To recap events thus far: The idea had been thought of and I began thinking of construction of the turbine. For two years.

In that time I revised my design many times in my head. I had decided to have lots of features on the wind turbine. Neodynium magnets instead of bearings, a speed sensor to stop the turbine from going to fast in high winds, a way to stack multiple on top of one another to save space and maximize efficiency, a conversion kit to allow it to work as a hydro electric generator in rivers and streams, and many other exciting things. By the end of those two years however, I realized that I needed to stick to the most important design principle of all: Keep It Simple Stupid. So I tossed all those features out the window and went with a much simpler design that only included the main fin assembly, the fin cage, and the electric motor/generator.

Now onto building attempts in the next log.