets both inside and outside the coil. Lastly I'm varying the number of windings to find the optimum. Thank you and God bless you. I run my home on solar but in the clouds and mist there are days when I'll need just the minimum to charge up a power bank.

[@allanfahrenhorst-jones6118]

Absolutely a champion. Well done, excellent stuff and presentation also great attitude. ❤❤🎉

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

Thank you so much 😀

[@billienomates1606]

Outstanding.

[@rodmills4071]

You are seriously underrated...fantastic work. 🤔😎🇦🇺👌

[@briansmithenergy248]

Amazing energy to you and to flow

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

awesome

[@grahamdavid007]

Robert, you, and what your channel, is amazing !! test voltage with SIDE vs TOP wind please !

[@kevinleebailey]

That's the dog's bits and the bee's knees mate ! Can't wait to see the mag lev and Darwin combo ! That is a big win right there ! Absolutely brilliant ! Thanks 👍 !

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate

[@d-v-cez9152]

Wha...? I had an odd dream seven years ago of this very design and there it is! Well I'll be...

[@steamsearcher]

IN DEEPEST CHINA there is a new breed of tree. It is quite tall and tree coloured. The trunk tells of NO CLIMBING as of course these are mobile telephone masts. Could the wind be collected in the artificial branches, Thrust down the trunk and spread out at the bottom in the turbine. Protected from shredding squirrels of course. Loving everything you and everyone is doing with these ideas. Love David and Lily in a workshop near Reading.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

yes it could

[@doonthepan1290]

CONES ,CONICAL, AND SPIRALS .. NATURES MOVEMENTS. TRAVEL, MOTION.ELECTRICITY.

[@BrentWinter-zy8ps]

It was cool but no mention of how many amps it was making voltage can be made but U need amps to do work

[@jonseddon4547]

This process has been fascinating Robert. BRAVO! I am slightly puzzled why you went back to a thrust bearing after the maglev looked so good??

[@carlcobb1131]

Volts means 0 with out current drag!

[@jeffreypaul2809]

I designed this same prime mover 4 years ago. Nice work

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cool