It's not just groundbreaking, it's wind-breaking. Way to go Rob! Nobody breaks wind like you!
@fransmurati2370 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@terryhigson434 Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
lololol - nice one mate
@irishfruitandberries9059 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done
@mrwess1927 Жыл бұрын
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@cheesynuts4291 Жыл бұрын
I’m always stoked to see an update from Rob
@Vile_Entity_3545 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you would like them cheesy nuts to be stoked by him.
@jizburg Жыл бұрын
Same
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
lol - cheers mate
@89RASMUS Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Kudos! That turbine is amazing! Also, I really like that you made it into a modular system for easier repairs and replacements.
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
you noticed that - nice one mate
@TheChzoronzon Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering how many miliamps, if I can ask?
@SurvivalSquirrel Жыл бұрын
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@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@pvc988 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You should review the whole series mate I have already done it
@danedmiston9673 Жыл бұрын
Lots of videos here but no power, that's secondary.
@Corialtavi Жыл бұрын
@@ThinkingandTinkering will do must have missed that one !
@sdp5046 Жыл бұрын
@AStupidTitle if I could remember which one it was I would tell you
@frederickbowdler81696 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
looks like a vertical jet engine ! Put visible smoke into the wind and see how it flows.
@dreddykrugernew Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
wow - cheers mate
@michelharnois1302 Жыл бұрын
so simple, yet so inspiring. Thank you Robert
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@aspen5923 Жыл бұрын
really amazing project and so wonderful that it's been so transparent and public throughout
@screen-protector Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
a series on inverters would be ran excellent idea mate
@Struthio_Camelus Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
man's got to have a hobby mate lol
@rubbercityhair24 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
a huge amount of things to explore and discover mate
@chriskeeble Жыл бұрын
Loving this. Superb work, Rob and everyone who has contributed.
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
for sure mate - cheers
@sfco1299 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Measuring volts is telling us nothing useful. Volts is potential, but without a load, its meaningless. Absolutely meaningless.
@Th4thWiseman Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Love how you woke up one morning and said “let’s solve the power problem. For fun” ❤
@wellwisher01 Жыл бұрын
This device will play a great role in sustainable renewable energy... ❤❤❤❤
@jamesross1003 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
no reason I can think of mate - nice ideas
@ArcticSeaCamel Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Been watching few vids...subscribed for the dedication and pure genius ...thankyou👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@ericsbrennan Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
If you put that within 6 feet of a rocket stove flue it'll be a puddle of melted plastic before long.
@alexwild4350 Жыл бұрын
@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
I would think so
@solarsynapse Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Lol every time I get committed to a design then start printing it you come up with something better lol
@zahirnaseem5319 Жыл бұрын
Lol I was thinking the same
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
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-lk1ep6 ай бұрын
Love this video, I discovered the same thing when I blew onto a conical-centrifugal compressor wheel out of a $10 hoverball
@bobjackson4720 Жыл бұрын
From my electrical background I'm inclined to say that volts don't mean much without current.
@michaelmocan Жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff! Looking forward to seeing how many watts it'll generate on a mildy windy day
@sssssassssssa Жыл бұрын
Props for making this open source. The way to go for every IP - no IP.
@MrMarkRoads Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Robert, I love your excitable, happy nature. You make me chuckle with your excitement, fantastic, love the ingenuity!
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
cheers mate and bless your heart
@Patriarchtech Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I like the tapered roller bearing idea mate - cheers
@michaelstevens3479 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Always something to learn on this channel and everything is open source for people to try out.
@yodifucius369 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Voltage is great, but power is what's important.
@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I have an almost identical fan on the motor of my 1972 VW Bus. Very efficient air cooling.
@David-cf2iq Жыл бұрын
This is, most likely, the (sustainable) future of wind power. Thank oto Robert.... 👍👍❤️🙏
@waltersaunders7699 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic to see your work progressing to a stage where it can seriously challenge conventional wind turbines
@jeshurunfarm Жыл бұрын
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
@vascovalle740 Жыл бұрын
Amazing to see centuries of human innovation culminating into a moment where everything is put together and made "simple", advancing technology. Congratulations!
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
indeed mate
@solapowsj25 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
A marvelous project. Thanks for sharing.
@steponacracker3865 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos. True inventor and the fact this is open source is fantastic! I became a subscriber today!
@dennisboyd1712 Жыл бұрын
The Joy Of Genius
@deadwingdomain Жыл бұрын
Your spirit for engineering is inspiring
@willdeit6057 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I haven't done that mate - cheers for the suggestion
@glaight6362 Жыл бұрын
So this is what Anthony Hopkins is getting up to in retirement. Great job!!!
@tossancuyota7848 Жыл бұрын
wowzer it really has high efficiency and modular aswell for a very easy repair nOICE!
@enochroot9438 Жыл бұрын
add some seats attached by chains and the future of clean free energy amusement parks is looking very bright...
@eddyimpanis Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That is truly astounding. A beautifully elegant design.
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@giovannip.1433 Жыл бұрын
Great Stuff. Coupled with battery storage or water pumps it could be technology which could be beneficial in many countries.
@Jon-fs2zj Жыл бұрын
Very nice, looking forward to the next addition. You are a good man Sir.😊
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
wow - cheers mate
@mikefitzgerald8025 Жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite KZbin channel!
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
wow - cheers mate
@OldMysticFantasist Жыл бұрын
Great improvements. Very eager to see the next part!
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@j.christie2594 Жыл бұрын
Darios Turdine as well, adding a Cone can make them work Vertical and Hoziontal. Another good Class Teacher.
@Grynneman1 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I think so too mate nd the design has them
@justtinkering6713 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I have my greatest respect for people in energy sector do open source.
@user-xx4yl1hy7f Жыл бұрын
Robert, thank you for your wonderful video. I hope that you are having a great Thursday.
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
cheers - and I hope you are too!
@nathansellers2276 Жыл бұрын
I love this one! Gonna save for my bus build next year!
@toyotaboyhatman Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
nice
@Krasher247 Жыл бұрын
i wonder how much power this would produced scaled up with the fins being 4-6 ft tall in height ...
@DivineLove247 Жыл бұрын
That's Amazing,... Well done.
@maderightamerica3216 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Your my brother from another mother... I love it.
@domenicozagari2443 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Volts do no matter really, power does. 7V×1mA is just 7mW.
@solapowsj25 Жыл бұрын
Will get a 5 mm LED to 🎉glow 😊.
@AnD4D Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
yes and you are right it does do a similar job
@mattstroker3742 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
lol - love the idea mate!
@gkeith64 Жыл бұрын
The cone, victor Schaumburg if memory serves.. adding a swirl around the cone may increase efficiency, as well. Great job 👊
@simongross3122 Жыл бұрын
Now we have a groundbreaking wind turbine, we need a windbreaking ground turbine :)
@gerryplayz4532 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I would think so mate
@earthlingthingsАй бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely a champion. Well done, excellent stuff and presentation also great attitude. ❤❤🎉
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@billienomates1606 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@rodmills4071 Жыл бұрын
You are seriously underrated...fantastic work. 🤔😎🇦🇺👌
@briansmithenergy248 Жыл бұрын
Amazing energy to you and to flow
@ThinkingandTinkering Жыл бұрын
awesome
@grahamdavid007 Жыл бұрын
Robert, you, and what your channel, is amazing !! test voltage with SIDE vs TOP wind please !
@kevinleebailey Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
cheers mate
@d-v-cez9152 Жыл бұрын
Wha...? I had an odd dream seven years ago of this very design and there it is! Well I'll be...
@steamsearcher Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
yes it could
@doonthepan1290 Жыл бұрын
CONES ,CONICAL, AND SPIRALS .. NATURES MOVEMENTS. TRAVEL, MOTION.ELECTRICITY.
@BrentWinter-zy8ps Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Volts means 0 with out current drag!
@jeffreypaul2809 Жыл бұрын
I designed this same prime mover 4 years ago. Nice work